Enrico Quarantelli

Louis Enrico "Henry" Quarantelli ( born November 10, 1924 in New York City ) is an American sociologist and pioneer of the disaster sociology.

Quarantelli studied sociology at the University of Chicago and received his PhD in 1959 ( Ph. D. ). From 1963 to 1984 he was professor of sociology at Ohio State University, where he founded the renowned Disaster Research Center, and from 1985-1998 at the University of Delaware, where he led the DRC. As a broad-based empirical research and inspirer of further research, he developed numerous practical suggestions for disaster protection.

Writings (selection )

• Disasters. Theory and research, London, Beverly Hills, Calif.:. Sage Publications, 1978
• What is a disaster? Perspectives on the question, London, New York: Routledge, 1998