The Preparedness-Response Paradox of the COVID-19 pandemic: Towards robust preparedness for crises to come

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a wake-up call: it opened our eyes to the crucial importance of pandemic preparedness.

COVID-19 and the double-edged sword of trust

Recent research on the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the correlation between trust and compliance with outbreak containment measures is a lot more complex than previously thought. These findings present new challenges to policy makers, who may have to think outside of the box when crisis hits.

Crisis Management 101 - Managing Mobs

Three bottlenecks in the Dutch response to curfew riots

Plural policing during health emergencies and natural disasters

The presence of multiple providers of policing during an existential crisis can accelerate the pluralisation of policing and exacerbate trends of securitisation. How can multi-actor policing activities be managed in crisis situations to counterbalance this likely drift to excessive securitisation?

How COVID-19 exposes the vulnerability of public leaders, and what science can do about it

If COVID-19 teaches us one thing, it is that today's crises are insidious and unpredictable. This poses new challenges for public leaders, who constantly have to seek a balance between "doing too much, too soon" or "doing too little, too late".

Improving the EU Response to Pandemics: key lessons from other crisis management domains

Sanity in Times of Corona

What do we need to fear most about Corona, from a crisis governance perspective?

Now we know!

Responding to terror: dealing with fragmentation in crisis management operations

Fragmentation is one of the least understood problems in crisis management. Failure to understand fragmentation means emergency responders are unable to mitigate critical situations in the recent terrorist attacks around Europe.