Profiles
Steven Curnin
Steven Curnin
Lecturer, Police Studies and Emergency Management
School of Social Sciences
Room 536, Social Sciences Building, Sandy Bay Campus
+61 3 6226 7158 (phone)
Steven has extensive experience in disaster resilience initiatives spanning research, policy and operational roles. He has worked in emergency and crisis management arrangements in the public service for state and federal government agencies, not-for-profit organisations, multinational corporations, academic institutions and the military. He is committed to solving real world problems using and developing best international evidence based practice to enhance societal resilience.
Steven is located in the Politics and International Relations discipline of the School of Social Sciences in the College of Arts, Law and Education, where he teaches existing units and assists in the development of new undergraduate and postgraduate units in Emergency Management that are provided on the Police Studies program.
Career summary
Qualifications
| Degree | Title of Thesis | University | Country | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Spanning boundaries to support effective multi-agency coordination in emergency management | University of Tasmania | Australia | 2015 |
| MEmergMgt | Using large civilian jet aircraft as an aeromedical platform in disasters | Charles Sturt University | Australia | 2011 |
| BMedSci (Hons) | The role of the nurse in pre-hospital care | Sheffield University | United Kingdom | 2003 |
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Research Themes
Steven is also a researcher in the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies (TILES) working within a team on a Bushfire & Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre project. This research is investigating strategic decision-making during disasters and is developing practical cognitive tools that can aid decision makers involved in emergency and crisis management arrangements.
As a member of the Resilient Expert Advisory Group that is managed by the Attorney-General's Department, he is also involved in a research project that is seeking to extend the decision making indicator of the HealthCheck in the Organisational Resilience Good Business Guide.
Fields of Research
- Public Administration (160509)
- Policy and Administration (160599)
- Industrial and Organisational Psychology (170107)
- Studies in Human Society (169999)
- Medical and Health Sciences (119999)
- Education (139999)
- Organisational Behaviour (150311)
Research Objectives
- Information and Communication Services (899999)
- Law, Politics and Community Services (949999)
- Community Service (excl. Work) (940199)
- Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis (940204)
- Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society (970116)
- Health (929999)
- Education and Training (939999)
- Administration and Business Support Services (900201)
Publications
Total publications
16
Journal Article
(13 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Brooks BP, Curnin SW, Bearman C, Owen C, 'Human error during the multilevel responses to three Australian bushfire disasters', Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 2018 pp. 1-13. ISSN 0966-0879 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/1468-5973.12221 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Brooks BP; Owen C | |
| 2018 | Owen C, Brooks B, Curnin S, Bearman C, 'Enhancing learning in emergency services organisational work', Australian Journal of Public Administration pp. 1-14. ISSN 0313-6647 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/1467-8500.12309 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Owen C; Brooks B | |
| 2017 | Bearman C, Rainbird S, Brooks B, Owen C, Curnin S, 'Tools for monitoring teams in emergency management: EMBAM and TBM', Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 32, (1) pp. 40-43. ISSN 1324-1540 (2017) [Refereed Article] Co-authors: Brooks B; Owen C | |
| 2017 | Bosomworth K, Owen C, Curnin S, 'Addressing challenges for future strategic level emergency management: reframing, networking, and capacity-building', Disasters, 41, (2) pp. 306-323. ISSN 0361-3666 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/disa.12196 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Owen C | |
| 2016 | Brooks B, Curnin S, Bearman C, Owen C, Rainbird S, 'An assessment of the opportunities to improve strategic decision-making in emergency and disaster management', Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 31, (4) pp. 38-43. ISSN 1324-1540 (2016) [Refereed Article] Co-authors: Brooks B; Owen C | |
| 2016 | Curnin S, Heumuller E, 'Evaluating emergency management capability of a water utility: A pilot study using exercise metrics', Utilities Policy, 39 pp. 36-40. ISSN 0957-1787 (2016) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2016 | Owen C, Brooks B, Bearman C, Curnin S, 'Values and complexities in assessing strategic-level emergency management effectiveness', Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 24, (3) pp. 181-190. ISSN 0966-0879 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/1468-5973.12115 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Owen C | |
| 2015 | Curnin S, Owen C, Paton D, Trist C, Parsons D, 'Role Clarity, Swift Trust and Multi-Agency Coordination', Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 23, (1) pp. 29-35. ISSN 0966-0879 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/1468-5973.12072 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Owen C; Paton D | |
| 2015 | Curnin SW, Owen C, Paton D, Brooks BP, 'A theoretical framework for negotiating the path of emergency management multi-agency coordination', Applied Ergonomics: Human Factors in Technology and Society, 47 pp. 300-307. ISSN 0003-6870 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2014.10.014 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Owen C; Paton D; Brooks BP | |
| 2014 | Curnin S, Owen C, Trist C, 'Managing the constraints of boundary spanning in emergency management', Cognition, Technology and Work, 16, (4) pp. 549-563. ISSN 1435-5566 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10111-014-0285-z [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3 Co-authors: Owen C | |
| 2014 | Curnin SW, Owen C, 'Spanning organizational boundaries in emergency management', International Journal of Public Administration, 37, (5) pp. 259-270. ISSN 1532-4265 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2013.830625 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5 Co-authors: Owen C | |
| 2013 | Curnin S, Owen C, 'Obtaining information in emergency management: a case study from an Australian emergency operations centre', International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 2, (2-3) pp. 131-158. ISSN 2045-7812 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1504/IJHFE.2013.057614 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Owen C | |
| 2012 | Curnin S, 'Large civilian air medical jets: Implications for Australian disaster health', Air Medical Journal, 31, (6) pp. 284-288. ISSN 1067-991X (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2012.04.001 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2 |
Chapter in Book
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Owen C, Bosomworth K, Curnin S, 'The challenges of change in future emergency management: Conclusions and future developments', Human Factors Challenges in Emergency Management: Enhancing Individual and Team Performance in Fire and Emergency Services, Ashgate, C Owen (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 219-230. ISBN 9781409453055 (2014) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Owen C |
Conference Publication
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Curnin SW, Brooks B, 'Decision making as an enabler of organisational resilience', Programme for the 2016 Annual DMDU Workshop, 15-17 November 2016, Washington DC, USA, pp. 1. (2016) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Brooks B |
Entry
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Curnin SW, 'Organizational Boundary Spanning', Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Farazmand, A (ed), Switzerland (2016) [Entry] |
Grants & Funding
Funding Summary
Number of grants
1
Total funding
Projects
- Description
- The goal of this project is to provide outputs that facilitate enhanced decision making and team monitoring at strategic levels of emergency management. As part of this project we will examine how organisations currently learn from evidence and implement changes in practice to inform the testing and evaluation phases. Part of this work will be identifying opportunities and barriers to adoption of these tools and providing strategies that agencies can use to overcome these barriers. In this way we will contribute to enhancing the capability of agencies to effectively respond to emergencies now and into the future.
- Funding
- Bushfire and Natural Hazard CRC ($690,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- Bushfire and Natural Hazard CRC
- Research Team
- Brooks BP; Owen C; Curnin SW
- Period
- 2017 - 2020