Lee Miles

Professor Lee Miles

  • Professor and Deputy Dean
  • Executive Business Centre EB411, Bournemouth University, 89 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8EB
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Biography

Lee is a permanent Deputy Dean of Bournemouth University Business School (BUBS) since 2022 and Professor of Crisis and Disaster Management at Bournemouth University Disaster Management Centre (BUDMC). He is an innovative thought leader, introducing a new '5-E's' RKE strategy for BUBS (2023), leading REF 2029 preparations, managing accreditation and reviewing programme/portfolios. Lee undertakes senior University-level leadership roles, alongside being Deputy Dean; including Chair of the University's Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Funding Panel, managing HEIF/innovation funding. He has university executive team experience and co-led the University's Knowledge Exchange workstream towards the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) and a new RKE Fast Track Funding Mechanism (2023-24). He leads by example, and presently directs the Innovate UK funded EM-PREPARE project, working with a start-up company, (Safehouse Pro Ltd).

Lee was educated at the Universities of Lancaster, Birmingham and Hull, receiving his PhD from the University of Hull (1999), and awarded a Docent by Karlstad University in Sweden (2004)...

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Research

Lee’s research interests and thought leadership includes:

First, International Crisis Management (ICM) and Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA). Lee's intellectual contributions focus on examining the role of political/policy entrepreneurs and building entrepreneurial resilience to enhance crisis and disaster management. He has long-standing interests in the Nordic countries as well as the role of crisis simulations and scientific advice in crisis and disaster management, co-authoring peer-reviewed articles in 2021 and 2022.

Second, Lee has sought to establish thought leadership and directed impactful international projects on African disaster management. In recent years, he has directed major projects working with African partners to address single points of failures and capacity gaps in disaster management systems in Africa. This has included:

- The UK Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) sponsored Driving African Capacity Building in Disaster Management (AFRICAB) project (2018-21) working in Cameroon, Senegal and Sierra Leone. AFRICAB's research findings have especially influenced the formation and policy development of Sierra Leone's new National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), including new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Relief and Response and an NDMA Service Charter in 2023. AFRICAB has also led to societal impacts, improving the skills and capacities of local disaster managers, policymakers and community leaders covering over 1 million people in the capital of Freetown...

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

No poverty

"End poverty in all its forms everywhere"

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Sustainable cities and communities

"Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable"

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Peace, justice and strong institutions

"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"

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Partnership for the Goals

"Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development"

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Journal Articles

Books

Chapters

  • Shipway, R. and Miles, L., 2019. Reputation and perceived resilience in developing countries bidding for major sports events. In: Walters, G. and Mair, J., eds. Reputation and Image Recovery for the Tourism Industry.. Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers, 148-164.
  • Miles, L., Gordon, R. and Bang, H., 2018. Blaming Active Volcanoes or Active Volcanic Blame? Volcanic Crisis Communication and Blame Management in the Cameroon. Advances in Volcanology. 395-409.
  • Miles, L., 2015. Bridging interdependency?: Nordic 'yes, but ...' - integration from a historical perspective. The Nordic Countries and the European Union: Still the Other European Community?. 15-31.
  • Miles, L. and Petridou, E., 2015. Entrepreneurial resilience role of policy entrepreneurship in the political perspective of crisis management. Organisational Resilience: Concepts, Integration, and Practice. 67-81.
  • Miles, L., 2015. Political entrepreneurship as painful choices: An examination of Swedish (post)-neutrality security policy. Entrepreneurship in the Polis: Understanding Political Entrepreneurship. 133-150.
  • Petridou, E., Aflaki, I.N. and Miles, L., 2015. Unpacking the theoretical boxes of political entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship in the Polis: Understanding Political Entrepreneurship. 1-16.
  • Aflaki, I.N., Petridou, E. and Miles, L., 2015. Political entrepreneurship redux: Looking to the future. Entrepreneurship in the Polis: Understanding Political Entrepreneurship. 205-216.
  • Miles, L., 2014. Not Quite a Painful Choice? Reflecting on Denmark and Further European Integration. In: Miles, L. and Wivel, A., eds. Denmark and the European Union. London: Routledge, 217-227.
  • Miles, L. and Wivel, A., 2014. A Smart State Handling a Differenitated Integration Dilemma? In: Miles, L. and Wivel, A., eds. Denmark and the European Union. London: Routledge, 228-238.
  • Miles, L. and Loden, H., 2012. The Swedish Left and European Integration: Linking Laval and Lisbon. In: Holmes, M. and Roder, K., eds. The Left and the European Constitution. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 183-218.
  • Miles, L., 2011. National Adaptation and Fusion in the Nordic States. In: Hoibraaten, H. and Hille, J., eds. Northern Europe and the Future of the EU. Berlin: Berliner Wissenscafts-Verlag (BWV), 75-93.
  • Miles, L., 2011. Fusing Regions? Sustainable Regional Action and European Integration. Nordic Regional Action in a Fused Europe? In: Van Bever, E., Reynaert, H. and Steyvers, K., eds. The Road To Europe: Main Street or Backward Alley For Local Government in Europe?. Bruges: Venden Broele Publishers, 117-138.
  • Miles, L., 2011. Thinking Bigger: Fusion Concepts, Strengths and Scenarios. In: Diedrichs, U., Faber, A., Tekin, F. and Umbach, G., eds. Europe Reloaded: Differentiation or Fusion?. Berlin: Nomos, 187-210.
  • Miles, L., 2010. When a fusing Europe and a globalizing world meet? The European Union and Global Governance: A Handbook. 19-27.
  • Miles, L., 2010. Nordic Europe. In: Dyson, K. and Sepos, A., eds. Which Europe? The Politics of Differenitated Integration. Houndmills: Palgrave, 184-197.
  • Miles, L., 2009. Political Outsiders in Swedish History: Reflections from a Political Science Perspective. In: Edgren, L. and Olofsson, M., eds. Political Outsiders in Swedish History, 1848-1932. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 157-169.
  • Miles, L., 2009. A Fusing Europe? Insights for EU Governance. 50 Years of the European Treaties: Looking Back and Thinking Forward. 19-42.
  • Miles, L., 2007. Still a Fusing Europe in a Confusing World? In: Haglund Morrissey, A. and Silander, D., eds. The Eu and the Outside World: Global Themes in a European Setting. Vaxjo: Vaxjo University Press, 27-50.
  • Miles, L., 2006. Domestic Influences on Nordic Security and Defence Policy: From the Perspective of Fusion. In: Bailes, A.J.K., Herolf, G. and Sundelius, B., eds. The Nordic Countries and the European Security and Defence Policy. Stockholm/Oxford: SIPRI/Oxford University Press, 77-98.
  • Miles, L., 2005. The north. The Geopolitics of Euro-Atlantic Integration. 82-98.
  • Miles, L., 2004. The north. The Geopolitics of Euro-Atlantic Integration. 82-98.
  • Miles, L., 2000. Sweden and Finland. In: Manners, I. and Whitman, R., eds. The Foreign Policies of European Union Member States. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 181-203.
  • McKeag, D.B., 1994. Preface. 11.

Conferences

  • Bang, H., Baker-Beall, C., Miles, L. and Balgah, R., 2022. The political dynamics of disaster management research in Cameroon: Evidence from the ELIED-project. In: 13th Dealing with Disasters Conference 9-10 June 2022 Northumbria University.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Clark, M., 2018. A Glass of Disaster Management with a Foreign Policy Entrepreneurship Twist? Entrepreneurial Resilience and Foreign Policy Dynamics in Ghana. In: 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association 4-8 April 2018 San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Bang, H. and Miles, L., 2017. A Glass of Crisis Management with a Foreign Policy Twist?: Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Cameroon. In: European International Studies Association (EISA) 7-9 June 2017 Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
  • Bang, H. and Miles, L., 2016. Disaster risk perception in Cameroon and its implications for the rehabilitation of the Lake Nyos Disaster survivors. Proceedings of the 6th International Disaster and Risk Conference: Integrative Risk Management - Towards Resilient Cities, IDRC Davos 2016, 73-76.

Reports

Internet Publications

PhD Students

  • Gunn-Mari Holdo, 2021. Disaster Nursing or Nursing in Disasters? A Case Study Approach to Investigate the Future Requirements of Disaster Nursing in Norway (Completed, 2021, Bournemouth University, UK), (Completed)
  • Huda Al Mashari, 2022. Enhancing Private Health Sector Preparedness in Oman: An Evaluation of Effective Public-Private Partnerships in Healthcare Disaster Management (Completed 2022, Bournemouth University, UK), (Completed)
  • Yue Zhang, 2022. Evaluating Hotel Resilience: Understanding Effective Disaster Management of Hotels in China (Completed, 2022, Bournemouth University, UK)., (Completed)
  • Faisal Al Hajiri, 2023. Enhancing Disaster Risk Reduction and Response: A Comparison of the Complexities of Inter-Sectoral Coordination in the Omani Disaster Management System 2010-2020 (Completed, 2023, Bournemouth University, UK), (Completed)
  • Suzanne Gosling, 2024. 'Talking Reform, But Not Doing Reform? Investigating the International Dynamics of Reform in the Health Sector of Humanitarian Assistance' (Completed, Bournemouth University, 2024)., (Completed)
  • Anne Haglund, 2004. International Regime Theory as an Explaination for the Development of the EU Northern Dimension (Completed, University of Hull, UK)
  • Alex Balch, 2007. European Immigration Policies: A Crisis in the Making? An Analysis of Spain and the UK (Completed, University of Liverpool, UK)
  • Kai Lehmann, 2008. Complexity and European Crisis Management (Completed, University of Liverpool, UK)
  • Gamze Tanil, 2009. Norway and European Integration: A Social Constructivist Perspective (Completed, University of Liverpool, UK)
  • Hakim Darbouche, 2009. Algeria and the European Union (Completed, University of Liverpool, UK)
  • Inga Narbutaite Aflaki, 2009. From the Soviet to the European Union: A Policy Study of SME Assistance Organizing in Lithuania (Completed, Karlstad University, Sweden)
  • Max Lin, 2010. Crisis, Institutions and States: Exploring the Challenges to the European Union's Foreign Policy Towards China, 1995-2009 (Completed, University of Liverpool, UK)
  • Line Sall, 2011. Cluster Theory and Politics (Completed, Karlstad University, Sweden)
  • Christian Nitiou, 2013. The Media's Influence on the Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union's Foreign Policy and Crisis Management (Completed, EU Marie Curie Fellow, Loughborough University, UK)
  • Marius Guderjan, 2013. The Application of Fusion Concepts to Local Government in the 2008 Post-Crisis World: An Anglo-German Comparison (Completed, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
  • Simon Smith, 2013. EU-NATO Institutional Dialogue as International Crisis Management: Confronting Piracy (Completed, Loughborough University, UK)
  • Andreas Ojehag Petersson, 2015. Globalising or Globalisation of Regional Governance (Completed, Karlstad University, Sweden)
  • Lene Sucker, 2015. A Transnational Proposition:Exploring Cross-Border Cooperation Among Research Institutes in Foreign and Security Policy in a Wider Europe (Completed, Loughborough University, UK)
  • Magnus Lindh, 2016. The Region and the European Union? Perceptions and Preferences for Regional Action on EU-related Issues in Western Sweden (Completed, Karlstad University, Sweden)
  • Nikola Tomic, 2016. Coordinative Discourses in Brussels: A Discursive Approach to EU Foreign Policy Analysis (Co-supervisor, Completed, EU Marie Curie Fellow, Loughborugh University, UK)
  • Evangelia Petridou, 2017. Political Entrepreneurship in Swedish: Towards a (Re) Theorization of Entrepreneural Agency (Completed, Mid-Sweden University (Mittuniversitet))
  • David Olsson, 2018. Conditions of ‘Sustainability’ - The Case of Climate Change Adaptation in Sweden (Completed, 2018, Karlstad University, Sweden)
  • Justyna Janicka, 2019. International Norm Diffusion? Durable Solutions and Displaced Persons from Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina (Completed, 2019, Bournemouth University, UK)
  • Meera Patel, 2019. Democracy Promotion in Reverse? An Evaluation of the UK and the US’s Democracy Promotion Programmes (2005-2017) ( (Completed, 2019, Bournemouth University, UK)

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Lee is a permanent Deputy Dean of Bournemouth University Business School (BUBS) since 2022 and Professor of Crisis and Disaster Management at Bournemouth University Disaster Management Centre (BUDMC). He is an innovative thought leader, introducing a new '5-E's' RKE strategy for BUBS (2023), leading REF 2029 preparations and managing accreditation portfolios. Lee undertakes senior University-level leadership roles, alongside his role as Deputy Dean. Recently, he is Chair of the University's Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Funding Panel, managing HEIF/innovation funding. He has university executive team experience and co-led the University's Knowledge Exchange workstream enhancing institutional submissions to the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) (2023-24). He leads by example, and presently directs the Innovate UK funded EM-PREPARE project, working with a start-up company, (Safehouse Pro Ltd). Lee was educated at the Universities of Lancaster, Birmingham and Hull, receiving his PhD from the University of Hull (1999), and awarded a Docent by Karlstad University in Sweden (2004). Lee has enjoyed an extensive career working in departments of politics and international relations (Hull and Karlstad universities), politics and communication studies (University of Liverpool), and business school settings (Lincoln, Loughborough and Bournemouth universities) in the UK and Sweden. During that time, he has held senior management positions at the Departmental, Faculty and University level. Professor Miles is a distinguished scholar and established thought leader, holding Professorships at the universities of Liverpool (2006-2009), Karlstad (2009 - 2017), Loughborough (2011-2015) and now Bournemouth (2015 - ) as well as holding honorary professorial positions at Lancaster and University College London (UCL). Lee has also twice been awarded the prestigious title of Jean Monnet Professor by the European Union (in 2003 (Hull) and in 2004 (Liverpool)) in recognition of his expertise in European foreign policy and crisis management. He has been editor of prestigious peer-reviewed academic journals, including Cooperation and Conflict (2010-2014) and the Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) Annual Review (2001-2004), and presently is a member of editorial boards of prominent journals, such as Foreign Policy Analysis and Continuity and Resilience Review. He is also an accomplished PhD supervisor, having supervised 23 PhD candidates to completion from seven universities in the UK and Sweden. Lee has provided award-winning thought leadership in terms of enhancing disaster management in Africa and the Caribbean. His intellectual contributions have focused on developing more effective Single Points of Failure (SPOF) techniques that can bridge the gap between theory and practice in crisis and disaster management. Recently, this SPOF diagnostic work that builds African capacity to manage disasters was recognised by the world's largest association of Business Schools, AACSB, as one of the top 25 global 'Innovations that Inspire' for 2023. Lee also contributed to the prestigious 'AACSB Insights' in 2023. His research projects in Sierra Leone were profiled in the UK Resilience Lessons Digest in 2024, (published by the UK Cabinet Office/EPC) as best practice. Lee is an award-winning commentator on disasters in the national/ international media. His intellectual contributions have featured on premier media outlets, such as (radio): BBC R4 Today Programme, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC World Service News Hour Programme, Good Morning Scotland Programme, Radio Scotland, R4 Austria, BBC Radio London and BBC regional stations, and Talk Radio as well as (TV): BBC News Channel, CNN International, Good Morning Britain (ITV), STV and GB News. He has also contributed to articles published in UK printed media, such as The Sunday Times. Further details on the activities of Professor Lee Miles can be found in the Website Links section of this Personal Home Page.

Invited Lectures

  • Developing Powerful Partnerships in Sierra Leone, Fusion Building, Bournemouth University, UK, 26 Jun 2024 more
  • How can we become more resilient?, The Black Cherry Comedy Club (Cafe Scientifique), 04 Jun 2024 more
  • Towards a Digital Marketing Future?, Bournemouth University, 21 Mar 2024 more
  • Business School Priorities: Tourism & Hospitality, Marriott Hotel, Bournemouth, 06 Mar 2024 more
  • Improving Disaster Management with Social Science, The Black Cherry Comedy Club (Cafe Scientifique), 04 Apr 2023 more
  • Tourism Revenue, Resilience & Resistance, Taj 51, Buckingham Gate, London, 28 Apr 2022 more
  • Managing the ‘Art of the Possible’ for Resilience, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Resilience Forum, 03 Aug 2021 more
  • 'Doing the Research' and 'Researching the Doing', Fusion Building, Bournemouth University, 07 Mar 2018 more
  • Risk and Events Research Seminar, Fusion Building, Bournemouth University, 22 Mar 2017 more
  • Earthquakes: Human and Social Factors, Arts University Bournemouth (AUB), Poole, Dorset, 16 Jan 2017 more
  • Crisis and Disaster Management in the Philippines, Talbot Campus, Bournemouth University, 12 May 2016 more
  • Crisis and Entrepreneurial Resileince, JP Morgan Chaseside, 09 Feb 2016 more
  • Entrepreneurial Resilience and Disaster Management, European Business Centre, Lansdowne, Bournemouth, 25 Jan 2016 more
  • Regional Crisis Diplomacy: Get the Best Out of EU?, Horsham, West Sussex, UK,, 13 Mar 2013 more

Grants

  • Empowering Preparedness in Everyday and Household Resilience (EM-PREPARE) (Regional Innovation Fund (RIF), Innovate UK, 04 Dec 2023). In Progress
  • Commonwealth PhD Scholarship (Mukeh Kenneth Fernbulleh) on Evaluating the Disaster Risk Governance Challenges for Effective and Resilient Early Warning Systems (EWS) in Sierra Leone: A Case Study of 'One Health'. (Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, 01 Oct 2023). In Progress
  • Evaluating Local Disaster Management in Sierra Leone (EVALDIS) (Research England, 03 Jan 2022). In Progress
  • Driving African Capacity Building in Disaster Management (AFRICAB) (Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), 01 Sep 2018). Completed
  • Developing Multi-Hazard Risk Management and Resilience Standards: Guidlines and Handbook For Hotel Resilience (Global Initiative For Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM), United National Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), 01 Mar 2016). Completed

External Responsibilities

  • University of West of Scotland - London Campus, External Examiner for DBA Thesis (2024)
  • University of Portsmouth, External Examiner for PhD Thesis (2024)
  • National Disaster Management Agency/Ministry of Lands, Member of Technical Working Group (TWG) (2021-)
  • African Tourist Board (ATB), Member of COVID-19 'Project Hope' Task Force (2020-), https://africantourismboard.com/
  • UK Parliament, Member of COVID-19 Database of Experts (2020-)
  • District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC), Freetown City Council (FCC), Freetown, Sierra Leone, International Advisor and Member, (2020-)
  • University of Cambridge, External Examiner - Master Dissertation (2019)
  • UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Member of UKRI Peer Review College (2018-2021)
  • The University of Leeds, External Examiner for PhD Thesis (2018)
  • The University of Leeds, External Examiner for PhD Thesis (2018)
  • University Association of Contemporary European Studies (UACES), Wise Man Panel Judge - Best Book/Best PhD Prize (2009-2011)
  • Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs, RIIA), London, Associate Fellow, European Programme (2002-2007)

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Member of Editorial Board of Continuity and Resilience Review - Academic Peer-reviewed journal published in association with the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) (20 May 2022)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, University of West Indies, Jamaica (17 Jul 2018)
  • Member of Editorial Board of Foreign Policy Analysis, published by Oxford University Press (OUP) (01 Jan 2016)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Population Protection (01 Sep 2013)

Conference Presentations

  • Official Launch of Service Delivery Charter of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) of Sierra Leone, Keynote Remarks: The Importance, Roles and Value-added of Service Charters to Improving Disaster Management, 09 Oct 2024, NDMA Headquarters, Aberdeen, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • National Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Practitioners Conference, Learning from Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) Projects: Best Practice from EM-PREPARE, 19 Jun 2024, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK
  • 'Learning to Adapt' UK Resilience Lessons Digest Webinar, Spotlight on Sierra Leone: Lessons from the AFRICAB and EVALDIS Projects, 16 May 2024, online.
  • AACSB Deans Conference, 2024, Barcelona, Spain, Conduct of Crisis Communications, 21 Feb 2024, Barcelona, Spain
  • Public Keynote Lecture Series, Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU) Sierra Leone, Disaster Management in Sierra Leone: Reflections from the November 2021 Wellington Fuel Tanker Incident, 02 Dec 2023, online
  • A World for Travel 'Shifting Towards the Future' Seville Forum:, Out of the Darkness and into the Spotlight of Sustainability, 17 Oct 2023, Seville, Spain
  • 'Creating Effective Warnings for All' Conference Programme, Reflecting on Critical Points of Failure in Disaster Management in Sierra Leone, 11 Sep 2023, University College London (UCL), London, UK
  • The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) 30th 2023 Annual Hybrid Conference, The Role and Timings of Meta-Leadership: Evaluating the November 2021 Wellington Fuel Tanker Incident in Sierra Leone, 11 Sep 2023, Rhodes University Campus, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  • One Health 2023 Conference: 'Collaboration Towards a One Health Business Cluster', Keynote Speaker: 'The Future of a One Health Business Cluster? Meta-Leadership and Clusters in Action', 13 Jul 2023, Kingston Maurward Conference Centre, Dorchester, Dorset, UK
  • The Local Resilience and Emergency Response Conference 2023 (Government Events), Conference Chair's Opening Remarks: 'Reflections on the UK’s National Resilience Framework', 08 Jun 2023, Online
  • Official Launch of 'Improving Subnational Disaster Management in Sierra Leone' EVALDIS Final Report No. 1 , National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA)/Government of Sierra Leone, Evaluating Local Disaster Management in Sierra Leone (EVALDIS): Final Report 2023, 09 Mar 2023, National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) Headquarters, Aberdeen, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Global Tourism Resilience Conference: The Road to Global Sustainability and Development, Leaders in Resilience: The Role of Leadership at the Nexus of Resilience-Building and Tourism, 15 Feb 2023, Regional Headquarters, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
  • International Disaster Management Executive Seminar for Nigeria, Next Steps for Nigerian Disaster Management? The 3 'P's' of Common Perceptions, Real Potentials and Dynamic Pathways, 27 Jan 2023, Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Conference Centre (organised by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)), Abuja, Nigeria
  • International Disaster Management Executive Seminar for Nigeria, Addressing Single Points of Failure in Practice? Case Studies for Disaster Managers, 26 Jan 2023, Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Conference Centre (organised by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)), Abuja, Nigeria
  • International Disaster Management Executive Seminar For Nigeria, Improving Disaster Management in Nigeria? Extending Meta-Leadership and Understanding Single Points of Failure (SPOF), 23 Jan 2023, Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Conference Centre, (organised by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)), Abuja, Nigeria
  • EVALDIS NDMA Steering Group Meeting, Evaluating Local Disaster Management in Sierra Leone (EVALDIS): Preliminary Findings, 25 Nov 2022, National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • 12th International Conference of the International Society for Integrated Risk Management, The Role and Timings of Meta-Leadership: An Analysis of the November 2021 Wellington Fuel Tanker Incident in Sierra Leone, 21 Sep 2022, Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Fire and Emergency Response for Dumpsites and Waste Transfer Stations: Reflecting on Fire-fighting Practice, Considering New Technological Solutions and the Launch of New SOPs in the Era of Climate Change, Launching Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Emergencies and Disasters at Freetown’s Dumpsites & Transfer Stations, 28 Jul 2022, Freetown City Council Headquarters, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Stakeholder Analysis for Maximum Impact (SAMI) International Workshop, The Impact of Research in Africa: Themes, Types and Outcomes, 15 Jul 2022, Centre d'accueil CICM-Mvolye, Yaounde, Cameroon
  • Dealing with Disasters (DwD) 2022 'Next Generation Disaster Prevention and Recovery' Conference, Undertaking Disaster Management Research in African Environments: Lessons from AFRICAB and EVALDIS in Sierra Leone, 09 Jun 2022, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
  • 'Tech and Climate Disasters' Tony Blair Institute of Global Change Workshop 2, 'Enhancing Disaster Management in Sierra Leone: Rationales for Technological Solutions', 30 Mar 2022, Freetown City Council, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • 'Tech and Climate Disasters' Tony Blair Institute of Global Change Workshop, 'Enhancing Disaster Management in Sierra Leone in Practice : Evaluations from AFRICAB, 29 Mar 2022, Freetown City Council, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) conference with Chief Minister Jacob Jusu Saffa, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 'Enhancing Disaster Management in Sierra Leone in Practice: ‘AFRICAB Plus’, 06 Jan 2022, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Annual Emergency Response and Fire Chiefs Leadership Conference, Understanding Meta-Leadership and Single Points of Failure (SPOF) in African Disaster Management During Pandemics, 24 Nov 2021, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria
  • Launch of Research Document on Single Points of Failure in Sierra Leone’s Disaster Risk Management Programme: Reflecting on the AFRICAB Final Report 2021 and Future Agenda,', Enhancing Disaster Management in Sierra Leone’: AFRICAB Final Report 2021 and Future Agendas, 30 Sep 2021, National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) Building, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • A World For Travel Evora Forum, Lisbon, Portugal, Levelling Up Sustainable and Resilient Tourism: Refocusing on Sustainable Legacies, Reconciliations and Development, 16 Sep 2021, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Annual Emergency Disaster Management Executive Hybrid Summit, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Managing the 'Art of the Possible' in African Disaster Management: Integrating Meta-Leadership and Single Points of Failure (SPOF), 27 Jul 2021, Bamboo Plaza, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria
  • 'COVID-19: At the Crossroads of EU and National Politics', Swedish Network of European Studies (SNES) Spring 2021 Conference, Karlstad University, Sweden, 'Addressing the Balance Sheet: Crisisification and Innovative Use of Existing EU Powers', Speaker and Panellist, 15 Jun 2021, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden
  • International Tourism and Investment Conference (World Travel Market), Moderator and Lead Discussant,, Ministerial Roundtable on Rebuilding Africa’s travel and tourism sector while enhancing its resilience, 08 Apr 2021, Online
  • District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) of Freetown City Council (FCC),, BUDMC-AFRICAB Fire Incidents Evaluation Report, 09 Mar 2021, City Hall, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Edmund Bartlett Lecture Series 'Restarting Economies through Tourism: Vaccine Politics, Global Priorities and Destination Realities' Webinar,, organised by Global Centre for Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management (GCTRCM) and United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)', Moving Forward with the Miles Equation? A More Comprehensive Approach to Sustainable Tourism in a COVID-19 World?, 24 Feb 2021, Kingston, Jamaica
  • 'Towards a National Strategy on Disaster Journalism' SLAJ Symposium, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Disaster Preparedness: BU's work in Sierra Leone (Keynote), 22 Feb 2021, Online Symposium
  • Guest Speaker, ICPEM Crisis Hour Webinar No. 1; ‘How should emergency managers define good practice in the disaster risk governance of a pandemic?, 'Reconciling Integration and Devolution in the UK's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic', 21 Jan 2021, Webinar, London
  • 2nd Emergency Management Institute's Emergency Preparedness Summit, Keynote Summit Lecture on 'Handling An Ever More Complex Multi-Hazard Environment? AFRICAB and Reflecting on the Future of African Disaster Management', 19 Nov 2020, Lagos, Nigeria
  • African Tourist Board (ATB) Ministerial Roundtable 3 (with Ministers of Tourism from Angola, Ivory Coast and Mauritius), Moderator on Ministerial Session discussing ''The Four Challenges for African Travel and Tourism in a Post-COVID-19 World'', 22 Oct 2020, (Virtual),, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Edmund Bartlett Lecture Series - 'Geopolitics and the Coronavirus: Implications for Global Travel and Tourism' Webinar,, organised by Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) and United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Europe and COVID-19: Adaptive Working with Strong Geopolitical Tendencies?, 09 Sep 2020, Online (Jamaica)
  • Freetown City Council (FCC) Disaster Management Workshop, Focusing on Single Points of Failure for Freetown? AFRICAB Research and the Role of the Facilitators' Guide for Disaster Management, 06 Aug 2020, Horton Academy, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Dorset Global Health Network Webinar: How do governments prepare for, and manage, a national health crisis?", Managing a Global Health Crisis in Africa? Reflections from Sierra Leone in relation to Ebola and COVID-19, 17 Jun 2020, Dorset
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) UK OT's Situational Awareness Workshop, Caribbean Disaster Management in a Multi-Hazard COVID-19 World: Reflections on Avoiding Single Points of Failure, 27 May 2020, Virtual Workshop
  • Re-engineering Readiness Virtual Summit, Levers of Success in Handling COVID-19: Returning to the Miles Rules, 26 May 2020, London, United Kingdom
  • International Tourism and Investment Conference: Focusing on Africa, Island Nations and Emerging Markets, London, UK, Climate Change and Tourism Resilience Management: 'The Miles Rules' and Reflections from AFRICAB and PINPOINT, 01 Nov 2019, Intercontinental Park Lane Hotel, Mayfair, London, UK
  • FCO UK OTs Training Programme Conference, How to Pinpoint Single Points of Failure in Caribbean Disaster Management? The Context of Hurricane Dorian, 05 Sep 2019, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Great Charles Street, London, UK
  • African Resilience Summit, Johannesburg, South Africa, Enhancing African Resilience: Three Key Reflections (The Miles Rules) Lead Presentation for Session 2 on 'Security and Risk Management', 24 Jul 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • FCO UK OTs Training Programme Conference, Pinpointing Single Points of Failure in Caribbean Disaster Management - Preliminary Findings Covering 14 Countries and Territories of the Caribbean, 04 Jul 2019, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Great Charles Street, London
  • National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) - Coordination Conference Meeting on Preparedness for the Rains, AFRICAB Preliminary Results: Driving African Disaster Management Capacity-Building in Sierra Leone, 23 May 2019, Office of National Security (ONS) Building, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • AFRICAB Research Briefing, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Introducing GCRF AFRICAB - Driving Capacity Building in African Disaster Management: Resonance for Sierra Leone, 23 Jan 2019, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • 'Unlocking Resilience in Disaster Management in Ghana' AFRIGATE National Parliamentary Briefing of Ghanaian Parliamentarians, Bournemouth University, UK, Unlocking Gateways in Disaster Management in Ghana, 12 Nov 2018, Executive Business Centre (EBC) Bournemouth University, UK
  • 'Unlocking Resilience in Disaster Management in Ghana', GCRF AFRICAB National Parliamentary Briefing of Ghanaian Parliamentarians, Bournemouth University, UK, 'Understanding Single Points of Failure in Disaster Management in Africa', 12 Nov 2018, Executive Business Centre (EBC), Bournemouth University, UK
  • 4th Biennial Conference of the Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction (SASDiR), Durban, South Africa, Understanding Single Points of Failure in Disaster Management in Africa: A Driver for Research-informed Professional Practice and Capacity-building, 17 Oct 2018, Durban, South Africa
  • 4th Biennial Conference of the Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction (SASDiR), Durban, South Africa, Challenges in Managing Technological Disasters in Africa: Case Study of the Eseka Train Accident in Cameroon, 17 Oct 2018, Durban, South Africa
  • Summit of the Americas, Kingston, Jamaica (13 September 2018), The Challenge of Global Disruption: Pinpointing Single Points of Failure in Caribbean Disaster Management and Resilience, 13 Sep 2018, Regional Headquarters, University of West Indies, KIngston, Jamaica
  • AFRICAB Inter-Ministerial Briefing, Introducing GCRF AFRICAB - Driving Capacity Building in African Disaster Management, 25 Jul 2018, Dakar, Senegal
  • After Grenfell, Understanding the Implications of Framing and Blame Gaming in Grenfell, 17 Jul 2018, Royal Air Force Club, Piccadilly, London, UK
  • Resilience Through Tourism Summit, Amman, Jordan, 27 June 2018, The ABCs of Resilience: Where Making Strategies Resilient Requires Resilient Strategies, 26 Jun 2018, Fairmont Hotel, Amman, Jordan
  • Foreign Office OTs Training Programme Conference, Pinpointing Single Points of Failure in Disaster Management in the British OTs, 30 May 2018, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Great Charles St, London
  • United Kingdom Alliance for Disaster Reduction (UKADR) Conference, A Challenge in African Disaster Management - an Analysis of the October 2016 Eséka Train Accident in Cameroon, 27 Apr 2018, University of Bristol
  • Media Training in Disaster Management, Framing and Blame Gaming on Single Points of Failure in the Context of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, 16 Apr 2018, Department of Disaster Management, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
  • 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, A Glass of Disaster Management with a Foreign Policy Entrepreneurship Twist? Entrepreneurial Resilience and Foreign Policy Dynamics in Ghana, 04 Apr 2018, San Francisco, California, USA
  • 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, The Scandinavian Foreign Policy Collective: Managing Greater Imperatives of Safety and Resilience, 03 Apr 2018, San Francisco, California, USA
  • 2nd International Travel Crisis Management Summit, 'Resilience on the Move': State of the Art and Single Points of Failure in Crisis Management (Lead Speaker on panel, chaired by Rajan Datar, BBC and including MInister of Tourism, Jamainca)., 09 Nov 2017, Haberdasher's Hall, London, UK
  • European International Studies Association (EISA), Understanding Group Dynamics As Drivers of Political Change: Where Foreign Policy Analysis and Policy Entrepreneurship Meet?, 07 Jun 2017, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
  • European International Studies Association (EISA), A Glass of Crisis Management with a Foreign Policy Twist?: Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Cameroon, 07 Jun 2017, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
  • 2017 RCTI and CIH Innovation Forum: Embracing Innovation in China, Entrepreneurship and Resilience: Disaster Management in Cyber Space, 19 May 2017, Research Centre for Technological Innovation, Tsingshua University, Beijing , China
  • Innovation Forum: Embracing Innovation in China, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Entrepreneurship and Resilience: Disaster Management in Cyber Space, 19 May 2017, Tsinghua, University, Beijing China
  • International Studies Association 58th Annual Convention, A glass of crisis management with a foreign policy twist? Entrepreneural resilience in the Cameroon, 22 Apr 2017, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • International Studies Association (ISA) 58th Annual Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, A Glass of Crisis Management with a Foreign Policy Twist? Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Cameroon (with H Bang), 24 Feb 2017, Hilton Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • International Studies Association (ISA) 58th Annual Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Understanding the Group Dynamcs As Drivers of Political Change: Where Foreign Policy Analysis and Policy Entrepeneurship Meet?, 24 Feb 2017, Baltimore Hilton, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • International Studies Association (ISA) 58th Annual Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, (Policy) Entrepreneurship in Longer-Term Crisis: The Case of the Ukraine (with V Panova), 24 Feb 2017, Baltmore Hilton, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • International Studies Association (ISA) 58th Annual Convention, A Glass of Crisis Management with a Foreign Policy Twist? Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Cameroon, 22 Feb 2017, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • China Innovation Hub UK Forum, Entrepreneurial Resilience and Crisis Management: Implications for China, 08 Feb 2017, Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth
  • Executive Briefing, Carnival UK Executive Management Board, The Role of Strategic Executives and Strategic Approaches to Disaster Management, 23 Jan 2017, Southampton, UK
  • Centre for British Studies BREXIT Series, A Fusion Perspective on BREXIT Crisis Management: Reflections on a Single Market outside the Single Market?, Centre for British Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 12 Dec 2016, Berlin
  • International Travel Crisis Management Summit, Destination Crisis Impact: The Role of Innovation in Crisis Management, 10 Nov 2016, Haberdashers Hall, City of London, London, UK
  • China Association for Regional Economy/Regional Studies Association (RSA) Conference, China,, Smart Specialisation and 'Smart' Choices for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the EU and non-EU Regions (with Viktoriia Panova), 18 Oct 2016, Zengzhou, China
  • International Disaster and Risk Conference, Global Risk Forum, Disaster Risk Perception in Cameroon and its Implications for the Rehabilitation of the Lake Nyos Disaster Survivors (with Henry Bang), 28 Aug 2016, Davos, Switzerland
  • International Studies Association (ISA) 57th Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (16-19 March 2016), Paradiplomacy and Blames Games: Connectivity Between Regional Foreign Policy Making and Crisis and Disaster Management, 16 Mar 2016, HIlton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • IBM Client Forum on 'Cyber Resiliency - Protecting Your Business in an 'Always On' Digital World (26th November 2015), IBM UK, London, UK, Understanding Entreprenuerial Resilience and its Contribution to an 'Always On' World', 26 Nov 2015, IBM Client Centre, IBM UK, Southwark, London
  • ATLAS 2015 Annual Conference on 'Risk in Travel and Tourism', Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal (20-23 October 2015), Integrating Crisis Management and Tourism? Key Roles for Policy Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Resilience?, 20 Oct 2015, Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal
  • ATLAS 2015 Annual Conference on 'Risk in Travel and Tourism', Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal (20-23 October 2015), 'Blame Games and Meaning Making: Influencing Decision-Making on Disasters for Tourist Destinations' (with Richard Gordon), 20 Oct 2015, Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Dorset Business Continuity Forum, 'Understanding the Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Resilience and Business Continuity During Times of Crisis', 22 Sep 2015, Pool Harbour Commissioners Training Suite
  • 2nd International Conference for Public Policy (ICPP), Policy Entrepreneurs as the Drivers of Tailored Innovation Policies: The Case of The Paper Province Cluster (with Inga Narbutaite Aflaki) (1 July 2015), 01 Jul 2015, Milan, Italy
  • 'Political Entrepreneurship and European Foreign Policy in the Age of Resilience', Speaker (with Evangelia Petridou), International Studies Association (ISA) 56th Annual Convention, New Orleans, USA, 18 Feb 2015, Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, New Orleans, USA
  • Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) Section Para-Diplomacy Workshop, International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, New Orleans, USA (17 Feburary 2015), 'Para-diplomacy and Political Entrepreneurship at Moments of Crisis', 17 Feb 2015, Hilton Hotel, New Orleans, USA
  • 'Understanding the 'Logics' of 'Smart Specialisation' and the Implementation Chocies for Regions in Europe', Speaker (with Viktoriia Panova),'New Challenges for the New Cohesion Policy 2014-2020: An Academic and Policy Debate' Conference, Riga, Estonia, 04 Feb 2015, Riga, Estonia
  • Risk and Crisis Research Centre (CRC) Research Seminars, Entrepreneurial Resilience: The Role of Policy Entrepreneurship in the Political Perspective of Crisis Management (with Evangelia Petridou), 16 Dec 2014, Mid-Sweden University, Ostersund, Sweden
  • 'Bringing the Agency Back In? Policy Entrepreneurship in the Age of Resilience', Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) 2014 Resilience Conference, Westminster, London, UK, Bringing the Agency Back In? Policy Entrepreneurship in the Age of Resilience, 13 Nov 2014, RUSI, 61 Whitehall, Westminster, London
  • European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) Annual Conference, Glasgow University, UK, Political Entrepreneurship as Painful Choice: Examining Swedish (Post) Neutrality Security Policy', 03 Sep 2014, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
  • 'Fusing Localities? Understanding European Integration of Local Government', Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) Conference, UK (29 November 2013), 'The Three Panoramic Challenges of Crisis and the Challenges for Subnational Government', 29 Nov 2013, Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
  • How the Financial Crisis Affected Regional International Relations' 11th European Week of Regions and Cities (OPEN DAYS), 'Regional Crisis Diplomacy or a Crisis of Regional Diplomacy? Regional Action in the European Union', 08 Oct 2013, Charlamagne Building, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
  • 63rd Political Studies Association (PSA) Annual International Conference, 'Political Entrepreneurship as Painful Choices? Explaining Change and Continuity in Swedish (Post) Neutrality Policy', 27 Mar 2013, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
  • 40 Years Since the First Enlargement Conference, 'Denmark in the European Union: A Smart State Handling a Differentiated Integration Dilemma' (with Anders Wivel), 08 Mar 2013, Woburn House Conference Centre, Tavistock Square, London, UK
  • 'The State of Foreign Policy Analysis: A Town Hall Meeting with the Editors of Cooperation and Conflict and Foreign Policy Analysis', A Special Meeting of the Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) Section of the International Studies Association (ISA) and the British International Studies Association (BISA), 'The European Perspective of the State of Research in Foreign Policy Analysis and Crisis Management', 02 Jun 2012, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Attended Training

  • AACSB Societal Impact Seminar, 22 Apr 2023, Certificate of Attendance

Qualifications

  • PhD in Politics (The University of Hull, 1999)
  • MA in European Community Studies (The University of Birmingham, 1991)
  • BA (Hons) in International Relations and Strategic Studies (The University of Lancaster, 1990)

Honours

  • Recognised in AACSB's 2023 Top 25 Global 'Innovations that Inspire' Spotlight List for 'Building African Capacity to Manage Disasters' (AACSB - Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, 2023)
  • 'Best Use of Media Relations 2018' PRIDE Award for Expert Commentary on Hurricane Irma (Chartered Institute of Public Relations, 2018)
  • PRCA DARE Award - 'Media Relations of the Year 2018' for Hurricane Irma Expert Commentary (Public Relations and Communication Association (PRCA), 2018)
  • Honorary Professorial Fellow, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion (PPR) (2010-2012) (Lancaster University, 2010)
  • Docent in Political Science (Karlstad University, Sweden, 2004)

Memberships

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