Dear Members of Academia Europaea#

As part of the SAPEA consortium, the Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub are pleased to issue a call for the nomination of experts to take part in a SAPEA Working Group on ‘Strategic crisis management in the EU: Improving EU crisis prevention, preparedness, response and resilience’.

What will the Working Group do? #

The SAPEA Working Group will draft an Evidence Review Report on strategic crisis management in the EU. This Report will then inform a Scientific Opinion of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors. The main question to be addressed is: Based on a broad and multidisciplinary understanding, how can the EU improve its strategic crisis management?

Why this topic?#

In the aftermath of COVID-19, the EU and European societies must prepare for a range of other natural or human-made shocks. These could include major health threats or future crises caused by a changing climate. Improving the EU’s strategic crisis management, which is defined broadly to cover prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience, has become essential for protecting and enhancing the present and future wellbeing and prosperity of EU citizens.

Who can be nominated?#

SAPEA will set up an international and interdisciplinary Working Group of experts. All nominees should have expertise in the broad area of crisis management, prevention, preparedness, response, and resilience. This expertise may be within a specific knowledge area e.g. crisis management in health.

How to make a nomination#

Please read the Call for Nominations document, which includes important information about the areas of expertise required, criteria for selection, and expected workload and timelines for the Group.

Nomination of experts for the Working Group should be accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae, together with a short statement on how the nominee’s experience meets the areas of expertise identified in the Call for Nominations document.

Please send nominations or any queries you may have to AECardiffHub@cardiff.ac.uk before the deadline of 27 August 2021.