Category: Governance of Crises

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  Mayors, framing strategies and political outcomes in the wake of three riot-related crises

  Dutch mayors have become more vulnerable to critique on their performances as their crisis management responsibilities have increased. How they communicate during crises is crucial for their reputation and political survival.

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  The Resilient City

  Social cohesion is an important factor for the pace and scope of recovery after crises. The diversity of cohesion of neighborhoods in The Hague implies that tailor-made policies at the community level are required.

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  Ghosts from a (terrorist?) past: the Brabant Killers in Belgium

  The recent confession of one of the possible members of the Brabant Killers renewed attention for the case. But, after all these years, what will this information lead to in terms of justice?

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  The Future of Disaster Response: Who Will Be Responsible?

  With the increased intensity of weather events and diminished resources, who is responsible for future crisis management?

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  The guard dogs of our criminal justice system: oversight on police and justice

  New research on oversight on police and justice identified room for improvement.

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  ‘Governance of violent radicalisation’; need for a one dimensional terminology?

  During a recent seminar at Leiden University's Institute of Security and Global Affairs, several views on dealing with violent radicalization were presented.

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  What Trump’s travel ban reveals (and obscures) about the EU’s own border politics

  EU external border control has for years produced similar exclusions as American travel bans under the Trump administration. The EU policy hasn't been subject to spontaneous upheavals of protest by European citizens comparable to Trump’s measure.

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  Responsible Use of Big Data in the Migration Crisis

  Migrants might be both the most vulnerable and digitally traceable population on earth. If that is true, then what are the opportunities and costs associated with that combined vulnerability and traceability?

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  New publication “Policing European Metropolises. The Politics of Security in City-Regions” out now!

  Metropolises, or ‘city-regions’, have become a key focus of comparative social research, as they form the key nodal points or ‘command centres’ in more networked and globally integrated social relations.

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  When institutions storm the agenda

  A recent publication outlines how institutional crises come about and how they affect agendasetting processes.

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  Counterterrorism in Belgium: Key challenges and policy options

  A recently published report focuses on priority aspects for Belgium’s heavily criticized counterterrorism approach and provides eight key options to strengthen the country's efforts in fighting terrorism.

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  Refused asylum seekers and the bed-bath-bread-arrangement in the Netherlands

  In The Netherlands, the implementation of the so-called “bed-bath-bread-arrangement” for illegal immigrants is still contested. This raises the question how countries should deal with illegal immigrants, including refused asylum seekers.

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  The Humanitarian “Data” Ecosystem: Intersection of Innovation & Disaster Relief

  New digital platforms and innovations streamline the coordination services and situational awareness of humanitarian workers in times of crisis, so they may provide the best possible aid to disaster stricken people.

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  ‘Every authority could use a crisis now and then’

  Sometimes, leaders first need to identify an undesirable situation in order to use a crisis to their advantage.

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  Critical infrastructure breakdowns

  Resilience is one of the hallmarks of the internet as a 'system.' Malfunctioning of the internet - as occurred early September 2016 in the Netherlands - shows vulnerabilities too.

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  Policing European Metropolises: The Politics of Security in City Regions

  Elke Devroe will present the results of the international research project Policing European Metropolises Project (PEMP), a project comparing 22 cases (city regions) in 10 different countries.

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  To blame or not to blame?

  How leaders frame crises and what they get out of it.

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  Protest! New insights into an omnipresent phenomenon

  Street protests are omnipresent, but poorly understood. Recent research provides new insights into these events and their core actors (protesters and the police).

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  The power of risk analysis in times of terror

  To counter the instinct reactions that terror aims to invoke, we need more critical reflection, fact-based systematic analysis and substantiated policy responses.

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  EU (Br-) exits and Decreasing European Crisis Response Capacity

  The so-called 'Brexit' illustrates the European Union (EU) is under pressure. However, from a crisis management perspective, leaving the EU or diminishing its current capacity would be a very unsafe idea.

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  Pearls in Policing: preparing for the future

  Are the police still the thin blue line, focused on containing immediate threats and maintaining public order in their jurisdictions? Or can they move beyond that to bigger roles, coordinating global law enforcement and responding to global threats?

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  Violence is like Cholera: A Contagious Disease

  Violence has many similarities with contagious diseases, so why not treat violence as such? It pais off.

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  21st Century Humanitarian Aid: How social media is changing Crisis Response & Managment

  We increasingly turn to information and communication technologies (ICTs) to help us impact our environments in meaningful ways and respond to the many challenges we face. One challenge in particular is how we respond to natural and manmade disasters.

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  Telecom operators’ resilience in regard of cyber-attacks

  To what extent do legislation and regulation contribute to the resilience of telecom operators in regard of cyber-attacks?

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  Understanding the Emergency Services from an Organizational Systems Perspective

  Researchers should begin to analyze the emergency services as a collective system or sector, rather than disparate entities.

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  Mayors put to the test. Dutch mayors in local security networks

  The ever growing trend of securitizing local issues has fostered an expansion of Dutch mayor’s formal positions, as well as new actions and roles in daily governance.

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  Shooting down a hijacked plane to prevent worse

  Should governments sacrifice a few people to save more? This ethical dilemma is central in the German theatre play 'Terror', in which terrorists threaten to fly a hijacked airplane into a packed football stadium.

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  The Paris Attacks: Implications of a ‘War’ on the Islamic State

  World leaders declare 'war' on Islamic State after the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015. The world leader appear to overlook some consequences that declaring 'war' implies.

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  Radicalisation over refugees

  In 2014 and 2015, the European Union witnessed a steep growth in the numbers of refugees arriving to apply for asylum. Does Europe have to fear radicalisation over refugees?

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  Protest against refugees: breeding ground for the extreme right?

  Reactions in Western Europe towards the current refugee crisis raises the question whether the crisis wil serve as a breeding ground for right-wing extremist violence or even terrorism.

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  Homicide Drops to All-Time Low

  Homicides in the Netherlands are at the lowest point in over twenty years. None of the classic predictors seem to fit the levels and trends of homicide though.

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  What Service Design Can Offer the Emergency Service Sector

  The public sector is buzzing with talk of service design as a promising approach to creating and improving citizen-friendly public services. Emergency services are among many public organizations that could benefit from what service design has to offer.

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  Whether ISIS is losing the war

  The Islamic State (of Iraq and Syria) seems to be withdrawing, but it is too soon to conclude that it is losing the war.

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  EFRIM sets the agenda for further cooperation among European emergency services

  The EFRIM-initiative for further cooperation presents a promising first step in addressing many of the current challenges the emergency services sector face.

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  First results PEMP project published!

  The first results of the “Policing European Metropolises project” (PEMP) that Elke Devroe launched in April 2013 are now published.

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  Police Web-design and Branding

  As police departments step into the 21st century, should they adopt the swanky web designs and branding campaigns of the private sector or stay within their humble, public service means?

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  Plural policing in comparative perspective

  Emprirical data suggest a completely different situation regarding plural policing than universally accepted theories which are based upon the situation in Great-Britain

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  The sky’s the limit for non-lethal drone applications

  As with other dual-use technologies, non-lethal drone applications are increasingly becoming both a cause for concern and an exciting area of development.

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  Renewed struggle for Muslim identity can lead to sectarian violence in the Netherlands

  The sectarian tensions among Sunni and Shia Muslims has the potential of spilling over from the Middle East to other countries.

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  Police Station Innovation - Are police stations necessary in the digital age?

  New developments change the outlook of police stations; will they render obsolete?

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  Malls threatened by Al Shabaab

  In February 2015, Al Shabaab produced a video in which it calls for an attack on malls in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.This call for violent action spurred many worried reactions around the globe, especially in the three mentioned count

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  The future of the police

  New developments within societies create a complex patchwork of control and therefore a renewed mission for the public police.

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  Keep calm and carry on

  Whether terrorists or would-be terrorists succeed in terrifying society and changing ways of living depends mostly on how resilient societies and political leadership are when the shit hits the fan.

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  Urban Public Safety

  With the world’s urban population predicted only to rise, how public safety can be provided more efficiently in these booming, bustling cities is an important question.

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  How IS’ rise could actually benefit the Kurds

  How paradoxical as it might sound, the attack of IS might be beneficial for Syria’s Kurds.

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  Football: the forgotten factor in conflict

  Football is often overlooked as a factor in social sciences. Still it is a massive source of (political) mobilization, that causes - and might solve - conflict, both domestically and international.

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  Media Vultures Risk Triggering Copycat Deaths

  Reporting on celebrity suicides in a sensationalistic way is potentially harmful as it can lead to 'copycat' deaths.

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  The Brunswick Wargame

  Gaming and simulation have long been used to teach and train military officers to operate strategically in uncertain situations.

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  Keeping NATO relevant: From Russia with love

  Many people have questioned the relevance of NATO in the post-Cold War era. However, the recent crisis in Ukraine seemed to have turned the picture upside down. Can Russia be credited for solving the legitimacy problem of NATO?

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  The European Union and terrorism

  With respect to couterterrorism there is no lack of knowledge or a lack of opportunities to share ideas among academics and practitioners. If there is a problem, it is the slow implementation of ideas and policies.

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  Workshop valorization and interdisciplinary research: The example of NITIM

  Tsunamis, Hurricanes or other large natural hazards form textbook examples of a combination of interdisciplinarity and valorization. NITIM conducts research in this field.