Past Director of Research and Senior Consultant to the Population Behaviour Section, Israel’s Homeland Command, Prof Kirschenbaum has been appointed Director of the Israel National Research Center for Disasters (NRCD). One component of the NRCD is utilizing applied research for policy decisions, including a broad variety of safety and security issues. He is author of dozens of scientific journal articles and book chapters including leading disaster journals (IJMED) and recently published book “Chaos Organization and Disaster Management”. He is presently engaged in multiple research projects focusing on organizational adaptation in crises, affect of risk perceptions on preparedness, induced behavioral changes to reduce the impact of terrorism and emergent disaster behavior among employees in maintaining business continuity. Professor Kirschenbaum is also currently doing international research on the urban community basis of societal resilience and minority preparedness. He is also the coordinator of a European Union Consortium focusing on a behavioral science model and training program dealing with airport security. He is presently on the executive board of the International Research Committee on Disasters (IRCD-39) and the European Disaster & Social Crisis Research Network (DSCRN).
Emergency Management
Review of Introduction to International Disaster Management, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (2009)
A review of Introduction to International Disaster Management, by Damon Coppola. The reviewer is Alan...
Terror, Adaptation and Preparedness: A Trilogy for Survival, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (2009)
The object of terror is to socially and politically destabilize nations. Terror, like other forms...
Disaster Behavior
Terror, Adaptation and Preparedness: A Trilogy for Survival, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (2009)
The object of terror is to socially and politically destabilize nations. Terror, like other forms...