The Security and Resilience program hosts a speaker series annually. This year’s series, “Contemporary Issues in Security and Resilience Studies” features speakers from in and out of the university on a variety of topics. Held once a month on Thursdays at 6:00pm in Renaissance Park 909, light snacks and refreshments will be provided. Contact Shannon Usher at s.usher@northeastern.edu for more questions.
Register for any and all of these talks here!
September 26
Partner, Control Risks
Crisis Management Planning in the Corporate Environment
This session will provide an overview of the basic concepts of crisis management and how it is applied in a private sector context. The session will include an overview of theory for crisis management, components of a crisis management plan and roles. Participants will get practical experience working through a fictional case based scenario involving a theoretical crisis.
October 10
Associate Professor of Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape; Associate Director and Undergraduate Programs Coordinator; Affiliate of the Global Resilience Institute and Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research
Northeastern University
Building Health, Beyond Healthcare: Wellness, Illness, and the Built Environment
Talk details TBA
November 14
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Affiliated Faculty, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs
Northeastern University
Human Mobility and Urban Resilience
Large-scale extreme events, such as pandemics, wildfires, and major storms, can significantly change routine human movement patterns. Such changes affect both the consequences of the events and the ability of urban centers to mount effective responses. In this talk, I will discuss how uniformity and heterogeneity of human movements emerge under the impact of major natural disasters; and how social inequality can impact the movement patterns of residents in America’s cities.
December 5
Executive Director, Climate Resilience Academy
University of Miami
The Search for the Resilience Dividend
Talk details TBA