Do Governments Trust Communities

Do Governments Trust Communities

From Doing Disasters Differently: The Podcast with Renae Hanvin by Renae Hanvin

February 24, 2026 · 34 min

About this episode

Renae Hanvin discusses with Mark Duckworth the level of trust governments have in communities regarding disaster resilience.

In this week’s episode of Doing Disasters Differently, Renae is joined by Mark Duckworth, Associate Director at the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS) and Senior Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University, with more than 30 years’ experience in senior public sector and resilience roles, including contributing to the National Strategy for Disaster Resilience (2011). Together, they explore whether governments truly trus...

People in this episode

Host: Renae Hanvin

Guest: Mark Duckworth

Topics covered

  • government trust
  • community resilience
  • disaster management
  • public sector
  • citizenship

Keywords

  • government trust
  • community
  • disaster resilience
  • public sector
  • Mark Duckworth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University

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