Karim Hardy

Title
Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Security and Emergency Services
College
College of Arts & Sciences

Areas of Expertise

Safety Science

Emergency Management

Resilience Engineering

System Dynamics

Karim Hardy

Dr. Hardy has developed dual expertise in safety and emergency management throughout his career.

Dr. Hardy completed his Ph.D. in Sciences and Engineering of at-Risk Activities from the “Grandes Ecoles” Mines ParisTech. In addition, he earned his Bachelor of Science in Environmental and Safety Engineering, a first Master of Arts in Legal Studies with a concentration in Euro-Mediterranean Security and Defense, and a second Master of Arts in Political Science with a concentration in European Studies and International Regulations.

He was a Ph.D. visiting student within the Complex Systems Research Lab, Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT. While at MIT, he worked with Professor Nancy Leveson on risk and crisis management and system dynamics within complex socio-technical systems.

After his doctorate, he spent a year as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Business Administration within the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, Haas Business School, at UC Berkeley. He worked with Professor Karlene Roberts on High-Reliability Organizations (HROs).

For years, Dr. Hardy worked as a safety engineer for an international company in charge of safety management within several industrial projects.

Dr. Hardy is an Associated Safety Professional (ASP, USA), a Certified Safety Professional (CSP, USA), a Certified Safety and Health Management (CSHM, USA), a Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner (CMIOSH, UK), and a full member of the international institute of risk and safety management. He is also an Incident Command System Instructor from ICS Canada.

Since 2016, Dr. Hardy has been an ABET Program Evaluator (ANSAC - ASSP).

 Dr. Hardy’s research focuses on models of accidents, system dynamics, system safety, theory of complexity, organizational behavior, emergency management, and system resilience within complex socio-technical systems.

Before becoming a faculty at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Dr. Hardy spent several years as a volunteer firefighter in southern France, and he is a firefighter expert.


  • D. - Doctoral in Sciences and Engineering of Risk Activities, Ecole des Mines de Paris
  • M. - Master in Law and Political Science, Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis
  • M. - Master in Euro-Mediterranean Legal Areas: Security and Defense in the Area of Law, University of Toulon
  • Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health - Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
  • Certified Safety and Health Manager - Institute for Safety and Health Management (ISHM)
  • Certified Safety Professional - Board of Certified Safety Professionals
  • EMGY 405: Disaster Policy & Management
  • EMGY 430: Emergency Mgmt & Conting Plan
  • SFTY 315: Envrnmtl Compliance & Safety
  • SFTY 570: Fire Safety Management
  • EMGY 310: Fundamentals of Emergency Mgmt
  • HLSD 110: Intro to Homeland Security
  • HLSD 215: Intro to Industrial Security
  • RSCH 202: Intro to Research Methods
  • SFTY 600: Occupat'l Safety & Health Mgmt

Associate Safety Professional (ASP, USA)

Certified Safety Professional (CSP, USA)

Certified Safety and Health Manager (CSHM, USA)

Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner (CMIOSH, UK)

Member of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (MIIRSM, UK)

European Occupational Safety and Health Manager (EurOSHM, European Union)