Basics
| Period | 5A |
| Start Date | 15 Apr 2024 |
| End Date | 8 May 2024 |
| ECTS credits | 4 |
| Instruction language | English |
| Coordinator | F.E. Bouder |
| Teaching methods | Assignment(s);Lecture(s); Presentation(s) |
| Assessment methods | Presentation; Paper |
| Keywords | Acute hazardous events; Precautionary crises management; Crises regulation; Cost-benefit/Cost-effective analysis; Innovations in crisis management. |
Full course description
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.
Course objectives
- Identify different crises management methods and tools
- Explain the role of social and social media networks in shaping beliefs and attitudes related to risk management and the effect on policy responses
- Evaluate present-day crises management using cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis
Prerequisites
None
Recommended reading
- Risk management in post-trust societies, Earthscan (Löfstedt, 2005).
- The Politics of Precaution. Regulating Health Safety and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press (Vogel, 2012).
