Governance of Crisis Leiden University

Overview

What does this Governance of Crisis MSc programme offered at Leiden University entail?

Crises such as hurricanes, floods, system blackouts and terrorist attacks are considered serious threats to the basic structures or the fundamental values and norms of a society. You will learn to recognize the political, organizational and societal interests at stake in the strategic management of crises.

In this track you will

• Learn to understand and employ the main theoretical insights on the above challenges for public and private organizations;
• Learn to recognise the political, organizational and societal interests at stake in the strategic management of crises;
• Acquire the analytical skills to understand risk, vulnerability, preparedness and its consequences from a variety of perspectives, such as the regulatory, the societal and the political perspective;
• Be sensitised for the intricacies of sense making, decision making and coordination under time pressure and uncertainty. You will be challenged to assess risk and crisis communication dilemmas from the position of both the responsible public authorities as well as media, victims and other stakeholders within the professional governmental network;
• Be able to analyse and understand the dynamics, consequences and challenges of post-crisis governance, related to political accountability, learning and investigation to improve future safety, and to how society needs to bounce back in terms of recalibration, recovery, and psychosocial care in the aftermath of crises and disasters.