Karim Hardy
- Title
- Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
- Department
- Department of Security and Emergency Services
- College
- College of Arts & Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Occupational Safety and Health
Emergency Management
Resilience Engineering
System Dynamics

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Biography
Dr. Hardy has developed expertise in occupational safety, health, 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 at 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 health and safety engineer for an international company in charge of occupational safety, health, and hazard 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), a full member of the international institute of risk and safety management, and a Fellow at the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management (UK). He is also an Incident Command System Instructor (Train-the-Trainer) from ICS Canada.
Since 2016, Dr. Hardy has been an ABET Program Evaluator (ANSAC - ASSP) with several university accreditation visits.
Dr. Hardy’s research focuses on models of accidents, system dynamics, system safety, occupational safety and health, 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.
Education
- 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
Ratings and Certificates
Currently Teaching
- EMGY 405: Disaster Policy & Management
- EMGY 430: Emergency Mgmt & Conting Plan
- HLSD 110: Intro to Homeland Security
- HLSD 215: Intro to Industrial Security
Publications
- Airport Resilience Karim Hardy (2020)
- Stamp and the Systematic Approach Karim Hardy (2019)
- Using Stamp in the Risk Analysis of a Contaminated Sediment Treatment Process Karim Hardy (2019)
- Using a Systemic Model of Accident for Improving Innovative Technologies: Application and Limitations of the STAMP Model to a Process for Treatment of Contaminated Substances Karim Hardy (2018)
- Modelling and Hazard Analysis for Contaminated Sediments Using STAMP Model Karim Hardy (2018)
- Stamp and the Systemic Approach Karim Hardy (2018)
- Using Stamp in the Risk Analysis of a Contaminated Sediment Treatment Process Karim Hardy (2018)
- Improving Operational Resiliency and Sensemaking during Crisis Karim Hardy (2017)
- Perspectives on the Pilot Supply Problem National Training Aircraft Symposium (NTAS) (2017)
- Processus de D\u00e9cision et Complexit\u00e9: Le Feu de Yarnell Hill du 30 Juin 2013 [Decision-Making Processes and Complexity: The Yarnell Hill Fire of June 30th, 2013] Karim Hardy (2017)
- Decisions Management during Wildland Fires: Accidents Viewed as a Spatiotemporal Inadequacy Karim Hardy (2017)
- Hazard Mitigation through a Systemic Model of Accident to a Socio-Technical System: A Case Study Karim Hardy (2017)
- Modelling and Hazard Analysis for Contaminated Sediments Using STAMP Model Karim Hardy (2017)
- Modelling and Hazard Analysis for Contaminated Sediments Using STAMP Model and STPA Tool Karim Hardy (2017)
- Decisions Management during Wildland Fires: Accidents Viewed as a Spatiotemporal Inadequacy Publications (2016)
- Chronic Threat during Complex Disasters: State or Phenomenon? Karim Hardy (2015)
- Engineering Thinking in Emergency Situations: The Lessons not yet Learnt from Fukushima Daiichi Karim Hardy (2014)
- Processus de Décision et Complexité: Le Feu de Yarnell Hill du 30 Juin 2013 [Decision-Making Processes and Complexity: The Yarnell Hill Fire of June 30th, 2013] Publications (2014)
- Session F: Topics in Commercial Aviation Aviation / Aeronautics / Aerospace International Research Conference (2014)
- Improving Operational Resiliency through Information Dynamics: The Case of Yarnell Hill Fire Accident Karim Hardy (2013)
- Hazard Mitigation through a Systemic Model of Accident to a Socio-Technical System: A Case Study Publications (2013)
- Modelling and Hazard Analysis for Contaminated Sediments Using STAMP Model and STPA Tool Publications (2013)
- Analyzing Contaminated Sediments through a Systemic Model of Accident Karim Hardy (2011)
- Using a Systemic Model of Accident for Improving Innovative Technologies: Application and Limitations of the STAMP Model to a Process for Treatment of Contaminated Substances Publications (2011)
- Modelling and Hazard Analysis for Contaminated Sediments Using STAMP Model Publications (2011)
- Modelling and Hazard Analysis for Contaminated Sediments Using STAMP Model Publications (2011)
- No Time Like the Present: Introducing the Next Generation of Human Factors National Training Aircraft Symposium (NTAS)
Memberships and Credentials
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)
Fellow at the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management (FICPEM, UK).