About this course
Are you prepared to lead when disaster strikes? How do you respond as a leader during extraordinary crises? How do you make decisions with limited information and wide- ranging consequences? This course is focused on teaching you some of the skills it takes to respond to unusual emergencies and disasters. Together we explore cases and locations that have called for extraordinary leadership and management during unusual times. We learn about cultural and national differences and take inspiration for our own practice of leadership. The course is hands-on and interactive therefore, you are expected to contribute to a highly engaged learning experience and embody mature and responsible behavior.
Syllabus
Draft syllabus – Spring 2025
Go to syllabusThis is a draft syllabus. The final syllabus will be available here a few days prior to the new course’s first start date.
Faculty
Dorte Mari Aggergaard
FacultyM.A. (Modern Culture & Communication, University of Copenhagen). B.A. (Art History and Pedagogy/Educational Studies, University of Copenhagen and Roskilde University). Visiting scholar at the University of Leeds and Brown University. Member of the Denmark Committee at Brown, and DIS representative at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and Brown. Worked for EC Safer Internet Programme, recipient of an EU Lifelong Learning Programme grant for a project on cross-cultural learning. With DIS since 2014.