Ex ante knowledge for infectious disease outbreaks: Introducing the organizational network governance approach

Jörg Raab*, Patrick Kenis, Marleen Kraaij – Dirkzwager, Aura Timen

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Abstract

The core question addressed is to what extent ex ante knowledge can be made available from a network governance perspective to deal with a crisis such as an infectious disease outbreak. Such outbreaks are often characterized by a lack of information and knowledge, changing and unforeseen conditions as well as a myriad of organizations becoming involved on the one hand but also organizations which do not become adequately involved. We introduce the organizational network governance approach as an exploratory approach to produce useful ex ante information for limiting the transmission of a virus and its impact. We illustrate the usefulness of our approach introducing two fictitious but realistic outbreak scenarios: the West Nile Virus (WNV), which is transmitted via mosquitos and the outbreak of a New Asian Coronavirus (NAC) which is characterized by human to human transmission. Both viruses can lead to serious illnesses or even death as well as large health care and economic costs. Our organizational network governance approach turns out to be effective in generating information to produce recommendations for strengthening the organizational context in order to limit the transmission of a virus and its impact. We also suggest how the organizational network governance approach could be further developed
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationKnowledge for governance
EditorsJ Glückler, G. Herrigel, M Handke
PublisherSpringer
Chapter14
Pages319-349
Volume15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Publication series

NameSpringer series Knowledge & Space

Keywords

  • Network Analysis
  • Governance
  • Corona Virus
  • NETHERLANDS
  • Infectious Disease
  • Preparedness
  • West Nile Fever

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