Recovery after a major disaster is often overlooked – after the heroic rescues, the tales of human suffering and endurance, the statistically-impressive clean-up efforts, the media moves onto the next event, national and international attention dw...

I am at the IAFPA Conference at the Raffles Hotel, Singapore, which is proving to be a fascinating and extremely well-organised event in a fantastic setting. Today, we heard from Changi Airport about how the Icelandic volcano and subsequent c...

Andy Marshall, a member of CRJ’s Editorial Advisory Panel, started an interesting discussion on our LinkedIn Group last week. He asked whether anyone had ever had to prove ‘value for money’ for a publicly funded emergency plan...

Next issue update I’m delighted to announce that Professor Edward Blakely will be starting an in-depth series looking at recovery management in the next issue of CRJ. Ed Blakely has played leading roles in more US disaster recovery programm...

I wouldn’t normally write a news update like this on our blog as there is no shortage of excellent and up-to-date information on the earthquake in New Zealand – the main value of CRJ lies in analysis and reflection. But I thought it ...

Solar activity I was interested to note the BBC’s report that the Sun has unleashed its strongest flare in four years, triggering warnings of geomagnetic storms. This echoes the article by Dr Tony Phillips and Dr Madhulika Guhathakurta of N...

Welcome to the Crisis Response Journal blog, which we’ll be using to update you with news, event launches, event reviews and emerging themes and topics. We’ll also be giving you updates on our editorial board members and partners. At...