- The Aston Crisis Management Centre aims to have significant impact on the work of governments and organisations in helping them to prepare to deal with crises
- It will provide support and design solutions to respond to crises and disasters
- The event will feature talks from prominent speakers in the field on 13 October, which is the International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction.
Aston University is set to launch a new research centre for crisis and disaster management with a one-day event on the University campus.
The Aston Crisis Management Centre is focused on the analysis of challenges faced by different stakeholders caused by disasters, crises, and disruptions. The Centre’s purpose is to provide support and design solutions that can be relevant in practice.
The launch event on 13 October, which coincides with International Day for Risk Reduction 2022, will take place in Conference Aston, with the public invited to attend in person or watch online.
It will feature talks from prominent speakers with experience of managing crises at Visa, American Airlines, the UK Cabinet Office and the National Science and Technology Centre for Disaster Reduction (NDRC) in Taiwan.
There will be an interactive session to discuss critical aspects for crisis management and a panel where attendees will be encouraged to ask speakers about different aspects of handling crises for different organisations. The panel will feature some of the earlier speakers, as well as Dr Karim Bensiali (former director of the IFRC MENA Region), Professor Pavel Albores (director of the Aston Crisis Management Research Centre) and Jonathan Hemus (managing director from Insignia).
Professor Pavel Albores, director of the Centre, said:
“I am looking forward to officially launching the Aston Crisis Management Centre at Aston University.
“Our aim is to be the world’s leading centre of excellence for crisis and disaster management insight, education, policy and practical (professional) implementation and have a tangible impact on practice and policy by supporting humanitarian, business and governmental organisations prepare, respond and recover from crises and disaster related incidents.
“Our current portfolio of interdisciplinary research is mostly applied and involves close collaboration between the centre and the analysts/policy advisors around the world.
“I am looking forward to strengthening the theory and practice from our projects.”
To attend the online conference, please sign up here.
- Notes to Editors
Founded in 1895 and a university since 1966, Aston is a long established university led by its three main beneficiary groups – students, business and the professions, and the West Midlands region and wider society. Located in Birmingham at the heart of a vibrant city, the campus houses all the University’s academic, social and accommodation facilities for our students. Professor Aleks Subic is the Vice-Chancellor & Chief Executive.
Aston University is ranked 22 in the Guardian University Guide, based on measures including entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality and graduate prospects. The Aston Business School MBA programme was ranked in the top 100 in the world in the Economist MBA 2021 ranking.
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