ANU Symposium on Security, Resilience & Community

In September, RegNet’s Associate Professor Jarrett Blaustein and Mark Crosweller (National Security College) held the ANU Symposium on Security, Resilience & Community.

Invited participants included a diverse group of researchers and practitioners with expertise spanning emergency management, adaptive governance, humanitarian aid, and defence. The event enabled discussions around two main areas: Linking ‘Security’ and ‘Resilience’ and Imagining Secure and Resilient Communities.

Convenor Associate Professor Blaustein concluded the event with some reflections. He noted that based on the discussion, it is clear that there is no magic bullet to address any of the challenges that Australia faces and that an effective model of crisis management will necessitate systems-level thinking and the utilisation of coordinated and resourced, networked governance-based responses. He argued that the issue of coordination is particularly important, and that shifting the way we thinking about risk and responsibility from ‘ownership’ to ‘stewardship’ might provide a fruitful avenue for overcoming some of the issues raised.

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