Japanese bear crisis
Akita Prefecture, with its 880,000 residents, has become the epicenter of Japan’s bear crisis. The main troublemakers are the persimmon-loving Asian black bears, weighing around
November 22, 2025
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The Crisis Research Centre blog covers exciting topics in the crisis area, newsletters reviews and interviews with crisis management practitioners. We bring you here the full English-language versions of our researchers’ opinion pieces, published in various publications and newspapers.
How do we know if Estonian local governments are prepared for crises?
It is in the interests of every outgoing and incoming local government leader, as well as residents, to know how Estonian local governments are doing
October 15, 2025
Reflections on crisis management: panel discussion at Tampere University
On October 7, a panel discussion was held at Tampere University (Finland) to open the crisis management course of the SAFER programme. The discussion took
October 7, 2025
Hope through action: reflections from the TalTech PhD panel
On October 3, the TalTech School of Business and Governance held its annual PhD reception for the third time, bringing together new and continuing doctoral
October 3, 2025
VIDEO | Power of community in crisis – the example of Ukraine: cooperation between NGOs and local authorities
The Crisis Research Centre’s YouTube channel now features the presentation from the May 28 seminar on third-sector and local government cooperation in Ukraine! Dr Mariia
June 12, 2025
VIDEO | How to support communities in crisis preparedness?
The May 28 panel discussion on how to support crisis preparedness in an apartmment building oriented community is now also available on the Crisis Research
June 11, 2025