Safety and Health Competence

Ulrike Bollmann

After studying education and philosophy, Ulrike finalized her academic studies with a thesis on the historical-logical development of the modern concept of knowledge. From 1991 she worked as a researcher at the Regional Institute for Schools and Further Education of North Rhine-Westphalia, from 1994 she was employed at the West German Trade Council. In 1999 she started working for the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV). From 2002 to 2004 she worked as a national detached expert at the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU OSHA)in Spain. Ulrike has been responsible for International Cooperation at the Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance since 2006. She has been the coordinator of the European Network Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health (ENETOSH) since 2005. Recently she finalized an empirical study on education and training in occupational safety and health. A common research project on the leading indicator "Trust" for a culture of prevention together with the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) is ongoing. Ulrike is a member of the Editorial Board of Safety Science, a member of the Scientific Committee on Education & Competency Development, the Training and Advisory Council of OSHAfrica and member of the Advisory Board of the Erasmus+ project RiskMan.

George Boustras

George is Professor in Risk Assessment at European University Cyprus, Dean of the Ioannis Gregoriou School of Business Administration and Director of the Centre of Risk and Decision Sciences (CERIDES). George is a PhD in Probabilistic Fire Risk Assessment from CFES at Kingston University London, he was Honorary Research Fellow at CPSE at Imperial College London (2003 - 2005), and KTP Research Fellow at FSEG at the University of Greenwich (2009). He sits at the Management Committee of Secure Societies - Protecting Freedom and Security of Europe and its citizens of "HORIZON 2020". He was appointed by the Ministerial Council of the Republic of Cyprus to Head the Special Task Force that overlooked the modernization of the Fire Services. He was hired by World Bank to contribute to the modernisation of licensing services provided by the Fire Service of the Hellenic Republic. The President of the Republic of Cyprus appointed him, as Vice President in the Energy Strategy Council. He consulted the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus in the Risk Assessment of Unexploded Ordnance as part of Gas Exploration. George is Editor-in-Chief of Safety Science (Elsevier) and Member of the Editorial Board of Fire Technology (Springer), the International Journal of Emergency Management and International Journal ?f Critical Infrastructure (both Inderscience). He (co-)supervises 7 PhD students.