This research group studies the symptoms, causes and dynamic of crises and the challenges of crisis management.

The research group employs a multi-actor perspective to study crisis preparation, prevention, response, recovery and accountability. Transboundary crises have its special interest. The research group also studies the role new tecnologies and citizens can play in the various phases of the governance of crises. The research group has a strong policy-orientation while intergrating the cutting edge of crisis research into its academic products.

Journals

Journal Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Convene academics and practitioners with a keen interest in risk and crisis management in an online platform for dissemination of cutting-edge research, best practices, lessons learned and innovative ideas.

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

The broad scope of the journal is process safety. Process safety is defined as the prevention and mitigation of process-related injuries and damage arising from process incidents involving fire, explosion and toxic release. Such undesired events occur in the process industries during the use, storage...