By Asbjørn Lein Aalberg & Rolf Johan Bye SINTEF Digital During the terrorist attacks in Norway 22th of July 2011, 77 people were killed and many more injured. The attacks led to massive, multifaceted efforts of civil society, especially concerning…
By Jan Verlin, Chair in Geopolitics of Risk, Ecole Normale Supérieure What makes people self-organize to give first aid to victims of an active shooter? Why do people share their houses with others who lost their homes in an earthquake?…
By Stolero Nathan, Bodas Moran, Peleg Kobi, Adini Bruria Tel Aviv University Imagine the not-so-hypothetical-anymore situation: there is a worldwide pandemic, and many countries are in lockdown. People are at home, confused, worried, and some even suffer from a medical…
By Sahar Elkady, TECNUN, School of Engineering of the University of Navarra If we can learn something from 2020 and 2021, is that disaster is around the corner. We cannot survive unless we collaborate. This “we” includes us as civilians…
By Rose Michael, European Emergency Number Association (EENA) When a disaster occurs, the first people on the scene are often members of the general public. In those first moments, the actions of citizens have the potential to mitigate the impacts…