Crowdsourced crisis mapping: how it works and why it matters

By Marta Poblet, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Pompeu Casanovas, Victoria University

Web 2.0 tools and mobile technologies have lowered the barriers not just for people to access the internet but to create and share content. Through open-source, collaborative programs such as wikis, the…

21 July 2011

Aapone-20110310000304501823-australia-weather-floods-original — Organising the information gathered during crises is key to better responses. Lindsay Hallam/AFP

Crisis management: using Twitter and Facebook for the greater good

By Hanna Suominen, NICTA

With new technology comes new ways of communicating with one another in times of crisis. Platforms such as Twitter and Facebook allow important information to be shared widely and instantaneously. But…

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24 October 2012

Women better than men at crisis management

University of Groningen

A new Dutch study has found that women are overrepresented in leadership positions in organisations in crisis-mode. The…

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Professor Dpt Political Science Autonomous University of Barcelona & Visiting Professor, Salvador de Madariaga Fellow,School of Management and Information Systems
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PhD Research Fellow
Craig Minns

Self-employed

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