1st Edition

Global Risk Management The Role of Collective Cognition in Response to COVID-19

Edited By Louise K. Comfort, Mary Lee Rhodes Copyright 2022
312 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The rise and spread of Covid-19 in the beginning of 2020 presents a once-in-a-century challenge and opportunity for decision makers, managers, scholars, and citizens to understand the risks, mitigate its impact and prepare for future crises. Drawing on a global network of scholars, this book presents a comparative analysis of ten nations’ response to a global pandemic, while operating... Read more

1. Collective Cognition in Complex Systems

Louise Comfort & Mary Lee Rhodes 

2. The Global Context: Progression of the Pandemic across the World, the Role of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Functioning of the Global Health Governance and Institutional System

Laura Olson 

3. Achieving the Transition from Collective Cognition to Collective Action in Responding to COVID-19 in China

Haibo Zhang, Louise Comfort & Nie Yulun 

4. The Impact of Inter-Crisis Learning on the Risk Cognition and the Utilization of Information Technologies in Korea

Kilkon Ko, Saemi Chang & Seunghyun Lee 

5. Facilitating Citizens’ Voluntary Commitment: Japan’s Cooperation-based Approach

Aya Okada 

6. Multiscalar aspects of the COVID-19 crisis in Italy with a focus on the Metropolitan area of Milan

Veronica Gazzola and Scira Menoni 

7. A Comparative Analysis of COVID-19 responses in Ireland

Conor Mark Dowling & Mary Lee Rhodes 

8. Cognition, Communication, and Collective Action: Turkey’s Response to COVID-19

Güneş Ertan & Ali Çarkoğlu, Koç 

9. Same Country, Different Stories: Context, Complexity, and Cognition in the United States

Michael D. Siciliano, Louise Comfort, Naim Kapucu, Seunghyun Lee & Jun Li 

10. The Need to Protect the Most Vulnerable: The COVID-19 Crisis in Long-Term and Residential Care in Canada 

Jean Slick & Haorui Wu 

11. From "People Need to Hug Each Other, Do It – and Nothing Will Happen" to "Keep a Healthy Distance": The Mexican Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Monica Camacho & Mónica Jacobo Suárez 

12. Cognition and Collective Action for COVID-19 Prevention and Response in the United Arab Emirates

Edris Alam 

13. Evidence and Indicators of ‘Collective Cognition’ Across Countries 

Mary Lee Rhodes & Louise Comfort 

14. A Learning Model for Global Risk?

Louise Comfort & Mary Lee Rhodes

Biography

Louise K. Comfort is Professor Emerita and former Director of the Center for Disaster Management, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Mary Lee Rhodes is Associate Professor of Public Management at Trinity Business School and Director of the Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.