Extreme Events: Legal and Policy Challenges in Managing Crises

Dr Saskia Hufnagel is a Research Fellow within the ’Vulnerable Infrastructures’ Project at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS). Within the ’Vulnerable Infrastructures’ Project her work focuses on comparing legal frameworks in Australia, North America and the EU, particularly in the field of mass gatherings, maritime and aviation security. She conducts further research in the field of EU and Australian police cooperation and more specifically the policing of art crime. She has published widely on these and related areas. Dr Timothy Legrand is a Research Fellow of the Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS) where he is engaged on an Australian Research Council project looking at Vulnerable Infrastructures and Government Coordination. In the course of this project, Tim has undertaken research into international perspectives on the protection of critical infrastructure. He has collaborated closely with key Australian Commonwealth officials in the identification of Australia’s economic, social and political vulnerabilities.