COST Action AlertHub

After the most recent meeting of AlertHub (that took place last week), we are looking forward for the results of all that good energy, effective organization and dynamic discussions that we have witnessed across all of the four working groups. At this point, we are also aiming to further the established goals (stay tuned for updates!) by strengthening collaboration and enlarging our network! ✔️ If you already are a member of AlertHub, spread the word about our activity! ✔️✔️ If you think that someone from your professional network is just the right person to join the many challenges currently raised by studying warning systems across Europe, please share! ☑️ Join us at https://lnkd.in/grr9Y5XK

February 25-26: Two days of inspiration and progress for the AlertHub COST Action, featuring highly valuable keynotes on warning communication in Europe delivered by dr. Michèle Roth and Dr. Christoph Groneberg from the Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (BBK) (Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance), Maik Elster from Southwest Broadcasting, and Guadalupe Ortiz Noguera from Universitat d'Alacant. At the Management Committee meeting led by Florian Meißner, Macromedia University of Applied Sciences and Corina Buzoianu, Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative (SNSPA), we shared progress updates, engaged in discussions on future activities and events, and strengthened connections by bridging expertise, knowledge, and research. Working Group meetings focused on activity planning for the coming months, advancing research protocols, strengthening collaboration between researchers and practitioners, and exploring stakeholder perceptions of key challenges. Many thanks for their coordination work to Bengt Johansson, University of Gothenburg; Sten Torpan, University of Tartu; Yijing Wang, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Heini Ruohonen, Åbo Akademi University, Åshild Kolås, Peace Research Institute; Fuzel Ahamed Shaik, CMVS University, Oulu; Renata Matkeviciene, Vilniaus universitetas / Vilnius University; Bianca Persici Toniolo, Ph.D., Universidade da Beira Interior and to all our members for their valuable contributions. Special thanks to Macromedia University of Applied Sciences and to Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. Holger Sievert for hosting and supporting the event. Stay connected for updates on our next activities and events! Join us and become an AlertHub member at https://lnkd.in/grr9Y5XK

💻 After a series of online meetings during January, we move forward with discussions on core themes of working groups as well as with insights from key stakeholders in disaster response, media representatives and researchers focused on recent natural disasters across Europe (Spain). 📌 The next hybrid meeting in Cologne, hosted by Macromedia University of Applied Sciences, will take place between 25 and 26 February 2025. 📌Further updates and the meeting agenda will be available on our online communication channels.

At Alert Hub we believe that 🧑🎓 👩🎓young researchers and PhD students are the future of any 🌐programs or collaborative projects, and we are happy to share news about a most recent initiative of one of our network's members: ''Digitalizing public emergency communication: New technologies and debates'' is a research course dedicated to PhD/predoc students. Key dates: Application by 1 February 2025 Response by 25 February 2025 Duration: 2 days (26 - 28 May 2025) Location: Oslo More information about how to apply and requirements: https://lnkd.in/dU2gZn9C

🔊 Exciting news for crisis communication scholars and practitioners: the next meeting of the ECREA Risk and Crisis Communication Section will take place in Bucharest, Romania, from September 15 to September 17, 2025! 🔎 This is an excellent opportunity to connect, collaborate, and share insights on risk and crisis communication in an engaging academic and professional setting. 📌 Submission of abstracts for open sessions (max. 250 words) or panels (max. 500 words, 5-6 participants) are opened until April 4, 2025. 📌 Good news for PhD students also, as they are encouraged to apply both for the conference and the professional workshop! 📌Detailed information about submissions, deadlines, workshops and social activities is to be found in the conference call and on the conference webpage: https://lnkd.in/dBSpcUMk.

🔎 How best to map challenges for implementing effective communication in early warning systems for climate change-related crises and disasters, than being out there, discussing and sharing with our action's stakeholders? 🔦 Please to announce that we are steadily advancing towards building up a solid start for the work we committed to over the next 4 years :).

To attain our proposed goals, at AlertHub, the activity is organized in four working groups designed to strengthen cooperation and bridge theory with practice in climate change-related disaster-related warning systems across Europe, thus advancing knowledge, facilitating knowledge transfer and increasing society resilience. 📌 Working Group 1 is involved in mapping extant data and research on disaster communication and warning systems in Europe. 📌Working Group 2  will map the challenges of implementing effective warning communication. 📌Working Group 3 is developing an open-access knowledge platform for communication disaster and warning systems across Europe 📌 Working Group 4 activity revolves around disseminating knowledge of best practices in Europe. There are currently around 50 members from 22 European countries on board. Further members are encouraged to join, as it is an open research network.

📲 Activity at AlertHub started earlier this month, with the first management committee meeting taking place at Cost Association in Bruxelles. To see our activity so far, check Cost Action website here: https://lnkd.in/dwxmHNmm and follow us online and on social media at: Facebook: https://lnkd.in/dFrD3t-w Instagram: AlertHub

📣 We are AlertHub, one of the newest COST Action to be implemented between 2024 and 2028! 🌍 Being developed as an EU-funded research network (through COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology) AlertHub aim is to foster cross-border exchange and collaboration focused on warning systems, risk and crisis communication and to address the current needs and challenges experienced in practice by a wide variety of stakeholders. More about this initiative at: https://lnkd.in/dwxmHNmm