Benjamin D Trump
Biographic Data
| ID | 4457207 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin D Trump |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin D |
| FAMILY NAME | Trump |
| SIGNATURE | TRUMP B D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4097-733X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Principles for just and effective systemic risk governance
Non-Technical Summary We are in a polycrisis – the entanglement of crises across multiple, interconnected global systems such as climate, health, and finance – that interact to produce harms significantly greater than the sum of their parts. We propose that, to mitigate and adapt to this polycrisis, strong systemic risk governance is required, and that just and effective governance requires principles. Principles help us to identify common values…
Reframing risk communication in the era of converging, cascading, and compounding crises
The fundamental topology of risk has shifted from isolated episodes to converging, cascading, and compounding crises. Yet, despite this transformation, prevailing risk communication frameworks remain rooted in mid-20th-century linear paradigms. We argue that reliance on these static transmission models creates a structural liability in modern governance. Such approaches provide an illusion of institutional control while failing to account for the…
Definitions and taxonomy for High Impact Low Probability (Hilp) and outlier events
High Impact Low Probability events (HILPs) , often referred to as outliers, are becoming more important in disaster management because they are linked to complex risks and tipping points in interconnected systems. Recent events, such as the cascading effects of the coronavirus pandemic, rising uncertainties from global geopolitical instability, and successive and concurrent extremes driven by climate change, underscore the limitations of relying …
Threat-agnostic resilience
Critical infrastructure is not indestructible. Interdependencies between infrastructure systems and the environment compound consequences at vulnerable locations but can be harnessed to maximize operational efficiency, recovery capability, and long-term sustainability. Threats, both emergent and systemic, have propagated beyond historical norms, exposing the limitations of hazard-specific resilience approaches. These approaches, by their nature, …
A brief history of the Covid-19 pandemic
Family and community interventions
The role of science in resilience planning for military-civilian domains in the U.S. and Nato
In recent years, the NATO member nations have committed to a coordinated approach to strengthening resilience among the Allies, including the development of National Resilience Plans (NRPs). The Allies outlined the extent to which the robustness of their respective military capacities requires the designed resilience of systems that bridge civilian and military domains. This article outlines the role that resilience plays in supporting tactical a…
Longitudinal evaluation of Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United States
Addressing the challenge of vaccine hesitancy is crucial in managing public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. This study leverages the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey to examine COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, with a specific focus on the longitudinal tracking of vaccination beliefs and the influence of varying risk perceptions. It investigates how public attitudes towards vaccines evolve, influenced by changing perceptions of COV…
Are civilizations destined to collapse? Lessons from the Mediterranean Bronze Age
As the world faces multiple crises, lessons from humanity’s past can potentially suggest ways to decrease disruptions and increase societal resilience. From 1200 to 1100 BCE, several advanced societies in the Eastern Mediterranean suffered dramatic collapse. Though the causes of the Late Bronze Age Collapse are still debated, contributing factors may include a “perfect storm” of multiple stressors: social and economic upheaval, earthquake cluster…
Alignment and authority
Diversity and inclusiveness are necessary components of resilient international teams
From the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, international exchange has been significantly hampered by limitations on travel as well as associated public health lockdowns. International scientific collaboration is no exception, with many research organizations, universities, and companies forced to reconsider how global engagement and exchange is to be conducted. While impromptu transitions to video conferencing have allowed essential communication…
Resilience stress testing for critical infrastructure
Covid-19
Emergent technologies, divergent frames
Technology innovation is inherently uncertain. The risk–benefit divide for such innovation is a classical debate within scholarly literature and is often framed on a monetary scale where innovation approval is granted if benefit outweighs risk. However, such discussion leaves out a critical yet subjective vein of discussion within the innovation evaluation process — stakeholder context. Specifically, regulators and technology developers are often…
Covid-19
Regulation and regime
A decision analytic model to guide early‐stage government regulatory action
Synthetic biology (SB) involves the alteration of living cells and biomolecules for specific purposes. Products developed using these approaches could have significant societal benefits, but also pose uncertain risks to human and environmental health. Policymakers currently face decisions regarding how stringently to regulate and monitor various SB applications. This is a complex task, in which policymakers must balance uncertain economic, politi…
Are civilizations destined to collapse? Lessons from the Mediterranean Bronze Age
As the world faces multiple crises, lessons from humanity’s past can potentially suggest ways to decrease disruptions and increase societal resilience. From 1200 to 1100 BCE, several advanced societies in the Eastern Mediterranean suffered dramatic collapse. Though the causes of the Late Bronze Age Collapse are still debated, contributing factors may include a “perfect storm” of multiple stressors: social and economic upheaval, earthquake cluster…
Regulation and regime
A decision analytic model to guide early‐stage government regulatory action
Synthetic biology (SB) involves the alteration of living cells and biomolecules for specific purposes. Products developed using these approaches could have significant societal benefits, but also pose uncertain risks to human and environmental health. Policymakers currently face decisions regarding how stringently to regulate and monitor various SB applications. This is a complex task, in which policymakers must balance uncertain economic, politi…
Regulation and regime
Covid-19
Emergent technologies, divergent frames
Technology innovation is inherently uncertain. The risk–benefit divide for such innovation is a classical debate within scholarly literature and is often framed on a monetary scale where innovation approval is granted if benefit outweighs risk. However, such discussion leaves out a critical yet subjective vein of discussion within the innovation evaluation process — stakeholder context. Specifically, regulators and technology developers are often…
Covid-19
Diversity and inclusiveness are necessary components of resilient international teams
From the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, international exchange has been significantly hampered by limitations on travel as well as associated public health lockdowns. International scientific collaboration is no exception, with many research organizations, universities, and companies forced to reconsider how global engagement and exchange is to be conducted. While impromptu transitions to video conferencing have allowed essential communication…
Resilience stress testing for critical infrastructure
Alignment and authority
Family and community interventions
The role of science in resilience planning for military-civilian domains in the U.S. and Nato
In recent years, the NATO member nations have committed to a coordinated approach to strengthening resilience among the Allies, including the development of National Resilience Plans (NRPs). The Allies outlined the extent to which the robustness of their respective military capacities requires the designed resilience of systems that bridge civilian and military domains. This article outlines the role that resilience plays in supporting tactical a…
Longitudinal evaluation of Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United States
Addressing the challenge of vaccine hesitancy is crucial in managing public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. This study leverages the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey to examine COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, with a specific focus on the longitudinal tracking of vaccination beliefs and the influence of varying risk perceptions. It investigates how public attitudes towards vaccines evolve, influenced by changing perceptions of COV…
Are civilizations destined to collapse? Lessons from the Mediterranean Bronze Age
As the world faces multiple crises, lessons from humanity’s past can potentially suggest ways to decrease disruptions and increase societal resilience. From 1200 to 1100 BCE, several advanced societies in the Eastern Mediterranean suffered dramatic collapse. Though the causes of the Late Bronze Age Collapse are still debated, contributing factors may include a “perfect storm” of multiple stressors: social and economic upheaval, earthquake cluster…
Definitions and taxonomy for High Impact Low Probability (Hilp) and outlier events
High Impact Low Probability events (HILPs) , often referred to as outliers, are becoming more important in disaster management because they are linked to complex risks and tipping points in interconnected systems. Recent events, such as the cascading effects of the coronavirus pandemic, rising uncertainties from global geopolitical instability, and successive and concurrent extremes driven by climate change, underscore the limitations of relying …
Threat-agnostic resilience
Critical infrastructure is not indestructible. Interdependencies between infrastructure systems and the environment compound consequences at vulnerable locations but can be harnessed to maximize operational efficiency, recovery capability, and long-term sustainability. Threats, both emergent and systemic, have propagated beyond historical norms, exposing the limitations of hazard-specific resilience approaches. These approaches, by their nature, …
A brief history of the Covid-19 pandemic
Principles for just and effective systemic risk governance
Non-Technical Summary We are in a polycrisis – the entanglement of crises across multiple, interconnected global systems such as climate, health, and finance – that interact to produce harms significantly greater than the sum of their parts. We propose that, to mitigate and adapt to this polycrisis, strong systemic risk governance is required, and that just and effective governance requires principles. Principles help us to identify common values…
Reframing risk communication in the era of converging, cascading, and compounding crises
The fundamental topology of risk has shifted from isolated episodes to converging, cascading, and compounding crises. Yet, despite this transformation, prevailing risk communication frameworks remain rooted in mid-20th-century linear paradigms. We argue that reliance on these static transmission models creates a structural liability in modern governance. Such approaches provide an illusion of institutional control while failing to account for the…
Political science (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (3 works)