Remote Combat Readiness and Resiliency
Lt Col Alan Ogle discusses readiness and response in remote combat operators, including how individuals can be supported after viewing traumatic imagery. Advances in…
Stress
The Deep Effects of Armed Conflict: Intervening in the Complexities of Post-Conflict Reconciliation
Dr Natalia Trujillo and Dr Juan Esteban Ugarriza examine the effective reintegration of armed combatants in the context of post-conflict reconciliation in Colombia. Those…
Refugee Resilience: Where Should We Be Looking?
Susie Ballentyne provides an overview of her work on stress, resilience, and mental health in Syrian refugees who have settled in Brazil and the…
Developing Resilience for Sustained Success
Why is it that some individuals are able to withstand pressure and attain peak performances, whereas others succumb to the demands and under-perform? The…
Go with the (Information) Flow? How to Develop more Resilient Sociotechnical Systems
Dr Aaron Roberts and Professor Neville Stanton talk about resilient information flow through complex sociotechnical systems based on research conducted in dynamic submarine control…
Strengths and Vulnerabilities in (Covert) Network Structure
How terrorist groups structure themselves has a major impact on how vulnerable they are to disruption as well as how effective they are in…
Bouncing Back: Stress and Resilience in Al-Qaeda Terrorists
Focusing on hostile actors, Dr Emma Grace presents findings of her research on stress and resilience in al-Qaeda terrorists. The revival of al-Qaeda as…
From the Lab to Operational Response: Examining the Impact of Stress On Memory for High Pressure Incidents
Lorraine Hope examines the impact of stress on memory for high-pressure incidents. Understanding what happened during major critical incidents, from terrorist attacks to riots,…
Conflict Management in Extreme Environments
Based on their research and their own deployment experiences, Jesper Corneliussen and Anders Kjaergaard discuss conflict resolution, and identify practical strategies for effectively managing…
Performance and coping under stress in security settings
A new CREST report, published today, summarises presentations from a workshop highlighting the latest cross-disciplinary academic research on performance and coping under extreme stress….
Performance and coping under stress in security settings (Workshop Report)
This CREST report written by Emma Barrett and Nathan Smith, summarises presentations from a workshop on performance and coping under extreme stress. This report…