Partner Reports
Bee-yond the emergency: Lessons from Manchester Arena on better support for young survivors
23 May 2023Marking the sixth anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack, the Bee The Difference report is a unique research project designed by and for young Manchester survivors in collaboration with UK… Read more
The Ukraine war and threats to food and energy security
27 April 2022Researchers at Chatham House have published a report investigating the war in Ukraine and threats to food and energy security that arise from it. Presenting the socio-economic backdrop to the… Read more
The Defence contribution to resilience
26 November 2021The UK MOD has recently released the Joint Doctrine Publication (JDP) 02, UK Operations: The Defence Contribution to Resilience (4th Edition). As the Foreword makes clear, ‘Defence has a key… Read more
Put people first to get emergency response right
28 October 2021The Chief Executive of the British Red Cross, Mike Adamson, writes for the National Preparedness Commission about the importance of influencing the National Resilience Strategy and Civil Contingencies Act review…. Read more
Enhancing Defence’s Contribution to Societal Resilience in the UK
21 October 2021A report conducted by the Global Strategic Partnership (GSP) on behalf of the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) within the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) was published on 21… Read more
Critical Capabilities: strengthening UK resilience
20 May 2021The National Preparedness Commission and the Royal Academy of Engineering share a concern to increase the UK’s resilience post-COVID. This urgent mission was discussed at a joint roundtable on 22… Read more
Transitioning From Risk To Resilience
01 February 2021Covid-19 has shown that there are systemic risks that do not readily lend themselves to quantitative risk analysis. While a pandemic has been recorded on most professional risk registers for… Read more
Half of the National Risk Register is Missing
25 January 2021Suzanne Raine in a newsbrief published by RUSI says that “Half of the National Risk Register is missing” and argues that it should be much more than a list of… Read more
Risk management in the UK: What can we learn from COVID-19 and are we prepared for the next disaster?
01 November 2020It is important that governments use COVID-19 as an opportunity to learn in order to be able to protect citizens from future pandemics or other disasters. This paper assesses how… Read more