Public lecture „Innovations in crisis and disaster studies – a resilience perspective“

On 26 March, from 16:15 to 17:45, professor of socio-technical innovation and societal resilience Kees Boersma and assistant professor in crisis governance Nathan Clark from Free University Amsterdam will give a public lecture „Innovations in crisis and disaster studies – a resilience perspective“ in Room 215 at Lossi 36 and in Zoom.

The lecture will showcase their recent research findings on societal and institutional resilience. They will demonstrate emerging changes in the field of disaster governance in term of inclusive resilience practices among formal and informal actors. They will draw attention to an organizational culture/change perspective and speak about the process of learning lessons from crisis that will help organisations transform into resilient institutions. From the Horizon 2020 project LINKS, they bring examples of technological innovations in building crisis preparedness and on how to more strategically use social media and crowdsourcing for engaging with citizens and improving communication. 

Kees Boersma is a Professor of socio-technical innovation and societal resilience at Free University of Amsterdam. He has been a member of various advisory committees on crisis-governance, crisis evaluation, and societal resilience in the Netherlands as well as on the EU level.

Nathan Clark is a Assistant Professor in Crisis Governance at the Free University Amsterdam, and the Scientific Coordinator for the Horizon 2020 project LINKS. He is the former Director of the Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research.

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