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Feeling Safe but Not Ready: Disaster Risk Perception and Urban Resilience in Baltic Capitals
Please wait to be admitted between 17:20 and 17:25 via the entrance on Jowett Walk.
This presentation examines disaster preparedness in the Baltic capitals of Riga, Tallinn, and Vilnius by analyzing both household readiness and institutional responses. Based on a survey of 3,016 residents and interviews with crisis-preparedness experts in 2025, it applies a Complex Adaptive Systems framework to show how urban resilience emerges from interactions among diverse actors within dynamic security environments.
Dr. Didzis Kļaviņš is a Senior Researcher at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Advanced Social and Political Research Institute.
Date:
26 February 2026, 17:30
Venue:
Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details:
Seminar Room 1
Speaker:
Dr. Didzis Kļaviņš (University of Latvia)
Organising department:
Oxford Department of International Development
Organisers:
Emily Usherwood (Oxford Department of International Development),
Jo Boyce (University of Oxford, Oxford Dept of International Development)
Organiser contact email address:
mscggd-admin@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Professor Corneliu Bjola (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Global Governance & Diplomacy Public Speaker Series
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Emily Usherwood
