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

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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...

 

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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

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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...