Charles Parker
Professor at Department of Government; Faculty
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- +46 18 471 33 09
- E-mail:
- Charles.Parker@statsvet.uu.se
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- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA - Available:
- Gamla torget 2
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0003-0407-3939
Short presentation
Charles Parker is Professor of Political Science and chair of the board for CNDS. He has published extensively on climate change politics, leadership, EU civil protection cooperation, crisis management success and failure, and whether disruptive disasters can contribute to meaningful policy action. His most recent publications are “The Trump Administration and the COVID-19 crisis” and “Exploring disaster impacts on adaptation actions in 549 cities worldwide.” He is on Bluesky @charlesparker.bsky
Keywords
- climate change
- crisis management
- international relations
- european union
- natural hazards
- global environmental politics
- public administration
- civil protection
- terrorism
- policy reform
- hurricane katrina
- paris climate agreement
- sustainable developement

Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Public Administration, p. 616-632, 2022
- DOI for The Trump Administration and the COVID-19 crisis: Exploring the warning-response problems and missed opportunities of a public health emergency
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Part of Nature Communications, 2021
- DOI for Exposure to natural hazard events unassociated with policy change for improved disaster risk reduction
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Collaborative crisis management: A plausibility probe of core assumptions
Part of Policy & Society, p. 510-529, 2020
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The effectiveness of national and EU-level civil protection systems: evidence from 17 member states
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 1312-1334, 2019
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Part of Environmental Politics, p. 519-540, 2018
- DOI for The UN climate change negotiations and the role of the United States: Assessing American leadership from Copenhagen to Paris
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Part of Journal of European Integration, p. 239-252, 2017
Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography, p. 97-108, 2015
Part of International Relations, p. 434-454, 2015
Fragmented Climate Change Leadership: Making Sense of the Ambiguous Outcome of COP-15
Part of Environmental Politics, p. 268-286, 2012
Climate Change and the European Union’s Leadership Moment: An Inconvenient Truth?
Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 923-943, 2010
Part of Foreign Policy Analysis, p. 301-331, 2005
Recent publications
Assessing the myth of disaster risk reduction in the wake of catastrophic floods
Part of npj Natural Hazards, 2024
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Part of European Journal of International Security, p. 263-280, 2024
- DOI for The EU’s evolving leadership role in an age of geopolitics: Beyond normative and market power in the Indo-Pacific
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Revisiting the role of disasters in climate policy-making
Part of Climate Policy, p. 428-439, 2024
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Exploring disaster impacts on adaptation actions in 549 cities worldwide
Part of Nature Communications, 2022
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Disaster risk reduction and the limits of truisms: Improving the knowledge and practice interface
Part of International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022
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All publications
Articles in journal
Assessing the myth of disaster risk reduction in the wake of catastrophic floods
Part of npj Natural Hazards, 2024
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Part of European Journal of International Security, p. 263-280, 2024
- DOI for The EU’s evolving leadership role in an age of geopolitics: Beyond normative and market power in the Indo-Pacific
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Revisiting the role of disasters in climate policy-making
Part of Climate Policy, p. 428-439, 2024
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Exploring disaster impacts on adaptation actions in 549 cities worldwide
Part of Nature Communications, 2022
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Disaster risk reduction and the limits of truisms: Improving the knowledge and practice interface
Part of International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022
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Part of Public Administration, p. 616-632, 2022
- DOI for The Trump Administration and the COVID-19 crisis: Exploring the warning-response problems and missed opportunities of a public health emergency
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Part of Nature Communications, 2021
- DOI for Exposure to natural hazard events unassociated with policy change for improved disaster risk reduction
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Collaborative crisis management: A plausibility probe of core assumptions
Part of Policy & Society, p. 510-529, 2020
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Understanding Collaboration: Introducing the Collaborative Governance Case Databank
Part of Policy & Society, p. 495-509, 2020
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Part of European Union Politics, p. 629-648, 2019
The effectiveness of national and EU-level civil protection systems: evidence from 17 member states
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 1312-1334, 2019
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An Integrative Research Framework to Unravel the Interplay of Natural Hazards and Vulnerabilities
Part of Earth's Future, p. 305-310, 2018
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Managing Crisis Collaboratively: Prospects and Problems: A SystematicLiterature Review
Part of Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, p. 257-271, 2018
Part of Environmental Politics, p. 519-540, 2018
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The European Union as a global climate leader: confronting aspiration with evidence
Part of International Environmental Agreements, p. 445-461, 2017
Social trust, impartial administration and public confidence in EU crisis management institutions
Part of Public Administration, p. 97-114, 2017
Part of Journal of European Integration, p. 239-252, 2017
Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography, p. 97-108, 2015
Part of International Relations, p. 434-454, 2015
The Legitimacy of Leadership in International Climate Change Negotiations
Part of Ambio, p. 46-55, 2012
Fragmented Climate Change Leadership: Making Sense of the Ambiguous Outcome of COP-15
Part of Environmental Politics, p. 268-286, 2012
Part of Global Environmental Politics, p. 89-107, 2011
Institutional and Political Leadership Dimensions of Cascading Ecological Crises
Part of Public Administration, p. 361-380, 2011
Climate Change and the European Union’s Leadership Moment: An Inconvenient Truth?
Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 923-943, 2010
Att leda eller inte leda?: USA och den globala klimatpolitiken
Part of Internationella studier, p. 25-31, 2009
Transatlantiskt ledarskap i Köpenhamn - dröm eller verklighet?
Part of Internationella studier, p. 79-88, 2009
Preventable Catastrophe? The Hurricane Katrina Disaster Revisited
Part of Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, p. 206-220, 2009
Bortom Kyoto: vad vill EU? Vad kan EU?
Part of Internationella Studier, p. 4-11, 2008
När ett land blottar strupen...: Fem år efter 11 september
Part of Internationella Studier, 2006
Part of Foreign Policy Analysis, p. 301-331, 2005
Blindsided? September 11 and the Origins of Strategic Surprise
Part of Political Psychology, p. 601-630, 2002
Kärnprov stoppas trots Indiens nej
Part of Samhällsmagasinet Epok, p. 30-31, 1996
Books
Palgrave Macmillan, 2019
Swedish Institute of International Affairs, 1998
Chapters in book
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Guardian of Climate Science
Part of Guardians of Public Value, p. 295-321, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021
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Avoiding the Failures of Collaborative Crisis Management: Lessons from Research and Practice
Part of Collaborative Crisis Management, p. 119-131, Routledge, 2020
Part of Great Policy Successes, p. 304-322, Oxford University Press, 2019
- DOI for Healing the Ozone Layer: The Montreal Protocol and the Lessons and Limits of a Global Governance Success Story
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The EU’s civilian crisis management capacity and the challenge of trust
Part of The European Union, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018
Jerry Brown and the Triumph of Leadership: Leadership Capital and the Financial Rescue of California
Part of The Leadership Capital Index, p. 101-120, Oxford University Press, 2017
EU:s civila krishanteringsförmåga och tillitens utmaningar
Part of EU och de nya säkerhetshoten, p. 111-140, Santérus Förlag, 2016
Part of Research Handbook on Climate Governance, p. 191-201, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015
Leadership and international cooperation
Part of The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership, p. 580-594, Oxford University Press, 2014
Part of Disaster and Development, p. 235-253, Springer, 2014
Agents, structures and international regime significance
Part of Rethinking Foreign Policy, p. 95-106, Routledge, 2013
Hurricane Katrina: The Complex Origins of a Mega-Disaster
Part of Mega Crises, p. 51-65, Charles C. Thomas Publisher Ltd., 2012
Part of International Encyclopedia of Political Science, p. 367-370, Sage Publications, 2011
Part of Ethics and Crisis Management, p. 183-198, Information Age Publishing, 2011
Part of Internationella relationer, p. 363-381, Studentlitteratur, 2009
Blindsided: September 11 and the Origins of Strategic Surprise
Part of Crisis management, p. 142-167, Sage Publications, 2008
Unionens kamp för klimatet: en obekväm sanning
Part of EU och den globala klimatfrågan, p. 21-50, Santérus Förlag, 2008
September 11 and post crisis investigation: exploring the role and impact of the 9/11 commission
Part of Governing after crisis, p. 255-282, Cambridge University Press, 2008
Part of Internationella relationer, p. 357-374, Studentlitteratur, 2006
Conference papers
Reports
Other
Part of Internationella Studier, p. 79-83, 2003
Part of Cooperation and Conflict, p. 97-106, 1999
Part of Cooperation and Conflict: The Nordic Journal of International Studies, p. 433-441, 1996