Governments must urgently rethink crisis response, new study warns

The research, published in the Journal of Management Inquiry, which was conducted by a group of international experts: Sarah Kovoor-Misra, Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, Ana Perez-Luno, Sreevas Sahasranamam and Barbara Larraneta. It concluded that traditional crisis response strategies are too slow, rigid, and centralised to cope with modern global threats like pandemics, climate disasters, and terrorism. The study highlights the urgent need for Crisis Management Ecosystems (CMEs)—broad networks of governments, businesses, NGOs, and communities that work together in real-time to contain crises.