Aston Crisis Management Centre
The Aston Crisis Management Centre aims to have significant impact on the work of governments and the people they serve.
The Aston Crisis Management Centre aims to have significant impact on the work of governments and the people they serve. Its current portfolio of interdisciplinary research is mostly applied and involves close collaboration between the centre and the analysts/policy advisors around the world. We aim to strengthen theory and practice from these projects.
The fulfil this aim, the Centre’s objectives will be:
- To seek national research leadership and international recognition through building on areas of existing strength in Crisis and Disaster Management, fostering the development of new opportunities, broadening our base of research and increasing our intensity of engagement.
- To increase the recruitment of high-quality graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
- To continue growth in our research income and publication quality and intensity, and the broadening of our external partnerships and engagement.
- Over the next three years, these goals will be reflected by increased recognition of our research, teaching and engagement, leading to significant impact in the region, the country and the world.
- To do the above in an ethical, sustainable and beneficial manner for the centre, the university and its beneficiaries
Vision
To be the world’s leading centre of excellence for crisis and disaster management insight, education, policy and practical (professional) implementation.
Mission
To 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 People
Professor Pavel Albores
Dr Oscar Rodriguez-Espindola
David Cantliff
Dr David Carrington
Dr Lauren Traczykowski- Advisory Board
- Mr Jonathan Hemus, CEO Insignia Crisis Management Consultancy (Chairman of the Board)
- Ms Kate Cooper, Executive Director, Birmingham Food Council
- Mr Peter Holland CBE. Chief Inspector, Crown Premises Fire Inspection Group, Home Office.
- Professor Gerald Reiner, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
- Ms Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir, Project Manager, Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management, Iceland
- Dr Tim Russell, MIT Humanitarian Response Lab, USA
- Victor Manuel Mercado, Subdirector Nacional, Emergency Management Administration, Civil Protection, Mexico
Society matters podcast
Society matters is a podcast from the School of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) at Aston University. Presented by journalist Steve Dyson, the podcast series explores some of the fascinating work of academics within the School on current issues facing society.
Dr Lauren Traczykowski, a senior lecturer in ethics at Aston University, discusses what obligations the international community has to intervene and assist when a state is unable or unwilling to help its own population in the aftermath of a natural hazard.
Release date: Wednesday 28th July 2021
Contact
Looking to get in touch? We welcome approaches from across all sectors and the media.
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