Scope and Impact
The NRRD Working Group was formed in 2019 with a focus on supporting public services including the emergency services, the health and social care sector and the armed forces with research where gaps are identified. Emergency services include but not limited to the police, fire and rescue and emergency medical services.
In the UK public services are limited in resources and funding opportunities and consequently need to focus their activities to high-priority areas. Additionally, the group will provide collaborative academic research support to other organisations where there is a need for further research into emerging themes.
To address those issues where the mainstream organisations and institutions are unable to dedicate resources, it is anticipated that the group will identify these research initiatives at minimal or no cost and produce high quality research outputs which meet academic rigor to inform the policy landscape. Qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research will be conducted into all areas relating to national resilience and considerations will be made on topics ranging from emergency response both nationally and globally, business continuity and to how civilian responders work with the armed forces during times of crisis.
The NNRD working group also allows both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the field to conduct their own independent research under the guidance of experienced academics and researchers with mentoring support from subject matter experts. Research and development will be conducted voluntarily by NRRD group members from the public service and resilience communities, including the emergency services, the armed forces and health and social care sectors and also academics and students from collaborating institutions where appropriate.
Where research findings and reports are to be published in academic journals, there will be an article processing charge (APC), also known as a publication fee. This fee is sometimes charged to authors to make work available in either an open access journal or hybrid journal. The APC may be paid by the author, the author’s institution, or their research sponsor where appropriate. However, we do welcome donations to support these costs and the general running of the group.