Aaron Clark-Ginsberg
@aclarkginsberg.bsky.social
Social scientist of disaster. Researcher, RAND, and professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School. Occasional ultrarunning. https://www.rand.org/about/people/c/clark-ginsberg_aaron.html
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The Incident Management Measurement Tool (IMMT): A Tool for Measuring Public Health Incident Management During and After Emergencies | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness | Cambridge Core
The Incident Management Measurement Tool (IMMT): A Tool for Measuring Public Health Incident Management During and After Emergencies - Volume 19
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🚨New article🚨
The Incident Management Measurement Tool (IMMT): A Tool for Measuring Public Health Incident Management During and After Emergencies
We describe our new, practical, tool for measuring incident management performance.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Incident Management Measurement Tool (IMMT): A Tool for Measuring Public Health Incident Management During and After Emergencies
We describe our new, practical, tool for measuring incident management performance.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Our **new** article! Measuring trauma: a preliminary analysis of the hurricane-related traumatic experiences questionnaire www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Measuring trauma: a preliminary analysis of the hurricane-related traumatic experiences questionnaire
This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the adapted Spanish version of the Hurricane-Related Traumatic Experiences (HURTE) scale among Puerto Rican adults (N = 312) who relocated to the...
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July 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Our **new** article! Measuring trauma: a preliminary analysis of the hurricane-related traumatic experiences questionnaire www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🚨New article🚨
The Incident Management Measurement Tool (IMMT): A Tool for Measuring Public Health Incident Management During and After Emergencies
We describe our new, practical, tool for measuring incident management performance.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Incident Management Measurement Tool (IMMT): A Tool for Measuring Public Health Incident Management During and After Emergencies
We describe our new, practical, tool for measuring incident management performance.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Incident Management Measurement Tool (IMMT): A Tool for Measuring Public Health Incident Management During and After Emergencies | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness | Cambridge Core
The Incident Management Measurement Tool (IMMT): A Tool for Measuring Public Health Incident Management During and After Emergencies - Volume 19
www.cambridge.org
June 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🚨New article🚨
The Incident Management Measurement Tool (IMMT): A Tool for Measuring Public Health Incident Management During and After Emergencies
We describe our new, practical, tool for measuring incident management performance.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Incident Management Measurement Tool (IMMT): A Tool for Measuring Public Health Incident Management During and After Emergencies
We describe our new, practical, tool for measuring incident management performance.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🚨New Article: The impact of tropical cyclone exposure on infant mortality in low- and middle-income countries🚨
Exposure to cyclones during pregnancy or the first year of life increases infant mortality by 11% (!!!) on average in low-and middle-income countries.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Exposure to cyclones during pregnancy or the first year of life increases infant mortality by 11% (!!!) on average in low-and middle-income countries.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The impact of tropical cyclone exposure on infant mortality in low- and middle-income countries
Tropical cyclones increase infant mortality across seven low- and middle-income countries with uneven country-specific effects.
www.science.org
May 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🚨New Article: The impact of tropical cyclone exposure on infant mortality in low- and middle-income countries🚨
Exposure to cyclones during pregnancy or the first year of life increases infant mortality by 11% (!!!) on average in low-and middle-income countries.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Exposure to cyclones during pregnancy or the first year of life increases infant mortality by 11% (!!!) on average in low-and middle-income countries.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Last week I had opportunity to present on the good and bad of community-driven disaster management based on my work in Kenya, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Zambia, and Sierra Leone.
Community approaches to disaster management can be great - but the devil is in the details.
vimeo.com/1080584009?s...
Community approaches to disaster management can be great - but the devil is in the details.
vimeo.com/1080584009?s...
Pathways to Resilience - Fire Adapted Communities in Action
April 30, 2025 Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, RAND Corp and Allen Myers, Regenerating Paradise
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May 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Last week I had opportunity to present on the good and bad of community-driven disaster management based on my work in Kenya, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Zambia, and Sierra Leone.
Community approaches to disaster management can be great - but the devil is in the details.
vimeo.com/1080584009?s...
Community approaches to disaster management can be great - but the devil is in the details.
vimeo.com/1080584009?s...
🚨New Article: Parallels and discrepancies between non-native species introductions and human migration🚨
Terms like "invasion" are thrown around to describe human migration. Does invasion rhetoric hold up to scientific scrutiny? In short, no.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Terms like "invasion" are thrown around to describe human migration. Does invasion rhetoric hold up to scientific scrutiny? In short, no.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration
Biological invasions and human migrations have increased globally due to socio-economic drivers and environmental factors that have enhanced cultural, economic, and geographic connectivity. Both proc...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🚨New Article: Parallels and discrepancies between non-native species introductions and human migration🚨
Terms like "invasion" are thrown around to describe human migration. Does invasion rhetoric hold up to scientific scrutiny? In short, no.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Terms like "invasion" are thrown around to describe human migration. Does invasion rhetoric hold up to scientific scrutiny? In short, no.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We need to stop creating disaster risk
New @preventionweb.bsky.social blog post provides a call to action to address disaster risk creation.
www.preventionweb.net/drr-communit...
New @preventionweb.bsky.social blog post provides a call to action to address disaster risk creation.
www.preventionweb.net/drr-communit...
We need to stop creating disaster risk
A recent review of disaster risk creation discourses indicates that to account for rising risk, we must further risk reduction efforts by proactively avoiding the creation of disaster risk. This requi...
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March 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
We need to stop creating disaster risk
New @preventionweb.bsky.social blog post provides a call to action to address disaster risk creation.
www.preventionweb.net/drr-communit...
New @preventionweb.bsky.social blog post provides a call to action to address disaster risk creation.
www.preventionweb.net/drr-communit...
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🚨OUT TODAY🚨: Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Hayward, G., and Kniveton, D. (2025). ‘We Herders Are Often Chased About by Drought’: A Systems Analysis of Natural Resource #Degradation Within the Climate–(Im)mobility–#Violence–#Health Nexus in Sahel. Earth, 6(1), 11. doi.org/10.3390/eart...
‘We Herders Are Often Chased About by Drought’: A Systems Analysis of Natural Resource Degradation Within the Climate–(Im)mobility–Violence–Health Nexus in Sahel
This study applies a systems analysis to further our understanding of the many pathways linking climate stress to human (im)mobility and interpersonal violence via natural resource stress within eight...
doi.org
February 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🚨OUT TODAY🚨: Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Hayward, G., and Kniveton, D. (2025). ‘We Herders Are Often Chased About by Drought’: A Systems Analysis of Natural Resource #Degradation Within the Climate–(Im)mobility–#Violence–#Health Nexus in Sahel. Earth, 6(1), 11. doi.org/10.3390/eart...
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My friend Riley just penned this for @highcountrynews.bsky.social. Great to see some familiar faces here, and Riley really brings it home w/ this:
"There is no future without fire, and no future in which federal wildland firefighters are not its indispensable stewards."
www.hcn.org/articles/pay...
"There is no future without fire, and no future in which federal wildland firefighters are not its indispensable stewards."
www.hcn.org/articles/pay...
Pay wildland firefighters a living wage - High Country News
To reimagine our relationship with wildfire, we must recognize the real value of federal wildland firefighters — and compensate them accordingly.
www.hcn.org
January 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My friend Riley just penned this for @highcountrynews.bsky.social. Great to see some familiar faces here, and Riley really brings it home w/ this:
"There is no future without fire, and no future in which federal wildland firefighters are not its indispensable stewards."
www.hcn.org/articles/pay...
"There is no future without fire, and no future in which federal wildland firefighters are not its indispensable stewards."
www.hcn.org/articles/pay...
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I've been on lots of large fires in states red and blue. I've seen thousands of homes destroyed, ranging from small tailers housing a retiree on Social Security to large custom homes where the most wealthy among us live. I've talked to many who lost everything. 1/
January 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I've been on lots of large fires in states red and blue. I've seen thousands of homes destroyed, ranging from small tailers housing a retiree on Social Security to large custom homes where the most wealthy among us live. I've talked to many who lost everything. 1/
Here’s some of the bite-sized thinking that @jaybalagna.bsky.social, @jimwhittington.bsky.social, and I have been doing on wildfires over the years (🧵 1/n)
January 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Here’s some of the bite-sized thinking that @jaybalagna.bsky.social, @jimwhittington.bsky.social, and I have been doing on wildfires over the years (🧵 1/n)
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"America's structural and wildland fire response systems were never intended to address blazes at the scale and complexity witnessed today."
The wildfire crisis demands long-term thinking that focuses decades into the future. www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
The wildfire crisis demands long-term thinking that focuses decades into the future. www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
The Los Angeles Fires and the Need for Long-Term Strategy Building Wildland Fire Resilience
The fires in Los Angeles highlight an urgent need for policy reforms in land management and community preparedness. Without sustained investment and effort, future disasters are inevitable.
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January 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"America's structural and wildland fire response systems were never intended to address blazes at the scale and complexity witnessed today."
The wildfire crisis demands long-term thinking that focuses decades into the future. www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
The wildfire crisis demands long-term thinking that focuses decades into the future. www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
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As fires continue to burn around Los Angeles, here are some resources and recovery tips from RAND emergency response and disaster recovery experts: www.rand.org/pubs/comment... @aclarkginsberg.bsky.social
As Fires Continue to Burn Around Los Angeles, Here Are Some Recovery Tips and Resources
As Los Angeles battles ongoing wildfires, tens of thousands face displacement. Recovery begins now, but long-term healing will take years, requiring community support and resources for rebuilding and ...
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January 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
As fires continue to burn around Los Angeles, here are some resources and recovery tips from RAND emergency response and disaster recovery experts: www.rand.org/pubs/comment... @aclarkginsberg.bsky.social
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In recent decades, wildland fires have been enabled by many factors, including the legacy of fire suppression, human settlement and distribution patterns, other management actions, and even natural climate variability. 1/
January 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In recent decades, wildland fires have been enabled by many factors, including the legacy of fire suppression, human settlement and distribution patterns, other management actions, and even natural climate variability. 1/
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Nice op-ed in the LA Times co-authored by a buddy of mine, @jaybalagna.bsky.social, who should certainly be included in some of the wildland fire starter packs out there.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Opinion: In crises like wildfires, Angelenos want to help. We need better coordination
A request from the fire department was misconstrued online, illustrating the untapped resource of civic-minded neighbors eager to pitch in.
www.latimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Nice op-ed in the LA Times co-authored by a buddy of mine, @jaybalagna.bsky.social, who should certainly be included in some of the wildland fire starter packs out there.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Excited to share my final 2024 report, “First Responders’ Engagement with Marginalised & Hyper-Marginalised Groups.”
It highlights critical gaps in disaster response for diverse communities & calls for systemic reforms. Download it for free here: lnkd.in/e9nS9p97
#InclusiveDRR #LeaveNoOneBehind
It highlights critical gaps in disaster response for diverse communities & calls for systemic reforms. Download it for free here: lnkd.in/e9nS9p97
#InclusiveDRR #LeaveNoOneBehind
December 5, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Excited to share my final 2024 report, “First Responders’ Engagement with Marginalised & Hyper-Marginalised Groups.”
It highlights critical gaps in disaster response for diverse communities & calls for systemic reforms. Download it for free here: lnkd.in/e9nS9p97
#InclusiveDRR #LeaveNoOneBehind
It highlights critical gaps in disaster response for diverse communities & calls for systemic reforms. Download it for free here: lnkd.in/e9nS9p97
#InclusiveDRR #LeaveNoOneBehind
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Climate change is altering migration patterns. Discussing climate-related migration shapes perceptions and actions. Our words influence empathy or fear, public opinion, and political discourse, guiding potential solutions.
The Stories We Tell: How Framing Shapes our Understanding of Climate-linked Migration
The language and narratives we use don’t just describe climate-linked migration—they shape public attitudes, guide policy, and influence the solutions we see as possible.
buff.ly
December 5, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Climate change is altering migration patterns. Discussing climate-related migration shapes perceptions and actions. Our words influence empathy or fear, public opinion, and political discourse, guiding potential solutions.
Reposted by Aaron Clark-Ginsberg
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”: Climate Change is Already Forcing People From Their Homes
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
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December 2, 2024 at 4:00 AM
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
The Peace Imperative for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
In her *new* article, Laura E.R. Peters argues that a "radical, integrated DRR-peacebuilding agenda" can help overcome some of the depoliticized flatness that plagues risk reduction.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In her *new* article, Laura E.R. Peters argues that a "radical, integrated DRR-peacebuilding agenda" can help overcome some of the depoliticized flatness that plagues risk reduction.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Peace Imperative for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction - International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Disasters disproportionately affect conflict-affected regions, where approximately two billion people reside, posing significant challenges for disaster risk reduction (DRR). This reality has increasi...
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December 3, 2024 at 6:33 PM
The Peace Imperative for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
In her *new* article, Laura E.R. Peters argues that a "radical, integrated DRR-peacebuilding agenda" can help overcome some of the depoliticized flatness that plagues risk reduction.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In her *new* article, Laura E.R. Peters argues that a "radical, integrated DRR-peacebuilding agenda" can help overcome some of the depoliticized flatness that plagues risk reduction.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
About me: I research disasters, including community approaches, migration, public health, and governance. I started working on disasters following Katrina; since then my research has taken me to a dozen countries for studies mostly in partnership with practitioners. DRR, DRM, CCA, PHEP, EM
December 3, 2024 at 4:58 PM
About me: I research disasters, including community approaches, migration, public health, and governance. I started working on disasters following Katrina; since then my research has taken me to a dozen countries for studies mostly in partnership with practitioners. DRR, DRM, CCA, PHEP, EM
In a few hours I'll be sharing some thoughts with the CDRN on systems thinking for disaster policy research. Join me to talk squiggly diagrams, disasters, and policy research!
www.imaginingrisk.com/cambridge-di...
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December 3, 2024 at 1:00 PM
In a few hours I'll be sharing some thoughts with the CDRN on systems thinking for disaster policy research. Join me to talk squiggly diagrams, disasters, and policy research!
www.imaginingrisk.com/cambridge-di...
www.imaginingrisk.com/cambridge-di...