How Learning from Plane Crashes Can Make Schools Safer

Explore how systems thinking from the aviation industry can be applied to dramatically improve school safety in this 15-minute TEDx talk by Dr. Elizabeth Ekren. Discover the potential of the Swiss Cheese Model to create comprehensive, layered interventions that could make school violence as rare as plane crashes. Learn from Dr. Ekren's expertise as a staff researcher at the Texas School Safety Center, drawing on her diverse academic background in Development Studies, Social Anthropology, Russian Language, Psychology, and Russian Studies. Gain insights into her research on various topics, including refugee welfare structures, health measures in challenging environments, and business operations in post-communist countries. Understand how her current work focuses on evaluating school safety trainings and conducting research-based assessments on school safety policy topics.