Crossings: Applying Research Findings to Cross-Border Security Cooperation

Investigator(s):

Allen Batteau (PI)

Sponsor:

Wayne State University, MI 48202 3135772424

Start Date/Expiration Date

2005-03-15 to 2005-08-31 (amended 2005-03-02)

Awarded Amount to Date:

$14,879

Abstract: Workshop Proposal: Crossings: Applying Research Findings to Cross-Border Security Cooperation Abstract A team of academic researchers, public officials, and industry leaders in southeastern Michigan and southwestern Ontario propose to conduct a workshop on the cultural and institutional challenges of cross-border security cooperation, and the application of research findings in disaster management and organization research to issues of cooperation. We observe that a growing class of disasters are those that observe no political boundaries, including international frontiers: certain of these, particularly those involving biohazardous events, can be compounded by the differences in cultural values and institutional assumptions (for example: accessibility of health care) on different sides of a border. To create a research agenda for understanding these issues, and for applying the findings of basic research, we propose to bring together researchers and disaster management practitioners from both Canada and the United States for an intensive, one-day discussion of the challenges posed by these new problems in crisis management and the new opportunities for solving them afforded by current academic research. In the scope of an intensive, well-staffed discussion between academics and practitioners, we will be able to identify specific opportunities for applying the research results of multiple projects, and to identify critical areas for future research collaboration between Canada and the United States. The workshop will be jointly sponsored by institutions in Canada and the United States. Contributions to Theory and Method This workshop will be an agenda-setting workshop, building a consensus among leading academics in the United States and Canada, and practitioners at the state, provincial, and municipal levels, for applied research in crisis management. It will give particular focus to the application of simulations and modeling, particularly agent-based models of cooperation, to issues of improving organizations' response to disasters. Broad Social Impact This workshop will bring together the users of crisis management research findings with the producers of that research. Numerous areas that we have already identified where research could improve practice in the design of drills and scenarios for improved learning, in the implementation of communication technologies for improved coordination, and in the improvement of organizational learning from crises can be quickly implemented following this important meeting of researchers and practitioners.

NSF Org:

CMS - Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems

Award Number:

0519440

Award Instrument:

Standard Grant

Program Manager:

Dennis Wenger
CMS Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems
ENG Directorate for Engineering

NSF Program(s):

DIGITAL GOVERNMENT, INFRASTRUC SYS MGMT & HAZ RESP

Field Application(s):

Program Reference Code(s):

NATIONL EARTHQK HZRD REDCT PRG, 1576
RENEWAL ENGINEERING, 1039

Program Element Code(s):

1706
INFRASTRUC SYS MGMT & HAZ RESP, 1638