Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited to participate in
the upcoming conference From the management of crisis to the
governance of risk: Time for a paradigm shift? The conference will take
place from January 9 until 11, 2017,
at the conference center of the China Institute for Reform and Development in Haikou city, Hainan province, China. It
is organized by the Center for Crisis Management Research at Tsinghua University’s
School of Public Policy and Management in China, together with the Program on
Crisis Leadership, of Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at
Harvard Kennedy School and the China Institute for Reform and Development.
Unfortunately, we have limited funds for conference
support. I wish we could do better, but we offer accepted paper authors full conference registration fee waiver and
free food. For more details regarding to the conference topic and hotel arrangement,
please see the appendix.
It would be great to have you with us, and
we would be very much like to have your expertise on crisis and risk
management. We look forward to seeing you in Hainan!
Feel free to circulate this invitation to
your colleagues.
Best wishes,
Dr. Xiaoli Lu (conference coordinator,
Tsinghua University, China)
On behalf of the Conference Co-Chairs,
Lan Xue
(Tsinghua University, China)
Arnold
Howitt (Harvard University, USA)
Fulin
Chi (China Institute for Reform and Development, China)
Arjen
Boin (Leiden University, the Netherlands)
Haikou
city, Hainan province, China
January
9-11, 2017
Sponsored
by
Center
for Crisis Management Research, School of Public Policy and Management,
Tsinghua University, China
Program
on Crisis Leadership, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation,
Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA
China
Institute for Reform and Development, China
Conference
Co-Chairs
Lan
Xue (Tsinghua University, China)
Arnold
Howitt (Harvard University, USA)
Fulin
Chi (China Institute for Reform and Development, China)
Arjen
Boin (Leiden University, the Netherlands)
Since the turn of the 21st
century, emergency management systems worldwide have encountered significant challenges.
Emergency management capacities of national governments are constantly put to
test by natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, as well as manmade accidents
and terrorist threats. How to tackle emergencies effectively has become a litmus
test of the governing capability in developed and developing countries alike.
Previous research has described the
development of emergency management systems in countries such as the US (Sylves 2008, Roberts 2013), Turkey (Unlu, Kapucu et al. 2010), Russia (Porfiriev 2006), Japan, New Zealand, Philippine (Britton 2006), Australia (Britton 1986), and European countries (Boin, Bossong et al. 2014, Christensen,
Danielsen et al. 2016). One of
the recent trends in the contemporary development of emergency management
practice and research is to strengthen pre-crisis prevention/mitigation
capacities. In other words, governing risks that may escalate into a crisis has
become an essential part of many emergency management systems.
This conference brings together experts
from a wide array of countries to further our understanding of the emergency
management systems across the world, and will pay special attention to the
challenges of managing risk and safety. We welcome papers on the following
topics:
l Challenges of risk regulations in different emergency management
systems;
l The contributions that theories on resilience and high reliability
organizations can make on the development of the risk and safety regulation systems;
l To what extent existing emergency management system can learn
lessons from past crises and turn these lessons into risk/safety management
practice;
l The roles the accountability system may play in the lesson-drawing
process after crises.
We aim to bring a collection of papers
together in a special issue of a reputed academic journal.
The following are key dates for the
conference:
1.
Confirmation of your
participation and Submission of Paper Proposal by e-mail: September 30, 2016
n Please confirm your participation via this address: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7NBWMPW
n Please submit a short proposal to [log in to unmask] outlining:
the title of the paper, a short description of the contents of the paper; the
research method and empirical materials to be used (if applicable); and name,
affiliation, and contact information.
2.
Notification of acceptance: October 15, 2016
3.
Paper drafts submission: December 15, 2016
We offer full conference registration fee
waiver and free food to accepted paper
authors from the conference budgets.
If you need assistance for visa application and local logistic
information (hotel room price and airport pickup price is available on the conference
registration link), please contact Ms. Qing YE ([log in to unmask]; +86 898 6618
9082). Please provide the following information for creating an invitation
letter which supports your visa application:
l
Name,
l
Gender,
l
Position,
l
Affiliated institution,
l
Passport Number.
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Dr. Xiaoli Lu, Tsinghua University, [log in to unmask] phone: +86 10 62773557; cell:+86 130 1126 6290
Tsinghua University’s Center for Crisis Management
Research (CCMR)
Founded in 2004, CCMR is a university-based
institution for research, education and consultancy committed to the study of crisis
management. CCMR has been selected as one of the centers of excellence by
Beijing Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science. Graduate researchers
from CCMR have gone on to careers at top universities, prominent research and
training centers, and government agencies. CCMR’s core faculty members have won
key research projects from the National Science Foundation of China, National
Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science, Ministry of Education,
Ministry of Public Health, State Administration of Work Safety, State Council’s
Emergency Management Office, and other local agencies. Consultancy reports have
been adopted by Premiers, vice premiers, and other leaders.
This conference is sponsored via the National
Science Foundation of China Project (91224009): Integrated Design and Model
Reconstruction of Emergency Management System with Chinese Characteristics in
the New Era.
Harvard University’s
Program on Crisis Leadership
The Program on Crisis Leadership (PCL) seeks to improve society’s
capacity to deal with natural disasters; infrastructure, technology, and
systems failures; public health emergencies; and terrorism. PCL takes a
comprehensive risk management perspective, looking at risk reduction
strategies, emergency preparedness and response, and disaster recovery. It
conducts research; develops teaching case studies; provides instruction in
degree programs and executive education for senior leaders; sponsors
conferences and seminar presentations; and works with governments and NGOs to
improve their response to the exigencies of severe emergencies.
China Institute for Reform
and Development
China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD), established on
November 1,1991, is a public research institution focusing on reform and
development policy research. CIRD was ranked as the most influential Chinese
non-governmental think tank and the 10th Chinese think tanks by comprehensive
influence for two consecutive years in 2013 and 2014.