Daniel Aldrich
danielaldrich.bsky.social
Daniel Aldrich
@danielaldrich.bsky.social
Social scientist interested in social capital, social infrastructure, energy and environmental politics. Books at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Daniel-P.-Aldrich/author/B001JSDHPW
Please join us for the conversation about #crises and #resilience at @northeasternu.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
New #article from O'Brien et al: U.S. state lawmaker support for COVID-19 vaccine policies during the pandemic
TL;DR: public health messaging to political elites must be more nuanced than a simple left-right framework suggests.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New #article from Wu et al: Social Media Data Mining of Human Behaviour during Bushfire Evacuation
TL;DR: social media data related to bushfire evacuations promises to close this gap by allowing the collection and processing of behavioural data
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.01262
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New #article from McMurtrie et al: Political Polarization and Wellbeing: Investigating Potential Intraperson Harm From Affective Polarization
TL;DR: higher levels of affective polarization were associated with lower support, greater stress and worse health
rips-irsp.com/articles/10....
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New #article from Wang et al: The impact of the global 100 resilient cities strategy on urban resilience under climate change

TL;DR: 100RC strategy has demonstrated notable improvements in economic, social, and environmental resilience

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New #article from Eren et al: Scale, state and the city: Transformation of Diyarbakır, Suriçi region through the framework of urban resilience

TL;DR: central commercial and mobility corridors maintained high integration despite significant disruptions

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New #article from Saucedo-Calzada et al: Emotional stress and psychosocial resilience in urban tourism: a configurational analysis of three Southern European cities
TL;DR: social capital has a nonlinear effect on resilience, reducing emotional stress
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New #chapter from Dr. Seth Asare Okyere (PhD) et al: Valorizing the Resilience of Small and Medium-Sized Cities

TL;DR: essential to broaden the urbanization and resilience discourse to include small and medium sized cities

www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New #CFP from Dicle Kortantamer Julie Delisle and Johan Alvehusl: Call for papers: Leading projects through time

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Congrats to Maxime Polleri on his new book Radioactive Governance!
TL;DR: offers an ethnographic look at how the disaster was handled by Japan
nyupress.org/978147983686...
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
New #article from Nason et al: Recalibrating Entrepreneurship Research: Decolonizing and Embracing the Pluralism of Entrepreneurial Activity
TL;DR: we call for theories that capture the full spectrum of entrepreneurial life across contexts and cultures.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
New #article from Bao et al: StormShare: A Crowdsourcing Web Application to Enhance Resiliency during Hurricane
TL;DR: StormShare contributes to capacity building for social resiliency
ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/...
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
New #article from Lin, Liang, Garcia, Lyons and Andris: Social Infrastructure, Opportunities, and Barriers to Socializing in Savannah, Georgia

TL;DR: 60% of respondents formed new relationships in social infrastructure facilities, often in public places

muse.jhu.edu/article/973828
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
New #article from Lin et al: Social Infrastructure, Opportunities, and Barriers to Socializing in Savannah, Georgia
TL;DR: 60% of respondents formed new relationships in social infrastructure facilities, often in public places
muse.jhu.edu/article/973828
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New #article from Antonelli et al: Assessing the link between social capital and health outcomes in the Italian regions: An empirical analysis

TL;DR: social capital shapes health outcomes across Italian regions

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
New #article from Kwarteng et al: Living with pluvial floods: coping and adaptation experiences of households in Atonsu, Ghana
TL;DR: neighbourhood attachment identified as factor that influenced the choice of flood response strategies
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
New #article from Liu et al: Migration behaviors and place-based recovery after the Fukushima disaster: A comparative study of current residents, regular visitors, and non-visitors

TL;DR: importance of social capital in post-disaster migration behavior.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
New #article from Noomi Weinryb: Grand challenges and the myth of entrepreneurship: A study of high-stakes translations of South African entrepreneurship support organizations
TL;DR: entrepreneurship myth malleable in a context with structural injustices
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Fire sale on my book Building Resilience which argues that #socialcapital - the ties that bind us - are critical for surviving and thriving during shocks and disasters

www.amazon.com/Building-Res...
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New #article: Wind forecast and prior community experience are associated with high preparedness for sequential tropical cyclones in the United States
TL;DR: communities show higher preparedness levels in response to stronger forecast winds, declines w/ 2nd cyclone
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Hong Kong authorities said flammable netting and foam boards may have fueled the city’s deadliest blaze in nearly 70 years, killing at least 75 and prompting arrests. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM