Why this conference?

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The detection of crises is a perennial challenge for policymakers and crisis managers alike. In many policy field and organizations, public and private, people are busy trying to detect emerging crises in time for an effective intervention.

A team of researchers from Leiden University, the Swedish Defense University and Stockholm University are trying to unravel the secrets of timely crisis detection and intervention. This mini-conference is the kick-off event, bringing together researchers and practitioners.

The goal of this conference is two-fold:

First, we want to stimulate research on crisis detection. In many sectors and (policy) organizations, there is a desire to learn how to detect and understand potential crises in an early stage, so that appropriate actions can be taken. All too often, it turns out – in hindsight – that organizations have missed important signals, allowing a crisis to surprise the organization (and its stakeholders). We will present the research project that we will be working on in the coming years.

Second, we want to give the Dutch crisis community a boost by bringing together crisis researchers and practitioners from the crisis field. Fellow researchers will be able to present their work, and we ask practitioners to share how they try to anticipate crises within their organizations.

We look forward to seeing you!

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