Risk Management in Crisis Situations

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What happens when crises and disasters materialise? What can be done to manage crises better? How can underlying trade-offs in crises management be identified and managed? Does regulation matter? Key variables such as perceptions, feelings, trust, and social amplification through, for example media and social media have been shown to affect individual beliefs and attitudes in the face of risky events. During this module, students will discuss these and other aspects of risk management  while capitalising on social-scientific knowledge and analysis of crisis situations and will consider contemporary and post-trust societies as well as risks related to geophysical disasters, health, conflict, and cyber security.