{"id":2643,"date":"2026-07-02T07:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/doctoralcollege\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2026-07-02T09:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:41:07","slug":"testing-eu-crisis-management-in-peacetime-lessons-from-the-2024-spain-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/doctoralcollege\/2026\/07\/02\/testing-eu-crisis-management-in-peacetime-lessons-from-the-2024-spain-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing EU Crisis Management in Peacetime: Lessons from the 2024 Spain Floods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hasan Ogredik is a PhD candidate in Politics at the University of Exeter, where his research focuses on European Union disaster risk management policy in peace and conflict, with a particular emphasis on integrating a human rights-based approach. His doctoral work examines how EU policies address the complex realities of disasters and conflict, aiming to bring together humanitarian protection, human rights, and peacebuilding in a coherent framework.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When severe floods hit Spain in 2024, the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) was activated. Beyond the immediate response, this case offers something equally important and valuable: a real-world test of EU disaster policy in peacetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my new article, published in European Security<\/em>\u00a0(SSCI Q1), I explore how this system operates in practice \u2014 and what it tells us about coordination across different levels of governance during major emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experience of the Spanish floods shows that EU disaster response in peacetime works around three key ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n