Bill Durodie Senior Fellow & Adviser to the Health and Human Security Programme DID: +65 6513 8060
Dr Bill Durodié was formerly Senior Fellow and advisor to the Global Health and Human Security research programme in the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, where he teaches a course on 'The Politics of Risk' as part of the Masters programme.
He previously coordinated the Homeland Defence research programme in the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) there, during which time he organised the 3rd Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO), and the conference 'Therapy Culture Revisited: The Impact of the Language of Therapy on Public Policy and Social Resilience', as well as writing policy briefs on various topics pertaining to societal resilience for the Ministry of National Development (MND).
He is an Associate Fellow of the International Security Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), Chatham House in London, having also completed three years as Senior Lecturer in Risk and Corporate Security in the Resilience Centre of Cranfield University, part of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom at Shrivenham. Prior to that he was Director of the International Centre for Security Analysis, and Senior Research Fellow in the International Policy Institute, within the War Studies Group of King's College London.
His main research interest is into the causes and consequences of our contemporary consciousness of risk. He is also interested in examining the erosion of expertise, the demoralisation of élites, the limitations of risk management and the precautionary principle, and the growing demand to engage the public in dialogue and decision-making in relation to science.
Durodié's work has appeared and been commented on in a wide range of publications, and he is regularly requested to provide expert commentary for television and radio broadcasts. He appeared in the BAFTA award-winning BBC documentary series produced by Adam Curtis: The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear.
Durodié was one of the founding members of the Manifesto Club (http://www.manifestoclub.com), a network of individuals celebrating human achievement and challenging social, cultural and political pessimism.
A. JOURNAL ARTICLES
1. An Alternative Perspective for Reconciling Growing Energy Demand with Managing Climate Change
Institute of South Asian Studies Insight, National University of Singapore
Forthcoming 2010
2. Human Security – A Retrospective
Global Change, Peace & Security
Vol. 22, No. 3, October 2010
3. Apocalypse Now
The European Security and Defence Union Journal
Vol. No. 2, May 2010
4. Keeping a Cool Head: The Threat of Bioterrorism should be kept in Perspective
The Chemical Engineer (TCE)
January 2010
B. BOOK CHAPTERS
5. Cultural Precursors and Sociological Consequences of Contemporary Western Responses to Acts of Terror
in M. Brooke Rogers, Christopher A. Lewis, Kate M. Loewenthal, Richard Amlot, Marco Cinnirella and Humayan Ansari (eds.) Aspects of Terrorism and Martyrdom: Dying for Good, dying for God
The Edwin Mellen Press, Lampeter, UK, 2010
C. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
6. What to Expect when the Unexpected Hits
The Straits Times
21 July 2010
7. What have we learnt from H1N1?
Today
13 April 2010
Posted on: 26/3/2010 12:05:41 PM |
Topic: Climate Change, Environmental Security and Natural Disasters
