Prof. Dr. Harald Karutz
Chair of Psychosocial Crisis Management
Priorities:
- Psychosocial situational images
- Emergency psychosocial care
- Crisis team work
- Decision-making
- Human factors in crisis management
- Educational issues
Recently, it has become clear that psychosocial aspects are of particular importance in all spheres and levels of crisis management, i.e. at local, state and federal level, but also in educational institutions and enterprises.
In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, but also after the devastating floods in the summer of 2021, many cities and districts have begun, for example, to create psycho-social situation pictures, integrate psycho-social expertise into the work of their crisis units and offer psycho-social support to people affected by accidents, crises and disasters.
Psychosocial emergency care (PSNV) for injured persons, relatives, eyewitnesses, missing persons and survivors, but also for fire brigades, rescue services, civil protection units and police authorities is now referred to as the standard of care. Psychosocial crisis management also includes individual and social emergency preparedness, appropriate risk and crisis communication, expert advice with regard to decision-making processes and the development of crisis management strategies. In these areas, the Institute for Psychosocial Crisis Management works on research and development contracts for public administrative structures, educational institutions, organisations and companies.