Australian Journal of Emergency Management | AJEM
I am honoured to bring you this edition of the journal as the recently appointed Executive Director of the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR). As a long time reader, user and contributor of research in the Australian Journal of Emergency Management (AJEM), I am excited to work alongside my peers on the Editorial Committee to continue to shape and grow this publication’s contribution to disaster resilience and risk reduction.
As I step into this role, I am proud to be part of this chapter of AIDR’s history as we continue to deliver our trusted knowledge products and services on behalf of the Australian Government. AJEM remains one of our flagship offerings and represents our commitment to advance disaster resilience and emergency management research, evidence, knowledge and practice.
As we face increasingly more complex challenges with the effect of climate change being realised, increasing biodiversity loss, a volatile geopolitical situation, loss of trust in institutions, and the speed of emergent technologies changing the way we work, authoritative peer reviewed evidence has never been more important. Over the course of the next three years, AIDR will take a systems approach, focusing on disaster risk reduction and resilience and on the local level as the foundations for action. We will continue to champion diversity, equity and inclusion.