Which techniques are best for estimating the effects of interacting risks? How do we ensure that communication of risk is relevant and effective? What lessons can we take from the response to the coronavirus pandemic about the communication of risk and of the need for behavioural change?
Background
The research areas identified in this document rely on a wide range of research tools and approaches, spanning disciplines across the sciences and social sciences. This section is not an exhaustive list of the tools and approaches of interest to Defra. It identifies some areas of particular relevance and change, which will be important in addressing the challenges faced by Defra and represented throughout this document.
Societies demand resource from the environment and shape that environment. The social science of human-nature interactions is of fundamental importance to Defra.
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Topics
- arts, culture, entertainment and media
- mass media
- disinformation and misinformation
- news media
- social media
- disaster, accident and emergency incident
- economy, business and finance
- public relations
- health
- politics
- government policy
- healthcare policy
- science and technology
- social sciences
- economics
- political science
- psychology
- society
Related UKRI funded projects
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The Consortium on Risk in the Environment: Diagnostics, Integration, Benchmarking, Learning and Elicitation (CREDIBLE)
Natural hazard events claim thousands of lives every year, and financial losses amount to billions of dollars. The risk of losing wealth through natural hazard events is now increasing at a rate that exceeds the rate of ...
Funded by: NERC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on estimating the effects of interacting risks and improving the communication of uncertainty and risk.
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The Consortium on Risk in the Environment: Diagnostics, Integration, Benchmarking, Learning and Elicitation (CREDIBLE)
Natural hazard events claim thousands of lives every year, and financial losses amount to billions of dollars. The risk of losing wealth through natural hazard events is now increasing at a rate that exceeds the rate ...
Funded by: NERC
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to introduce statistical techniques to improve the transparency and defensibility of uncertainty and risk assessment, and to develop methods for assessing less quantifiable aspects of uncertainty.
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Probability, Uncertainty and Risk in the Natural Environment
Natural hazards pose serious problems to society and to the global economy. Recent examples in the UK include the cold winters of 2009 and 2010 and the eruptions of the Grimsvotn and Eyjafjallajökull volcanoes with ...
Funded by: NERC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on handling uncertainty in complex systems using probability theory and developing improved tools for communicating uncertain information.