Contemporary Challenges of Policy Studies: Workshop on Resilience Policy and Crises - JSM735

• Title: Contemporary Challenges of Policy Studies: Workshop on Resilience Policy and Crises
• Form of teaching: lecture+seminar
• Guaranteed by: Department of Public and Social Policy (23-KVSP)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2025
• Duration in semesters: 1
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (16)
• Maximum number of enrolled students: 16
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English, Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Additional information: http://konzultace: termíny na přihlášení na: http://konzultace .fsv.cuni.cz
• Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 1 / 2
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: PhDr. Vilém Novotný, Ph.D.
• Class: Courses for incoming students

Annotation

Crises and disasters are apparent across the globe and are increasing in severity and frequency due to climate change, human development patterns, and failures of governance. These events also provide potential windows of opportunity for governments to learn from disaster and past failures to improve community resilience, reduce risks, and mitigate existing vulnerabilities across their communities. However, this often does not happen after a disaster occurs. In this workshop we will discuss the reasons why learning and resilience-building often do not occur and we will interrogate pathways to conduct successful disaster policy research.
The workshop is dedicated to all students who are interested in the policy process research. It focuses on operationalization and application of community resilience, focusing event theory, and disaster policy to empirical data (interviews, document analysis, media analysis, etc.) and their participatory discussion. The workshop aims to discuss and formulate research designs.

Last update: Novotný Vilém, PhDr., Ph.D. (15.09.2024)

Literature

Albright, Elizabeth A. & Crow, Deserai A.(2021). Capacity Building toward Resilience: How Communities Recover, Learn, and Change in the Aftermath of Extreme Events. Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 89-122.
Crow, D.A., DeLeo, R.A., Albright, E.A., Taylor, K., Birkland, T.A., Zhang, M., Koebele, E.A., Jeschke, N., Shanahan, E.A., & Cage, C. (2023).Policy Learning and Change During Crisis: COVID-19 Policy Responses Across Six States. Review of Policy Research, 40(1): 10-35.
DeLeo, Rob A., Taylor, Kristin, Crow, Deserai A. & Birkland, Thomas A.  (2021). During Disaster: Refining the Concept of Focusing Events to Better Explain Long-Duration Crises”, International Review of Public Policy [Online], Vol. 3., No. 1., pp.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/irpp.1868

Further readings can be recommended by teachers.

Last update: Novotný Vilém, PhDr., Ph.D. (02.10.2024)

Course assessment methods and requirements for successful completion, grading scheme

The credits will be granted after fulfilling following conditions (plagiarism and other misconducts against academic and/or good manners will prevent passing the course):

1) Active participation in discussion

2) Attendance (100 % - it is just a one day workshop)

3) Critical summaries of 3 texts (á 1-2 pages)

4) Elaboration of an assigned task

5) Critical interpretation of a chosen text or presentation of own research intention (alone or in a mini-team) (cca 5 min.)

6) Research design + a pilot empirical study (15-20 pages / 27.000-36.000 signs with blanks) (alone or in a mini-team)

 

Grading Scale (max. 100 points)

A         91-100 points

B         81-90 points

C         71-80 points

D         61-70 points

E         51-60 points

F          till 50 points

 

Deadlines

till October 10 Critical summaries of 3 texts (á 1-2 pages) via e-mail to vnovotny(at)fsv.cuni.cz

till October 11 Presentation own research intention or critical interpretation of a chosen text (cca 15 min.)

till October 11 Elaboration of an assigned task

till December 20 Research design + a pilot empirical study (15-20 pages / 27.000-36.000 signs with blanks) via e-mail to vnovotny(at)fsv.cuni.cz

Last update: Novotný Vilém, PhDr., Ph.D. (04.10.2024)

Course registration requirements

The workshop is open to all students interested in the policy process research, primarily for Public and Social Policy Studies and Verejna a socialni politika programs. Previous knowledge of the policy process is an advantage.
Working language is English.

Last update: Novotný Vilém, PhDr., Ph.D. (16.09.2024)