Erik De Soir

Major (Ret.) Dr Erik de Soir, PhD, is a Belgian clinical psychologist and psychotraumatologist specialising in crisis psychology, traumatic stress and the psychosocial support of military personnel, firefighters and emergency responders.

He is associated with the De Weg Wijzer Expertise Centre for Trauma and Grief Counselling, Belgium; founded the European Association of Fire and Rescue Psychologists; and developed the Fire Stress Team network, which provides peer support and traumatic stress management within fire, rescue and emergency medical services.

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Making it count: Saying goodbye from a distance

Since March 18, stricter measures have been in place in Belgium and elsewhere to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Life has been different ever since. Unfortunately, so too is dying. Where we have put a lot of attention into being close with deaths in recen

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When warnings lose trust

July 2026: Shaun Eaves, Cathrine Dyer and James Renwick argue that the real threat isn’t false alarms from climate warnings, but the slow erosion of public trust when people feel over-warned without understanding why

Venezuela’s earthquakes and the faultline risk

July 2026: Sylvain Barbot examines the 2026 Venezuelan double earthquakes, looking at how they happened among faults similar to San Andreas, USA, and what that reveals about earthquake mechanics and long-term risks

Researchers develop quicker way to detect toxic ‘forever chemicals’

July 2026: A new study by the University of Kansas, US, have developed a new testing approach that could make large-scale water monitoring more practical by reducing processing time and expense

When conflict is at your doorstep

June 2026: Erik de Soir explores how individuals, families, expatriates, and organisations can prepare for uncertainty, drawing lessons from the recent US-Iran conflict

What if AI stopped making things up?

June 2026: A new study by researchers from Binghamton University, USA, tested a voting system that reduces ‘hallucinations’ in chatbots by forcing AI models to verify each other’s answers

Wind and solar power the UK through gas price crisis

June 2026: The UK has avoided the need for gas imports worth £1.7bn since the start of the US-Iran conflict as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar, revealed a new Carbon Brief analysis