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This is how Twitter could save lives in London
Twitter claimed its crown as the undisputed king of social media for crisis communication last week,...
Long term woes of displaced Afghans in Pakistan
As reported in our CRJ blog of August 2015, the authorities in Pakistan’s Capital of Isla...
A time of growing global tensions
Prince Michael of Liechtenstein draws comparisons between current global politics which, he say...
Complex and widening conflicts taking their toll on children
Increasingly complex and widening conflicts have taken a huge toll on children in much of the Middle...
Resilient 2050: The societal challenge
In late 2015, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) ran a resilience essay competition on ...
Pakistan: River Indus delta women's saga
Sea level rise as a result of climate change is destroying Pakistan's River Indus delta and water sc...
Jakarta bombing teaches us the importance of crisis communication in a digital age
Risk Frontiers’ PhD Student, Avianto Amri, is from Jakarta and was there last week doing field...
What would you say if you only had three minutes?
Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children have been displaced or forced to flee into neighbou...
Comment: ISIS takes a gamble
The so-called Islamic State is gambling on both the political and military fronts with its intention...
Urban survival training in Estonia
For several years, Christo Motz has been organising pilot projects on urban survival for citize...
Testing drones for search & rescue in Norway's extreme conditions
Drones became front-page news for specialist operators, such as the police in Belgium, the fire serv...
Fighting for life: Why drones are infiltrating emergency services
Joshua Potts provides an insight into the increasing use of drones within the emergency services, an...
Organisational resilience: Protecting your people and business from fire
Gary Villeneuve, Director of Education at DRI International, outlines how an all-hazards approa...
Observing the EST-USAR IEC INSARAG Classifiers Programme in Estonia
This November, Editorial Advisory Panel Member Christo Motz was invited to act as an external o...
A new approach to emergency support
The Joint Civil Aid Corps is a voluntary emergency support organisation looking to become a mod...
CRJ 11:2 Out soon
The next issue of the Crisis Response Journal is out now: Here's a look at what's coming up; click h...
Bhopal's ongoing disasters: An update
On the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster this time last year, Crisis Response Journal...
Factoring social media into crisis planning and exercising
When you are planning for how you’re going to cope with an emergency, or when you’re in ...