PhD Thesis (cum laude)
- Wolbers, J. (2015) Drawing the Line. Cross-Boundary Coordination Processes in Emergency Management, Ridderprint, the Netherlands
Selected publications
- Wolbers, J., Boersma, K., & Groenewegen, P. (2018). Introducing a fragmentation perspective on coordination in crisis management. Organization Studies, 39(11), 1521-1546.
- Schakel, J. K., & Wolbers, J. (2021). To the edge and beyond: How fast-response organizations adapt in rapidly changing crisis situations. Human Relations, 74(3), 405-436.
- Wolbers, J. (2021). Understanding distributed sensemaking in crisis management: The case of the Utrecht terrorist attack. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, First Online: DOI: 10.1111/1468-5973.12382.
- Treurniet, W., & Wolbers, J. (2021). Codifying a crisis: Progressing from information sharing to distributed decision‐making. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 29(1), 23-35.
- Boersma, K., Ferguson, J., Groenewegen, P., & Wolbers, J. (2021). The dynamics of power in disaster response networks. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy: First Online: DOI: 10.1002/rhc3.12218.
International Peer Reviewed
- Kuipers, S., Perlstein, S., Wolbers, J. Jong, W. (2023) Assist or accuse? Identifying trends in crisis communication through a bibliometric literature review, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 14(4), 272-296.
- Wolbers, J., Kuipers, S. (2023) A renewed awareness: Reinvigorating preparedness research for crisis and disaster management, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 14(3), 184-187.
- Wolbers, J., Treurniet, W., Boersma, F.K. (2023) A Decade of Netcentric Crisis Management: Challenges and Future Development, Disaster Management and Information Technology: Professional Response and Recovery Management in the Age of Disasters, Springer International Publishing.
- Boersma, F.K., Kyratsis, Y., Wolbers, J. (2023) A Contested “Intelligent” Approach: Crisis Management and Societal Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Netherlands, Crisis Leadership And Public Governance During The Covid-19 Pandemic: International Comparisons, World Scientific.
- Kuipers, S., van der Wilt, A., Wolbers, J. (2022) Pandemic publishing: A bibliometric review of COVID‐19 research in the crisis and disaster literature, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 13(4), 302-321.
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Kuipers, S., Wolbers, J. (2022) Risk, hazards and crisis: Covid‐19 and beyond, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 13(1), 6.
- Wolbers, J., Kuipers, S., Boin, A. (2021) A systematic review of 20 years of crisis and disaster research: Trends and progress, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 12(4), 374-392.
- Wolbers, J. (2022). Understanding distributed sensemaking in crisis management: The case of the Utrecht terrorist attack. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 30(4), 401-411
- Kuipers, S., & Wolbers, J. (2021). Organizational and institutional crisis management. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics.
- Boersma, K., & Wolbers, J. (2021). Foundations of Responsive Crisis Management: Institutional Design and Information. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics.
- Treurniet, W., & Wolbers, J. (2021). Codifying a crisis: Progressing from information sharing to distributed decision‐making. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 29(1), 23-35.
- Schakel, J. K., & Wolbers, J. (2021). To the edge and beyond: How fast-response organizations adapt in rapidly changing crisis situations. Human Relations, 74(3), 405-436.
- Boersma, K., Ferguson, J., Groenewegen, P., & Wolbers, J. (2021). The dynamics of power in disaster response networks. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 12(4), 418-433.
- Wolbers, J. (2020). Crisismanagement na de tramaanslag in Utrecht. Politie in crisissituaties, 57, 127.
- Boersma, K., Ferguson, J., Groenewegen, P., Mulder, F., Schmidt, A. J., Wolbers, J. (2019). Platform governance of self-organized initiatives in response to disasters. Smart Hybridity. Potentials and Challenges of New Governance Arrangements, 31-42.
- Boersma, K., Diks, D., Ferguson, J., & Wolbers, J. (2019). From reactive to proactive use of social media in emergency response: A critical discussion of the Twitcident Project. In Emergency and Disaster Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 602-618). IGI Global.
- Wolbers, J. (2019) Confronting fragmentation in crisis management. Dutch Research Council Veni scheme, 1-9, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11852.95366.
- Wolbers, J., & Boersma, K. (2018). Key challenges in crisis management. In The Routledge companion to risk, crisis and emergency management (pp. 17-34). Routledge.
- Schmidt, A., Wolbers, J., Ferguson, J., & Boersma, K. (2018). Are you Ready2Help? Conceptualizing the management of online and onsite volunteer convergence. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 26(3), 338-349.
- Boersma, F. K., Ferguson, J., Groenewegen, P., Mulder, F., Schmidt, A., & Wolbers, J. (2018). Platformsturing van zelforganisatie tijdens rampen. Bestuurskunde, 27(2), 14-21.
- Wolbers, J., Boersma, K., Groenewegen, P. (2017) Introducing a Fragmentation Perspective on Coordination in Crisis Management, Organization Studies, 10.1177/0170840617717095
- Schmidt, A., Wolbers, J., Ferguson, J. Boersma, K. (2017) Are you Ready2Help? Conceptualizing the management of online and onsite volunteer convergence, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 10.1111/1468-5973.12200
- Wolbers, J., Ferguson, J., Groenewegen, P., Mulder, F., & Boersma, K. (2016) Two Faces of Disaster Response: Transcending the Dichotomy of Control and Collaboration During the Nepal Earthquake Relief Operation. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 34(4), pp. 419-438.
- Mulder, F., Ferguson, J., Groenewegen, P., Boersma, K., & Wolbers, J. (2016) Questioning Big Data: Crowdsourcing crisis data towards an inclusive humanitarian response. Big Data & Society, 3(2).
- Wolbers, J. (2016). Enhancing Network Centric Operations Doctrine to Support Civil Military Cooperation in Disaster Management. In: NL ARMS Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2016 (pp. 115-131). TMC Asser Press.
- Boersma, F.K., D. Diks, J. Ferguson and J.J. Wolbers (2016) From Reactive to Proactive Use of Social Media in Emergency Response: A Critical Discussion of the Twitcident Project, in: Silvius, G. (Ed.). Strategic Integration of Social Media into Project Management Practice, IGI, pp. 236-252.
- Treurniet, W., Messemaker, M., Wolbers, J., Boersma F. K. (2015) Shaping the societal impact of emergencies: striking a balance between control and cooperation. International Journal of Emergency Services, 4(1): 129-151
- Boersma, F.K., Comfort, L.K., Groenendaal, J., Wolbers, J.(2014) Editorial: Incident Command Systems: A Dynamic Tension among Goals, Rules and Practice, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 22(1): 1-4
- Wolbers, J., Boersma, K. (2013) The Common Operational Picture as Collective Sensemaking, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 21(4): 186-199
- Wolbers, J., Groenewegen, P., Molle, J., Bim, J. (2013) Incorporating Time Dynamics in the analysis of Social Networks in Emergency Management, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 10(2): 1-31
- Boersma, K., Wagenaar, P., Wolbers, J. (2012) Negotiating the Trading Zone. Creating a shared information infrastructure in the Dutch Safety Sector, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 9(2): 1-26
- Wolbers, J., Groenewegen, P., Wagenaar P. (2009) ‘ICT to Facilitate Emergency Response in the Netherlands’ In: J. Salmons and L. Wilson, Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and Organizational Synergy, Hershey: IGI Global: 626-636
Conference Proceedings (Peer Reviewed)
- Wolbers, J. (2024) Unified command? Preliminary findings from a situation awareness experiment, Proceedings of the 21st ISCRAM Conference, Berthold Penkert, Bernd Hellingrath, Adam Widera, Hauke Speth, Michael Middelhoff, Kees Boersma, Matthias Kalthöner, Münster, Germany May 2024.
- Luesink, M., Wolbers, J., Duin, M., Kuipers, S. (2024) Scenario planning to enable foresight in crisis management, Proceedings of the 21st ISCRAM Conference, Berthold Penkert, Bernd Hellingrath, Adam Widera, Hauke Speth, Michael Middelhoff, Kees Boersma, Matthias Kalthöner, Münster, Germany May 2024.
- Baharmand, H., Boersma, K., Meesters, K., Mulder, F., Wolbers, J. (2016). A multidisciplinary perspective on supporting community disaster resilience in Nepal. In: A. Tapia, P. Antunes, V.A. Bañuls, K. Moore, & J. Porto (Eds.), ISCRAM 2016 Conference Proceedings, 13th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
- Schmidt, A., Wolbers, J., Boersma, K., Ferguson, J., Groenwegen, P. (2016) Are you Ready2Help? Dilemmas in organizing citizen response to disaster. In: A. Tapia, P. Antunes, V.A. Bañuls, K. Moore, & J. Porto (Eds.), ISCRAM 2016 Conference Proceedings, 13th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
- Noori, N.S, Wolbers, J., Boersma, K., Cardona, X.V. (2016). A Dynamic Perspective of Emerging Coordination Clusters in Crisis Response Networks. In: A. Tapia, P. Antunes, V.A. Bañuls, K. Moore, & J. Porto (Eds.), ISCRAM 2016 Conference Proceedings, 13th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
- Wolbers, J.J., Groenewegen, P., Boersma, F.K. (2015). Managing the Coordination Paradox: Introducing a Fragmentation Perspective in Crisis Management, in: Academy of Management Proceedings, (Meeting Abstract Supplement): 16735.
- Boersma, F.K., Ferguson, J., Groenewegen, P., Wolbers, J. (2014) Beyond the Myth of Control: toward network switching in disaster management. In: S.R. Hiltz, M.S. Pfaff, L. Plotnick and A.C. Robinson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management ISCRAM 2014. University Park, Pennsylvania, May 2014: 125-129
- Messemaker, M., Wolbers, J., Treurniet, W., Boersma, K. (2013) Shaping Societal Impact: between control and cooperation. In: T. Comes, F. Fiedrich, S. Fortier, J. Geldermann and T. Muller (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management ISCRAM 2013. Baden-Baden, May 2013: 901-905
- Passenier, D., Mollee, J., Wolbers, J., Boersma, K. & Groenewegen, P. (2012). Formalization of crisis response coordination from a public inquiry report. In: L. Rothkrantz, J Ristvei & Z. Franco (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management ISCRAM 2012. Vancouver, April 2012: 1-5
- Treurniet, W., van Buul-Besseling, K. & Wolbers, J. (2012). Collaboration Awareness. A necessity in crisis response coordination. In: L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej & Z. Franco (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International ISCRAM Conference. Vancouver, April 2012: 1-5
- Boersma, F.K., F.P. Wagenaar, and J. Wolbers (2010) Organizing Emergent Safety Organizations. The travelling of the concept ‘Netcentric Work’ in the Dutch Safety Sector. In: S. French, B. Tomaszewski and C. Zobel (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management ISCRAM. Seattle, April 2010: 1-6.
Professional publications
- Van der Varst, L., Broeders, S., Boersma, F. K., Wolbers, J. (2023) Het Rode Kruis in toekomstige crises, Nederlands Instituut Publieke Veiligheid, Arnhem.
- Lakerveld, J. & Wolbers, J. (2020). State of the Art Crisisbeheersing. Fase 2. Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek en Documentatie Centrum (WODC), Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid, Den Haag.
- Boersma, F.K., J. Ferguson, F. Mulder and J.J. Wolbers (2016). Humanitarian Response Coordination and Cooperation in Nepal. Coping with challenges and dilemmas. VU Amsterdam: White Paper Nepal.
- Wolbers, J.J., Boersma, F.K. & Heer, J.M. de (2012). Netcentrisch Werken in Ontwikkeling. Een cultuuronderzoek naar multidisciplinaire samenwerking en gezamenlijke operationele beelden in de Veiligheidsregio’s. Den Haag: De Swart.
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