Reports
Building Confidence in the Future
30 August 2023Perennial questions for national resilience include: ‘What does resilience look like?’, ‘How resilient do we need to be?’ and ‘How do we know we’re doing enough?’. The imperative for strengthening… Read more
Operationalising Societal Resilience as a Local Resilience Capability
28 April 2023This Operationalising Societal Resilience as a Local Resilience Capability report, authored by Dr Judy Scully, Professor Duncan Shaw and David Powell (Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK and… Read more
International Models of Emergency Management Involving Civil Society
02 February 2023The National Preparedness Commission commissioned an 18 month research programme entitled ‘Towards a Resilient Democracy’, funded by the JRSST Charitable Trust. The fourth in a series of reports by Dr… Read more
Elephant in the Room
15 December 2022The National Preparedness Commission and the BCS IT Leaders Forum, a Specialist Group from BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) held a Roundtable chaired by NPC Chair, Lord Toby Harris,… Read more
Communicating Effectively with the Public During a Crisis: A Literature Review
25 November 2022As part of a body of research funded by JRSS Charitable Trust, researchers at Alliance Manchester Business School and the National Consortium for Societal Resilience [UK+] have carried out a… Read more
Societal Resilience Initiatives During Covid-19
05 July 2022In March 2020, Covid-19 plunged us all into a new reality that tested the resilience of each of us. In a study funded by the JRSST Charitable Trust, Dr Judy… Read more
Independent Review of the 2004 Civil Contingencies Act
23 March 2022The National Preparedness Commission has published its Independent Review of the 2004 Civil Contingencies Act and its supporting arrangements. The Review was prepared by a team of experts in the… Read more
The Data-sharing Imperative: Lessons from the Pandemic
10 January 2022The Covid-19 pandemic led the UK shutting down in March 2020. This paper, by Dr Andrea Simmons, explains how improved data sharing would have enabled better delivery of services to… Read more
Enhancing Warnings
07 January 2022This report by Dr Carina Fearnley and Professor Ilan Kelman from the UCL Warning Research Centre offers insights into what warnings are and how they can better support actions for… Read more
Partnering with Purpose
01 November 2021This report, prepared by Marsh McLennan for the National Preparedness Commission, examines the opportunities for stronger interactions between public and private sectors. Founded on extensive desk research and interviews with… Read more
Partner Reports
AI and Grey-Zone Aggression: Risks and Opportunities
31 July 2023NPC Commissioner Elisabeth Braw has written a report on AI and Grey-Zone Aggression for the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), of which she is a Senior Fellow. The paper looks at… Read more
UNDRR Handbook for Implementing the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure
14 June 2023In April 2022, NPC Commissioner Professor Liz Varga updated us on a set of principles for resilient infrastructure being developed by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), in collaboration… Read more
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