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Ira Helsloot is a professor of Public Administration at Radboud University, specializing in governance, safety, security, and crisis management. He has been engaged in research on crisis management and governance safety since his promotion in mathematics in 1994. Helsloot served as a professor of Crisis Management and Physical Security at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from 2006 to 2011 and has a long-standing editorial role with the Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management from 2004 to 2022. He leads the Crisislab research group, contributing to various projects aligned with safety regulations in the Dutch transport sector. Additionally, he has held visiting professorships at IMT Albi and TU Darmstadt and serves as the chairman of the Crisislab foundation and the railAlert foundation, reflecting his commitment to safety in the railway sector. He is also a member of the council for risk assessment at the Dutch Food Safety Inspectorate.
Applies to Research Master's in Linguistics and Communication Sciences (Centre for Language Studies/Department of Language and Communication).