In the picture: Professor Martin Löffelholz with members of the labC community during an informal gathering in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Professor Martin Löffelholz, Head of the labC Global Advisory Board, recently met with members of the labC community in Hanoi, Vietnam, for an informal evening of conversation and academic exchange.
The gathering brought together established academic leadership and emerging researchers, reflecting labC’s commitment to fostering an open, collaborative, and internationally connected research community dedicated to risk, crisis, disaster, and communication.
Connecting Academic Experience with Emerging Perspectives
Professor Löffelholz has made significant contributions to crisis communication scholarship and has played an important role in the academic development of labC. His engagement with the labC community reflects the value of sustained scholarly dialogue and collaboration across generations of researchers, disciplines, and geographical contexts.
The meeting in Hanoi provided an opportunity for members of labC to connect in an informal setting, strengthen academic relationships, and reaffirm a shared interest in advancing research on complex societal challenges.
For labC, building a research community means more than bringing scholars together around common topics. It means creating opportunities to exchange ideas, question established assumptions, and develop new perspectives through collaboration.
Rethinking Risk, Crisis, Disaster, and Communication from Southeast Asia
labC – Lab on Crisis is a research-driven think tank focused on risk, crisis, disaster, and communication, with particular attention to Southeast Asia and the Global South.
Its work connects rigorous research with the social, cultural, political, and institutional contexts in which risks and crises emerge, are understood, and are governed. labC approaches Southeast Asia not merely as a setting in which existing theories are applied, but also as a source of empirical knowledge and theoretical insight that can contribute to international scholarship.
By connecting established scholars with early-career researchers, students, practitioners, and international collaborators, labC seeks to foster a research environment in which different experiences and perspectives can inform new questions, strengthen theoretical development, and generate knowledge relevant to real-world challenges.
The gathering in Hanoi reflects this broader ambition: to build an intellectually engaged community that connects regional expertise with global academic exchange.
An Open Invitation to Join labC
labC welcomes students, researchers, practitioners, and anyone interested in risk, crisis, disaster, and communication to become part of its growing research community.
Whether you are beginning to explore a research topic, developing an academic career, bringing professional experience, or seeking opportunities for international collaboration, labC offers a space to connect with others who share an interest in understanding and addressing complex challenges.
We believe that research becomes more meaningful when people with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can learn from one another and work together.
If you share these interests, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Different Perspectives. A More Inclusive Understanding.
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labC – Lab on Crisis
Rethinking Risk, Crisis, Disaster, and Communication from Southeast Asia.