Anne-May Nagel

Anne-May Nagel is a Junior Research Fellow at Tallinn University of Technology's Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance (School of Business and Governance). She concurrently serves as a Research Fellow at the NGO Crisis Research Center (0.25 FTE) and previously held roles including Communication Service Manager for the same department (2022–2023). Her work focuses on crisis management, information warfare dynamics, and governance structures under extreme conditions.

Research interests span:

• Analyzing decision-making processes in public sector crises
• Role of social media in hybrid warfare (e.g., Russia-Ukraine conflict)
• Resilience frameworks for infrastructure systems (e.g., energy networks)
• Crisis communication strategies in local governance

Recent publications emphasize:

• Analysis of decision-making in Estonia's regional governments during the pandemic
• Case studies on crisis leadership during floods in Hiiumaa/Vormsi
• Framework development for countering Russian information warfare tactics

Her work has addressed:

• Public sector preparedness for large-scale crises
• Impact of historical precedents on crisis response
• Regional security cooperation models