What Service Design Can Offer the Emergency Service Sector

The public sector is buzzing with talk of service design as a promising approach to creating and improving citizen-friendly public services. Emergency services are among many public organizations that could benefit from what service design has to offer.

Megan Anderson • August 31, 2015

Decentralized Traffic Control: Can citizens be trusted to define automotive security?

Since the inception of the automobile, centralized authority governing road side security was largely kept out of the hands of citizens. However, with new smart-phone applications and social media, users are re-innovating their roles in motorway safety.

John Sabou • August 24, 2015

Whether ISIS is losing the war

The Islamic State (of Iraq and Syria) seems to be withdrawing, but it is too soon to conclude that it is losing the war.

Wietse van den Berge • August 05, 2015

Operation Serval: the French Intervention in Mali

Despite initial successes of French military intervention against Islamists in Mali, the question remains to what extent the operation has managed to contribute to a long-term solution to the country’s troubles.

Sergei Boeke and Bart Schuurman • July 28, 2015

The intervention in Libya: not a recipe for success

Following the uprisings in Libya in 2011, a number of countries participated in an intervention to protect civilians from the Gaddafi-regime. What can be learned from this intervention with its so-called light-footprint strategy?

Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn • July 20, 2015

EFRIM sets the agenda for further cooperation among European emergency services

The EFRIM-initiative for further cooperation presents a promising first step in addressing many of the current challenges the emergency services sector face.

Megan Anderson • July 13, 2015

Jailhouse Islam – What to do with terrorists in prison?

Radicalization in prison ranks high on Europe’s political agenda. Are prisons breeding grounds for radicalization? What to do with terrorists in prison?

Liesbeth van der Heide • July 06, 2015

Indicators of Terrorist Intent and Capability

Planning and preparing for a terrorist attack requires time, resources, skills and knowledge. Which 'early warning indicators' can be detected that could help disrupting potential plots?

Bart Schuurman • July 01, 2015

First results PEMP project published!

The first results of the “Policing European Metropolises project” (PEMP) that Elke Devroe launched in April 2013 are now published.

Elke Devroe • June 29, 2015