...Ksenia Chmutina; Valentina Volpi; Jason Von Meding Purpose This paper aims to reflect on how knowledge about disasters is produced: what is said, by whom and where and through which methodological approaches – and how these processes shape the field. Here we ask: do the current conditions...

... questions are explored: how we identify with and relate to people in our study areas, who we do research for and what this means for knowledge creation and research practice. Design/methodology/approach Prompted by the Power Prestige and Forgotten Values manifesto (2019), the authors conversed with one...

...Juan Pablo Sarmiento; Catalina Sarmiento; Gabriela Hoberman; Meenakshi Chabba Purpose This study aims to assess knowledge retention of the graduates of the online graduate certificate on local development planning, land use management and disaster risk management (PDLOTGR, the abbreviation...

... levels: the organisational level, the individual level and a broader enabling environment. Findings First, the paper demonstrates that knowledge of English plays a key role in accessing international funding and information. Second, it describes the challenges that NGO workers encounter when...

... appears to be this: disaster relief workers either have the knowledge to know what to do or the authority to do it. Seldom, however, are the local knowledge of what to do and the authority to do it located in the same person. This mismatch creates instability which generates pressure for change...