Tag: Crisis management

For over a decade, we’ve been hit by one crisis after another, from financial meltdowns to the COVID-19 pandemic, devastating natural disasters fueled by climate

This event will particularly look into issues of trust between citizens and public institutions. It will discuss why trust in turbulent times of crisis is such an essential principle, how to build it and when, who we trust and why, and who we should trust. It will explore how social sciences, local-embedded knowledge and communities’ perspectives are brought in advising into strategic crisis management.  

This meeting will feature a presentation of our reports on strategic crisis management in Europe, and of the outcomes of the study ‘Social approach to the transition to smart cities’.

How do we care for each other, build resilience and solidarity in a world in crisis?

The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, the war in Ukraine, refugee crises, inflation… these crises and more have recently dominated headlines. They cross national borders and sectors, and are complex and long-term in nature. Evidence shows that the cascading and rippling effects of crises extend to all parts of our society and the natural environment.