Publications

PhD Thesis

Mulder, F. (2025) Disaster Knowledge Management: A Data Justice Lens on Local Participatory Approaches. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam https://doi.org/10.5463/thesis.1213

Articles in peer reviewed journals

Mulder, F., Gordon, M., Pelling, M., & Pescaroli, G. (forthcoming) The Governance and Management of High-Impact Low-Probability Events: A Framework for Identifying and Addressing Vulnerability Hotspots. Risk Analysis.
Mulder, F. (2023) The paradox of externally driven localisation: A case study on how local actors manage the contradictory legitimacy requirements of top-down bottom-up aid. Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8(7).
Dryhurst, S., Mulder, F., Dallo, I., Kerr, J. R., McBride, S. K., Fallou, L., & Becker, J. S. (2022). Fighting misinformation in seismology: Expert opinion on earthquake facts vs. fiction. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, 2271.
Mulder, F. (2020). Governing the humanitarian knowledge commons. Politics and Governance, 8(4), 407-420.
Mulder, F. (2020). Humanitarian data justice: A structural data justice lens on civic technologies in post‐earthquake Nepal. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 28(4), 432-445.
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., 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(3), 419-438.

Book chapters

Mulder, F. (forthcoming) Shifting the power in humanitarian action. In Editors: Yadav, P., Carpi, E., Ghaffarian, S., & Sammonds, P. Global Humanitarian Studies: Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Routledge.
Mulder, F. (2026). Disaster knowledge management: A data justice lens on the construction of risk. In K. Chmutina, R. Fuentealba, & D. Z. Rivera (Eds.), Risk analyses and actions: A WSPC reference on disasters and dangers: Vol. 1. Introduction to principles and concepts. World Scientific.
Mulder, F. (2025). Justice in Humanitarian Data. In Quantifying International Conflicts: Data on War or Data for War (pp. 271-290). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Mulder, F. (2024). Resilience versus surveillance humanitarianism. Depoliticising Humanitarian Action: Paradigms, Dilemmas, Resistance.. (Eds.) Desportes, I., Corbet., A., Siddiqi, A.
Mulder, F. (2023). Localizing humanitarian knowledge management: A call for pragmatic robust action. In Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations in Development. (pp. 219-232). Van Wessel, M., Kontinen, T., and Bawole, J.N. (Eds.), Routledge.
Boersma, K., Ferguson, J., Groenewegen, P., Mulder, F., Schmidt, A., & Wolbers, J. (2019). Platform governance of self-organized initiatives in response to disasters. In Smart Hybridity. Potentials and Challenges of New Governance Arrangements, Koppejan, J., Karre, P.M., and K. Terrier, K. (Eds.) 31-42.

Guest-edited special journal issues

Alexander, D., Fordham, M., Dryhurst, S., Mulder, F., (Eds.) (2025) Special Issue: Engaging Societal Stakeholders in Disaster Risk Reduction and Research. In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-disaster-risk-reduction/vol/117/suppl/C
Eefje Hendriks, Laura Marlene Kmoch, Femke Mulder, Ricardo Fuentealba (Eds.) (2022) Special Issue: Emerging voices and pathways to inclusive disaster studies. In Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 31. Volume 1: www.emerald.com/dpm/issue/31/1 Volume 2: www.emerald.com/dpm/issue/31/2

Editorials and other media

Pescaroli, G., & Mulder, F. (2026). Prepare for cats taking over: A new approach for stress testing HILP events. Crisis Response Journal, 20(4). https://www.crisis-response.com/Articles/732664/Volume_20_Issue.aspx
Hendriks, E., Kmoch, L. M., Mulder, F., & Fuentealba, R. (2022). Guest editorial: Emerging voices and pathways to inclusive disaster studies. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 31(2), 101-103.
Hendriks, E., Kmoch, L. M., Mulder, F., & Fuentealba, R. (2022). Guest editorial: Exploring inclusive publishing practices with early career disaster-studies researchers. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 31(1), 1-9.
Hendriks, E., Kmoch, L. M., Mulder, F., & Fuentealba, R. (2022). Blog. Heard enough from 'David', 'John' and 'Michael'? How to make disaster studies more inclusive! www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/opinion-and-blog/heard-enough-david-john-and-michael-how-make-disaster-studies-more-inclusive
Mulder, F. (2023) Turkey-Syria earthquake: the risk of aftershocks and what can be done to protect rescuers. https://theconversation.com/turkey-syria-earthquake-the-risk-of-aftershocks-and-what-can-be-done-to-protect-rescuers-199570

Conference papers

Mulder, F., Pescaroli, G., Gordon, M., & McMillan, L. (2025, July). A SWOT analysis of current practices in the governance and management of high impact low probability events. In Conference Proceedings of the 10th International Digital Public Health Conference (DPH) 2025, Madeira, Portugal. Frontiers. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-8325-5133-2
Jones, K., Mulder, F., Morga, M., & Wanigarathna, N. (2023, November). A Disaster Risk Management Decision Support System for Improved Organisational Resilience: The MEDiate Project. In Proceedings of the 22nd EuroFM Research Symposium.
Jones, K. G., Mulder, F., Morga, M., & Wanigarathna, N. (2023, May). Improving organisational resilience: the TURNkey project. In Proceedings of the IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1176, No. 1, p. 012043). IOP Publishing.
Wanigarathna, N., Jones, K., Mulder, F., Borzi, B., Bozzoni, F., & Festa, E. (2023, May). Economic appraisal standards for planning earthquake early warning infrastructure acquisition. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1176, No. 1, p. 012030). IOP Publishing.
Jones, K. G., Mulder, F., Morga, M., & Wanigarathna, N. (2022, November). Facilities management and earthquake risk reduction: The TURNkey project. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1101, No. 6, p. 062008). IOP Publishing.
Jones, K., Mulder, F., Morga, M., & Wanigarathna, N. (2022). Improving organisational resilience to disaster events: an FM perspective. In Proceedings 21st EuroFM Research Symposium
Mulder, F., & Boersma, F. K. (2017). Linking up the last mile: how humanitarian power relations shape community e-resilience. In Proceedings 14th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
Baharmand, H., Meesters, K., Boersma, K., Mulder, F., & Wolbers, J. (2016). A multidisciplinary perspective on supporting community disaster resilience in Nepal. In Proceedings 13th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management.

Research Reports

Mulder, F. (2026) Deliverable 3.2. Validated Stress Test Tier 1 methodology & toolkit. AGILE Project. [Forthcoming]
Mulder, F. (2026) Deliverable 4.2. Evaluation Report on Stress Test Tier 1. AGILE Project. [Classified]
Mulder, F., Pescaroli, G., & Schulz, R. (2025). Deliverable 4.1 Case study scenarios. AGILE Project. https://www.project-agile.eu/wp-content/uploads/AGILE-D4.1-Case-Study-Scenarios-V3.0.pdf
Komendantova, N., Mulder, F., Danielson, M., Mihai, A., Douglas, J., White, C., Gonzalez-Duenas, C., Cremen, G., Galasso, C., Bozzoni, F., Borzi, B., & Gallorini, P. (2025). Deliverable 1.1 Validation of the MEDiate concept model through literature and workshops with stakeholders from the testbeds. MEDiate Project. https://mediate-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/D1.1.pdf
Mulder, F. & Pescaroli, G. (Eds.) (2025). Deliverable 1.3 AGILE’s approach to high impact low probability events: theoretical approaches, empirical insights into the role of lateral thinking and strategic foresight, guidelines for scenario development. [Under Embargo]. AGILE Project.
Mulder, F. & Pescaroli, G. (Eds.) (2024). Deliverable 1.2 AGILE’s approach to high impact low probability events: SWOT analysis of common points of failure, recurrent vulnerabilities and resilience. [Under Embargo]. AGILE Project.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (2024) Words into Action guidelines: The Science–Policy–Society ecosystem for disaster risk reduction. www.undrr.org/publication/words-action-guidelines-science-policy-society-ecosystem-disaster-risk-reduction
Alexander, D., Fordham, M., Mulder, F., (2024) Deliverable 4.4. Collaborative Framework. RiskPACC Project. https://www.riskpacc.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RiskPACC-D4.4.pdf
Vollmer, M., Mulder, F., Knudsen, S., & Hollmann, V. (2024). Fostering collaboration to close the Risk Perception-Action Gap: RiskPACC white paper and roadmap. White Paper RiskPACC Project. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.33027.11045
Mariantonietta Morga, Keith Jones, Nadeeshani Wanigarathna, Femke Mulder, Federica Pascale, Alberto Vezzoso, Chen Huang, Håkan Bolin, Nicos Melis, & Dragos Toma-Danila. (2022). Deliverable D 7.7 A model Business Continuity and Resilience Plan and Disaster Management Plan Framework. TURNKey Project. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7465034
Keith Jones, & Femke Mulder. (2021). Deliverable 2.6. Revised use-cases for the FWCR Platform version Beta (PAR Cycle 1). TURNkey Project. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7464040
Keith Jones, Femke Mulder, Mariantonietta Morga, Federica Pascale, Nadeeshani Wanigarathna, Celia Callus, Abdelghani Meslem, Chen Huang, Håkan Bolin, Alberto Vezzoso, Sergio Molina Palacios, John Douglas, Alireza Kharazian, Alireza Azarbakht, Balan Stefan Florin, Davide Curone, Johannes Schweitzer, Francesco Finazzi, & Barbara Borzi. (2021). Deliverable D2.8 Revised use-cases for the FWCR Platform version 2.0 (PAR Cycle 2). TURNKey Project. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7464145
Keith Jones, Mariantonietta Morga, Femke Mulder, & Sólveig Þorvaldsdóttir. (2020). Deliverable D 5.1 Development of stakeholder performance metrics & System dynamic approach to risk management. TURNKey Project. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7464879
Jones, Keith, Morga, Mariantonietta, & Mulder, Femke. (2020). Deliverable D1.4 Report on Business Centric Use-Case Scenarios for CI and Local Business Stakeholder Groups. TURNkey Project. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7520444
Boersma, F. K., Ferguson, J. E., Mulder, F., & Wolbers, J. J. (2016). Humanitarian response coordination and cooperation in Nepal. Coping with challenges and dilemmas. Amsterdam: White Paper. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. https://www.academia.edu/download/92920847/White_Paper_Nepal_-_VU_Smart_Disaster_Governance_tcm249-751372.pdf