🎉 Exciting News from CrisisReady: We're thrilled to announce the publication of our 2023 Annual Report! The report offers a comprehensive look at our new research initiatives, reporting efforts, and events from the past year, all of which contribute to advancing emergency response on a global scale. Throughout the year, our team has seen significant expansion in our scope of work, programming, and international network. We hope that our 2023 annual report serves more than a collection of our team's accomplishments, but also as a roadmap for utilizing the vast potential of data in global response contexts. For an interactive experience, view the digital report here: https://lnkd.in/eTxTUKGN To delve deeper, visit our landing page: https://lnkd.in/ergisiPW ----- #EmergencyResponse #CrisisResponse #DisasterResponse #DisasterRiskReduction #climateresearch #climatetech #dataanalytics #emergencymanagement #emergencypreparedness Direct Relief Harvard Data Science Initiative FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University Andrew Schroeder Satchit Balsari Caroline Buckee Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University
CrisisReady
Research
Boston, Massachusetts 1,159 followers
Advancing emergency response efforts around the world through novel data analyses and research.
About us
CrisisReady is a research-response platform at Harvard University and Direct Relief that advances data-driven decision making in emergency response contexts. As a multifunctional response organization, CrisisReady provides solutions that bridge the technical, regulatory, and translational gaps that hinder the use of novel data in the field. The platform features disaster situation reports, data repositories, and interactive tools developed with interdisciplinary research teams worldwide.
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https://www.crisisready.io/
External link for CrisisReady
- Industry
- Research
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Type
- Educational
- Specialties
- Disaster Preparedness, Data Analysis, Crisis Management, Emergency Response, Data Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Aid, Mobility Data, Research, Displacement Mapping, Emergency Management, Emergency Planning, Emergency Preparedness, and Response Management
Locations
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Primary
651 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115, US
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6100 Wallace Becknell Rd
Santa Barbara, California 93117, US
Employees at CrisisReady
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Andrew Schroeder
Humanitarian Innovation @ Direct Relief | AI, Data Science, Program Design, GIS Analysis
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Andrea Garcia Tapia
ESG Research
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Tess Wiskel
Emergency Medicine Physician | Climate and Human Health Fellow
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Jennifer Chan
Humanitarian Practitioner, Associate Professor and Emergency Physician at Northwestern University
Updates
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CrisisReady reposted this
🚨 Initial analysis of population dynamics near the #ParkFire perimeter in northern California, based on mobility data from Data for Good at Meta is now available from the CrisisReady team. 🔥 As of Tuesday, July 30th the Park Fire is the fifth largest wildfire in California history measured by acres burned. The five counties neighboring and intersecting the fire perimeter -- Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Plumas, and Shasta -- are home to a total of 513,691 people, nearly 20% of whom are age 65 or older. 🚻 According to data on change in population totals as measured by the Facebook user base relative to a 90-day pre-crisis baseline, key areas of recorded population drop on Monday the 29th of July include the towns of Shingletown (-38%), Forest Ranch (-61%), Vina (-31%), Magalia (-4%), Artois (-11%), and Paskenta (-30%).The nearby city of Chico saw population increase of +9%, just slightly higher than Durham, Paradise, and Red Bluff which saw increases in the +7% to +8% range, albeit given baseline population sizes roughly 10-12% of Chico. Movement data also shows a moderately increased rate of population flow between Chico, Oroville, and Orland. ✔ Data on the Facebook population in this part of California is considered to be reasonably high representativeness of the general population. The Facebook population with foreground location services represents roughly 15.2% of the total population in this area. At the ACS Place level, the Facebook user population is correlated to the general Census population with an R2 value of .96. Direct Relief Harvard Data Science Initiative
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Is there a better start to the Fall than heading to Brighton for the Royal Statistical Society first week of September with the inimitable Hamish Patten and Justin Ginnetti to talk humanitarian data, decision-making, and sources of bias? Direct Relief CrisisReady
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Looking forward to joining this team to name this year's winners of the Kluz Prize for PeaceTech. 📅 5 days left to apply. Link below 👇 Direct Relief CrisisReady
Meet Our Selection Committee for the 2024 Kluz Prize for PeaceTech. We're thrilled to introduce our distinguished panel of experts who will be selecting the next groundbreaking PeaceTech innovators: -Ana Carolina González Peña: Co-Founder and Director of the Magnolia Foundation -Andrew Schroeder: Vice President of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief -Artur Kluz: Founder & CEO of Kluz Ventures -Bradley Tusk: Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Tusk Venture Partners, Founder of Tusk Strategies -Fatima Roumate: Professor of International Law at Mohammed V University, President of Institute of Scientific Research, Member of the Ad Hoc Expert Group for the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence UNESCO -François Chopard: CEO of Starburst Aerospace -Ivan Martinovic: Professor of Computer Science (Cybersecurity) at University of Oxford -Kay Firth-Butterfield: Executive Director of the Centre for Trustworthy Technology -Matthew Harvey Sanders: CEO of Humanity 2.0 and Longbeard -Stefaan Verhulst, PhD: Co-Founder & Chief Research & Development Officer at The GovLab -Stuart Eizenstat: Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling -Zara Khan: Strategic Partnerships Lead at X, the moonshot factory The Selection Committee brings unparalleled expertise to identify and celebrate innovative initiatives for peace and conflict resolution. Are you trailblazing technologies for peace? There are 5 DAYS remaining to apply for the 2024 Kluz Prize for PeaceTech. Apply now! https://lnkd.in/geVJYFqx #PeaceTech #Innovation #ApplyNow
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⛈ #HurricaneBeryl has made landfall in southeastern #Texas as a Category 1 storm. ⚡ Nearly 3 million people are without power and thousands have been evacuating from coastal areas. 📢 New population dynamics analysis from the CrisisReady team for Texas shows that evacuations began for a large number of towns on July 6th and accelerated throughout July 7th. The city of Galveston, TX for instance registered a 17% decline in Facebook user population as of the evening of July 7th. Corpus Christi registered a decline of 5%. Many smaller beach communities including Surfside Beach and South Padre Island recorded rapid declines of 38% to 88%. 👉 At the ACS Place level the Facebook user population correlates extremely well with the general Census population, with an R2 value of .98. Direct Relief
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‼️ New population dynamics analysis from the CrisisReady team of the impact of #HurricaneBeryl as of July 5th on the windward islands (Grenada. St. Vincent, St. Lucia, and Barbados). 👉 Significant recent increases in the St. George and Kingstown metro areas, above 1.5 standard deviations from pre-landfall population levels. 🛜 Internet access continues to come back online steadily across all affected countries. https://lnkd.in/gxeH8y88 Direct Relief Harvard Data Science Initiative
Hurricane Beryl Population Dynamics on the Windward Islands: Grenada, St. Vincent and Grenadines, St. Lucia, and Barbados: Change in Facebook User Population Relative to 90-Day Pre-Landfall Baseline - July 5th, 2024 - Grenada
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‼️New analysis from the CrisisReady team of change in population density from Data for Good at Meta for the windward islands in the eastern #Caribbean impacted by #HurricaneBeryl 👉 Mobility data confirms significant reductions in internet service across St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada starting overnight on the 1st of July. 🛜 According to data from Cloudflare (https://lnkd.in/gQQAx6wb) an outage event for both countries began at 14:00 UTC on July 1st. 👫 During this time period population densities of Facebook users declined by 60% to 80% relative to the 90-day pre-event baseline. ⚡ The outage across both countries is not 100% but until more data is available it is difficult to differentiate between population change and signal outage. Most areas of St. Lucia and Barbados have seen population density recover above baseline as of July 2nd, with the exceptions of Canaries and Soufriere, St. Lucia. ⚠️ Facebook baseline user population is reasonably well correlated with the Census population across all four countries, at the administrative unit 1 level, with an R2 value of .778. https://lnkd.in/gWdzeNDE Direct Relief Harvard Data Science Initiative
CrisisReady | Hurricane Beryl Situation Report for Jul 2, 2024 at 17:00 CST - Grenada
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🚨 New CrisisReady event recording online now. <<https://lnkd.in/gDmKU7fd>> Last week the team held a webinar event on new developments in the use of human mobility data to respond to emergencies, including synthetic data, #AI for analytics, and efforts at policy coherence around private data sharing agreements. Terrific work from Takahiro Yabe, Manuel Riaño, and María Isabel Mejía Jaramillo! Direct Relief Harvard Data Science Initiative
Mobility Data for Emergency Management • CrisisReady
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🚨 Reminder! Tomorrow <<June 27th, at 11am ET>> is the next CrisisReady Data and Disasters webinar. Please use the QR code or the link in the image below to register and access. 💡 The focus this week is on some of the key use cases, opportunities, and challenges related to using different forms of human mobility data to respond to emergency events. 👩🔧 The inestimable Andrea Parra from the CrisisReady team will be moderating. She'll be joined by: 1️⃣ Maria Isabel Mejia Jaramillio - Affiliate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University 2️⃣ Manuel Riano - Co-author of “Yo, IA Innovación gubernamental: la era de la inteligencia artificial" 3️⃣ Takahiro Yabe - Assistant Professor at the Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York University Direct Relief
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📅 The next CrisisReady Data and Disasters webinar is this Thursday, June 27, at 11:00 am ET. We'll have a terrific group coming together to discuss Mobility Data for Emergency Management. 💡 ABSTRACT: During the COVID pandemic, using mobility data to model transmission dynamics and design non-pharmaceutical interventions became prominent in academic research and public-private partnerships. However, as the pandemic subsided, the logical next step of systematically incorporating mobility analysis into emergency management has yet to materialize. Part of the difficulty lies in standardizing agreements around data sources, analysis methods, and data management protocols, which require intricate negotiations between academia, government, and private companies. Panelists include: 👉 Maria Isabel Mejia - Affiliate at Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University 👉 Manuel Riaño- General Manager at Agata, Agencia Analítica de Datos Colombia 👉 Takahiro Yabe, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor at the Center of Urban Science & Progress at New York University Moderator: Andrea Parra- Research affiliate at CrisisReady Direct Relief