Daniel Aldrich in New Books Network: How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan’s 3/11 Disasters Despite the devastation caused by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and 60-foot tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, some 96% of…
A Discussion with Dr. Stephen Flynn: What Covid-19 Has Taught Us About Crisis Management On Monday July 27th, 2020 Dr. Stephen Flynn, the Founding Director of GRI participated in the ISRM Virtual Conference -…
Amy Mueller in News@Northeastern: Face Masks Help Prevent You From Spreading The Coronavirus. But Can They Prevent You From Catching It? Not all masks are created equal, and neither are people’s faces. That means that even if you combine the best…
WorldBoston: Resiliency and Equity in Community-Driven Change On Monday July 20th WorldBoston hosted a webinar in which GRI’s Founding Director, Stephen Flynn, Mr. Clement Manyathela, and Dr.…
Brian Helmuth on News@Northeastern: They’re Planning To Build A New Space Station… At The Bottom Of The Ocean When we wanted to study space, we built the International Space Station—a place where astronauts could live, work, and conduct…
With States Halting their Re-Opening Plans, How is Resilience Being Put to the Test? It’s no secret that life as we knew it has changed and may never return to what it once was. As places began to reopen to bring people back to their earlier routines, COVID-19 continued to remain prominent in our daily lives – causing a reoccurrence of disruption and panic.
Stephen Flynn in Bangor Daily News: Untapped Federal Funds Could Help Fill Gap in Maine Virus Economic Plan Maine could benefit from a potentially rich trove of unused federal funds that have not yet factored into state discussions…
Timothy Hoff on WUWF: Contact Tracers Join The COVID-19 Fight A new group of professionals are joining the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. They’re called contact tracers. “We used to…
Timothy Hoff on Stat News- Pickup truck medicine: saving primary care during COVID-19 As the Covid-19 pandemic burned through Chicago, New York, Detroit, and other large U.S. cities this spring, residents serenaded and…
Alicia Modestino on Fox News: The Importance of Child Care In Reopening The Economy Associate professor of economics at North Eastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Alicia Modestino, weighs in on…
Jennie Stephens on Radio Show Terra Verde on KPFA in California Terra Verde – The Need for Anti-Racist Climate Leadership and the Politics of Solar Geoengineering A discussion with Dr Jennie…
The Role Education Plays in Resilience During COVID-19 Back in February, when the alarm and panic on the growing spread of the COVID-19 virus, the World Bank established…
