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Comparative Perspectives on Crisis Management and Disaster Risk Reduction

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Add to Calendar 2025-12-23 08:00:00 2026-01-31 01:18:37 Comparative Perspectives on Crisis Management and Disaster Risk Reduction Description Location Policy Center Policy Center Africa/Casablanca public

Dr. El Mostafa Rezrazi, Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and Professor of Crisis Management at the Faculty of Governance, Economics and Social Sciences at UM6P, will take part as a guest speaker in the 2nd PDM Seminar 2025, hosted by the Graduate School of Societal Safety Sciences at Kansai University in Osaka, Japan, on Tuesday, 23 December 2025.

Held under the theme “Comparative Perspectives on Crisis Management and Disaster Risk Reduction,” the lecture will bring together disaster risk management specialists, faculty members, and doctoral researchers to examine contemporary approaches to crisis governance, disaster preparedness, and resilience-oriented public policies.

The discussion will draw on comparative experiences, particularly from Japan and Morocco, to analyze how crisis management and disaster risk reduction are evolving in a context shaped by systemic uncertainty and interconnected risks. Attention will be given to the convergence of natural hazards, demographic change, climate pressures, security challenges, and rapid technological developments, including artificial intelligence.

Speakers
El Mostafa Rezrazi
Senior Fellow
Dr El Mostafa Rezrazi is a professor of Crisis Management, and Security Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South who focuses on Terrorism, Security and East Asia studies. His area of Expertise covers Afro-Asian Affairs, Strategic & Security Studies, Terrorism, Extremism and Deradicalization, mainly from the view of Criminal; Legal and Forensic Psychology.  He got his Ph.D. in Regional & International Affairs from the University of Tokyo in 1998, and later a Doctorate from the University of Mohammed V on the Psychological dynamisms of Suicide Bombers (2014). He is the executive director of the Moroccan Observatory on Extremism and Violence, Director of the African Center for Asian Studies, Rabat. Currently, he is Visiting Professor a ...