Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Prof. Jacquleen Joseph

Professor
Mumbai Campus,
Dean, Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies

Professor, Centre for Disaster Management, Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies

Qualification

M.S.W. (Bharatidasan), M.Phil., Ph.D. (NIMHANS)

Contact

jacquleenjoseph[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

Professor and Dean

Centre of Disaster Management

Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies

email: jacquleenjoseph@tiss.ac.in

phone: 022 25525886

Jacquleen Joseph has a MPhil and PhD in Psychiatric Social Work from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. She has been associated with JTSDS since its inception and is also the Dean of the school. Her research, field action and teaching at the centre is around Psychosocial Care and Support in Disaster and Humanitarian Contexts. Tsunami 2004, Mumbai Terror Attack 2008, Zaveri Bazar Blast 2011, AMRI hospital fire 2011, Assam Conflict 2012, Nepal Earthquake 2015, COVID 19 and Balasore Train Disaster 2023, are the recent disasters where she continues long term engagement through research and field action in the psychosocial domain. She has been a social work faculty before moving into the field of disaster management. Some of the recent research and mobility grants received are : Disaster Resilience Leadership Research and Fellowship Project (B&G research grants 2017 - 19), UKIERI - Study in India Programme (British Council, Virtual Mobility grant, 2020), Helsus Travel Grant (University of Helsinky, Findland, 2019), Transboundary Water Governance and Capaciy Building for Civic Engagement(ICIMOD – HUC Research Networking Grant, 2021), Epidemic Prediction and Risk Reduction using AI/ML (Newton Bhabha Research Networking Grant, 2021- 22), Disaster Risk Creation in Urban Resettlement Processes, Independent Research Fund Denmark / Social Sciences (Independent Research Fund Denmark - 2021 - 25), among others. Her other areas of interest and work focus on disaster vulnerability and recovery, disaster resilience leadership, civic engagement for transboundary water governance, among others.

Pyschosocial Support and Mental Health in Disasters,
Disaster and Well Being
Collective Stress
Disaster Resilience Leadership
Civic Engagement for Transboundary Water Governance

Research and Other Projects

Transboundary Water Governance and Capaciy Building for Civic Engagement, ICIMOD – HUC Research Networking Grant, in partnership with University of Katmandu and Tribuvan University, Nepal, Initiated in 2021, Principal Investigator.
Epidemic Prediction and Risk Reduction using AI/ML, Newton Bhabha Research Networking Grant, in partnership with University of Cambridge, UK, initiated in 2021, Principal Investigator.
EOC to Grievance Redressal Cell - A Scoping Study to Understand the Infrastructure and Human Resource Requirements in the Context of Covid 19, Disaster Technical Support Facility, TISS, ongoing since 2020, Principal Investigator.
26/11 Memories, Hope and Way Forward, Virtual Exhibition Launched on 23rd Feb 2021. AAPTI Field Action Project , funded by Disaster Technical Support Facility, TISS, ongoing since 2008, Principal Investigator.
India Disaster Resilience Leadership - Phase III - Developing Case Studies and Other Knowledge Products, funded Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ongoing since 2017, initiated in partnership with George Washington University, USA, Principal Investigator.
UKIERI - Study in India Programme, Feb 8th to 19th Feb 2021, in partnership with University of Coventry, UK, completed in 2021, Project Lead.
Understanding Collective Stress in the Context of Recurrent Droughts in Marathwada, Disaster and Beyond, True North Private Ltd., ongoing since 2017, Principal Investigator.
Household Vulnerability to Drought in Selected villages of Marathwada Region, India, Disaster and Beyond, True North Private Ltd., ongoing since 2017, Principal Investigator.
Narayani to Gandak: Capturing Trajectories of Transboundary Water Governance and Civic Engagement, funded by ICIMOD - TROSA Grant - completed
India Disaster Resilience Leadership Fellowship Programme - Phase II - funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - completed
Leadership for Disaster Resilience: A Study of Current Practices and Gaps in the Indian Context - Phase I, funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - completed
Capturing Trajectories of Recovery, Resilience and Entropy, funded by JTSDS - completed
Competency Assessment Framework for Entry Level Disaster Management Professionals, funded by JTSDS - completed'
Social Inclusion and Disasters: A Targeting Methodology for Shelter Reconstruction, funded by India Value Fund - completed

Wounded attachments to disaster recovery: Gendered structural violence and everyday life, Indian experiences explored, “International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction”, https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1czDa7t2zZ5mXf, 59 (2021) 102242 [First Author].
Towards Understanding Collective Distress: A Study of Distressed Communities in Vidharbha, India, “International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters” 38(3), November, 2020, pp. 340 – 372 [First Author].
Elderly and Disaster Mental Health: Elderly and Disaster Mental Health: Understanding Older Persons’ Vulnerability and Psychosocial Well-Being Two Years after Tsunami, “Ageing International”, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12126-020-09375-w, 15th July 2020, pp- 1 – 18 [First Author].
Leadership in Disaster Resilience: Emergence, Practices, and Outcomes, “Indian Journal of Social Work”, Accepted for Publication on 5th April 2021 [Co-author].
Conflict and Mental Health: The Experiences of People Living with Mental Illness and Disability amidst Ongoing Conflict, International Journal of Emergency Management, 13 (3), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEM.2017.085009, 235–251, 2017. (co-author) [ISSN: 14714825]
Disaster Mental Health vs. Psychosocial Well Being: The Need for a True Paradigm Change, Austin Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, 3 (2), 1–3, 2016. [ISSN: 2380-0879]
Psychosocial Framework for Understanding Psychological Distress Among Survivors of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai Terror Attack: Beyond Traumatic Experiences and Emergency Medical Care, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 29 (3), 330–338, 2014. (co-author)
Women Survivors of Terror: A Strengths-based Approach to Well-being. In A.P. Francis, V. Pulla, M. Clark, E.S. Mariscal, and I. Ponnuswami (Eds.), Advancing Social Work in Mental Health through Strengths-Based Practice, Brisbane: The Primrose Hall, 2014. (co-author)
An Invisible Disaster Endosulfan Tragedy of Kerala, Economic and Political Weekly, 50 (11), 61–65, 2015. (co-author)
Disaster Recovery and Mental Health: The Lived Experiences of Survivors Two Years after the Indian Ocean Tsunami. In A.P. Francis, P. La Rosa, L. Sankaran, and S.P. Rajeev (Eds.), Social Work Practice in Mental Health: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 2015. (co-author)
Psychosocial Group Intervention for Tobacco Cessation among Institutionalized Adolescents: An Experiment in the Indian Context, The Indian Journal of Social Work, 76 (2), 307–326, 2015. (co-author)
Psychosocial Well-being in Vidarbha: A Study of Communities in Distress, TISS Working Paper Series, 6, 2015. (co-author)
Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: A Macro Framework, Disasters, 37(2), 185-200, 2013.
Psychosocial Support: Crying Need, Limited Capacity. In S. Parasuraman and Unni Krishnan (Eds.), India Disasters Report II: Redefining Disasters, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2013 (co-author)
Psychosocial Training Needs Assessment among Residential Childcare Service Providers and Beneficiaries in the Indian Context, National Journal of Professional Social Work 10(2), 85-104, 2012 (co-author)

Field Action Projects:

Disaster and Beyond, funded by True North Private Ltd - Ongoing
Nepal Earthquake Recovery Support Programme,in partnership with Tata Sustainability Group, Plan International, India Value Fund, Nepal School of Social Work, Opportunity Village, Action Aid, among others - Ongoing
AAPTI - An Avenue for Psychosocial and Therapeutic Interventisons (estb since 2008) - funded by Disaster Technical Support Facility - Ongoing
AAPTI - An Avenue for Psychosocial and Therapeutic Interventions, Mumbai Chapter (in response to 26/11 and 13/7 - estb in 2008), funded by Taj Public Service Welfare Committee - Completed
AAPTI - An Avenue for Psychosocial and Therapeutic Interventions, Kolkata Chapter (in response to the AMRI Hospital Fire- estb in 2011), funded by Concerned Citizens Initiative - Completed
AAPTI - An Avenue for Psychosocial and Therapeutic Interventions, Biwandi Chapter (Social Inclusion and Disaster Risk Reduction - estb in 2013), funded by Govt of Maharashtra and UNDP India - Completed

Research Methodology I
Introduction to Public Health and Mental Health in Disasters
Disaster Recovery
Research Methodology II
Disaster and Well Being
Social Work in Mental Health
Disaster Ethics
Psychosocial Health in Disaster Management (Concentration Courses)
- Psychosocial Support and Mental Health Services in Disasters: Approaches and Interventions
- Self Study: Mental Health and Disaster
Non Credited Inputs
- Research Tutorial
- Competency Assessment for Entry Level Disaster Management Professionals
Research Dissertation Guidance
Internship Supervision