Disaster Risk Governance by J Lassa

A. Foundational work on institutions and disaster governance

  1. Lassa, J. (2011). Institutional Vulnerability and Governance of Disaster Risk Reduction: Macro, Meso and Micro-Scale Assessment, with Case Studies from Indonesia. PhD dissertation, University of Bonn, Germany.
  2. Lassa, J. (2010). “Disaster Governance.” In K. Bradley Penuel, M. Statler and J. Geoffrey Golson (eds.), Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief, pp. 113–114. SAGE.
  3. Lassa, J. (2010). “Risk Governance.” In K. Bradley Penuel, M. Statler and J. Geoffrey Golson (eds.), Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief, pp. 612–613. SAGE.
  4. Lassa, J. (2011). “The Roles of Civil Society Organisations in Disaster Reduction in Indonesia: National and Local Case Studies.” Book chapter published by LIPI.
  5. Lassa, J. (2013). “Disaster Policy Change in Indonesia, 1930–2010: From Government to Governance?” International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 31(2), 130–160.
    This longitudinal study explains Indonesian disaster-policy change through interactions among domestic institutions, international actors and policy transfers—not simply as reactions to major disasters.
  6. Lassa, J. A. (2015). “Post-Disaster Governance, Complexity and Network Theory: Evidence from Aceh, Indonesia after the Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004.” PLoS Currents Disasters.
    DOI: 10.1371/4f7972ecec1b6.
    This paper uses network and complexity theory to explain how recovery outcomes emerge from relationships among multiple organisations rather than from individual agencies acting separately.
  7. Lassa, J. A. (2018). “Roles of Non-Government Organizations in Disaster Risk Reduction.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science. Oxford University Press.
    DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.45.
    This work conceptualises disaster governance as collaboration among the state, market, civil society, academia and communities at risk.
  8. Trias, A. P. L., Lassa, J. A. and Surjan, A. (2019). “Connecting the Actors, Discovering the Ties: Exploring Disaster Risk Governance Networks in Asia and the Pacific.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 33, 217–228.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.10.007.
  9. Lassa, J. A. et al. (2019). “Measuring Political Will: An Index of Commitment to Disaster Risk Reduction.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 34, 64–74.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.11.006.
  10. Lassa, J. A. (2019). “Negotiating Institutional Pathways for Sustaining Climate Change Resilience and Risk Governance in Indonesia.” Climate, 7(8), 95.
    DOI: 10.3390/cli7080095.
    The paper examines why externally created resilience platforms may persist, transform or disappear after donor programmes end.
  11. Lassa, J. A., Nappoe, G. E. and Sulistyo, S. B. (2022). “Creating an Institutional Ecosystem for Cash Transfer Programmes in Post-Disaster Settings: A Case from Indonesia.” Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 14(1).
    DOI: 10.4102/jamba.v14i1.1046.
    It introduces a humanitarian institutional-ecosystem framework linking governments, NGOs, disaster survivors, markets and civil society.
  12. Tun, T. and Lassa, J. (2023). “Governing Disaster Risk in Myanmar: Institutional Pathways and Policies during 1885–2015.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
    The study uses historical institutionalism and path-dependency to explain Myanmar’s disaster-policy evolution.
  13. Lassa, J. et al. (2023). “Exploring NGOs–Government Collaboration Strategies in Institutionalising Child-Centred Disaster Resilience and Climate-Change Adaptation.” Progress in Disaster Science, 18, 100284.
  14. Lassa, J. et al. (2024). “Progress and Challenges in Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction at Sub-national Levels: Insights from Aceh, Indonesia.” Environmental Hazards.
    DOI: 10.1080/17477891.2024.2412351.
  15. Lassa, J. et al. (2025). “Missing Targets: Reforming Disaster Policy in Southeast Asia.” Journal of Asian Public Policy, 19(1), 1–19.
    DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2024.2448036.

B. Other work on institutions and disaster governance

  1. Lassa, J. (2006). “Evaluation of Disaster Governance in Indonesia, 2004–2006.” In E. S. Fatah (ed.), Puisi Indah, Prosa Buruk: Evaluasi Dua Tahun Kebijakan SBY–Kalla, pp. 323–354. Bandung: SDI–Rekatama Media.
  2. Lassa, J. (2010). “Global Governance of Disaster Risk Reduction: An Introduction to a New Analytical Framework.” Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional, 10(1), 17–27.
    DOI: 10.7454/global.v10i1.271.
  3. Lassa, J. et al. (2014). “What Are the Roles of Civil Society in Governing Disaster Reduction in Indonesia?” In Government and Communities: Achieving Common Goals, Chapter 11, IRSA Book Series.
  4. Lassa, J. A. and Nugraha, E. (2015). “From Shared Learning to Shared Action in Building Resilience in the City of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia.” Environment and Urbanization, 27(1), 161–180.
    DOI: 10.1177/0956247814552233.
  5. Lassa, J. A. (2019). “When Does Institutionalisation Mean NGOnisation? Sustaining Climate-Risk Governance in Secondary Cities.”
    This work critically examines whether multi-stakeholder institutions become embedded in government or remain dependent on NGOs and externally funded projects.
  6. Triyanti, A. et al. (2023). “Governing Systemic and Cascading Disaster Risk in Indonesia: Where Do We Stand and Future Outlook.” Disaster Prevention and Management, 32(1), 27–43.
    It argues that Indonesia needs local institutional arrangements capable of governing interacting hazards, vulnerabilities, time horizons and residual risks.
  7. Lassa 2025. Fixing the State? A Reflection of Civil Society Response to COVID-19 Crisis in Indonesia in : Examining Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia: Building Social Resilience. Singapore: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-4182-6.
  8. 2025 Interview “Towards Effective Institutional Hazard Management.” Nature Geoscience.
    A discussion of how institutions, communities and decision-making processes determine the effectiveness of natural-hazard management and mitigation.