Strategy and Business Systems

Profile

Prof. Edward P. BorodziczPhD, MA, BSc (Hons.)

Appointed Professor of Risk and Crisis Management in January 2005 Edward's interests include: risk, crisis and security management, risk and human behaviour, disaster response, socio-technical systems failure, corporate risk and business continuity, security and resilience, terrorism, transport risks in particular rail, ethnographic research and simulations and games for training. Edward has worked extensively over the past 15 years with the emergency services, local and central government agencies and large businesses.

Edward's PhD thesis was based on simulation training for complex inter-organisational response to crises among the UK emergency services.

Current and previous research topics:

 
• Crisis Management and Resilience
• The threat from CBRN
• Risk Management in Universities
• 'Privatisation and rail safety', an ESRC funded project, also leading to a successful PhD
• 'Managing the Risk of Flooding'
• 'Business Continuity in a Major UK Bank'
• Crisis Management training in UK, France, Spain and Italy on a European Union funded project at London University. 

Currently, Edward is developing a new Centre for Risk, Crisis and Security Management at the University of Portsmouth and a new MSc available by attendance or distance learning in October 2006. Prior to joining the University of Portsmouth, Edward developed and directed MSc programmes in Corporate Risk and Security Management at Southampton University, and an MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management by distance learning at Leicester University. Edward is also a visiting Professor at Southampton University and the Resilience Centre, Royal Military College of Science, Cranfield University.

Edward publishes in a range of key refereed journals, and recently authored a new book entitled 'Risk, Crisis and Security Management' (published by John Wiley and Sons). Edward appears frequently in the media, on BBC television and Radio and also a variety of independent broadcasting networks and major daily journals.

Selected Recent Publications and Dissemination

Books

• Borodzicz, E. P. 2005 Risk, Crisis and Security Management, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester.

Journals

• Borodzicz, E. P., Yung-fang Chen and Jia-min Chao, 2004 'Flood Management: A Simulation and Gaming Perspective' Journal of Environment and Management 4(2):109-136.

• Borodzicz, E. P. and Yung-fang Chen, 2004 'Understanding and responding to flooding: A simulation and gaming perspective' in Walsh, P. (eds.), Simulations and Gaming Research Yearbook, Kogan Page, London.

• Borodzicz, E. P. 2004 'The Missing Ingredient is the Value of Flexibility' International Journal of Simulation and Gaming, Sage. 35(3):414-426

• Borodzicz, E. P. and Kees van Haperen  2003 'Learning and Training: A Reflective Account of Crisis Management in a Major UK Bank', Risk Management an International Journal, Perpetuity Press. 1(5):33-50

• Borodzicz, E. P. and Kees van Haperen 2002 'Individual and Group Learning in Crisis Simulations' in Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Blackwell, 10(3) 139-147.

•  Borodzicz, E. P. 2005 Official Response to Head of Civil Contingencies Secretary, London Resilience Workshop, London.
• Borodzicz, E. P. 2005 'Women Fire and Dangerous Things', (Inaugural Presentation), University of Portsmouth
• Borodzicz, E. P. 2005 Training to In/Evacuate following a CBRN attack: What to do with the people problem?International Security Forum Conference, Montreux, Switzerland
• Borodzicz, E. P. 2004 'Managing the Risk of Terrorism to Oil Pipelines', East-West Conference, London.
• Borodzicz, E. P. 2004 'Crime, Policing and Emergency Planning' Understanding, London Government Conference, London.
• Borodzicz, E. P. 2003 'The Use and Abuse of Crisis Simulations' Conference on Global Security at RMCS Shrivenham, Cranfield University
• Borodzicz, E. P. 2003 International Security Forum, OSLO, Norway.  (Keynote-address).
• Borodzicz E. P. 2003 Nato-Russia Advanced Research Workshop, Industrial Psychology Research Centre, Aberdeen University.
• Borodzicz, E. P. 2002 'Managing Risk in Universities' HEFCE Conference on Risk Management, Said Business School, Oxford University.  (Keynote Address)