Risk Communication, Natural Hazards and Emergency Management
"Supporting Communication Around the Canterbury Earthquake and Other Risks: A Learning Workshop", Christchurch, 7 April 2011
The aim of this workshop was to provide a supportive 'time out' for people working on earthquake communications to share their experiences and to meet with researchers in the risk communication field. We wanted to acknowledge the massive effort and expertise being put into communication, and to reflect on the issues that are coming up with the current situation.
Invitation flyer (52kb pdf opens in a new window)
Presentations:
The information channel in a post-quake environment (75kb pdf opens in a new window)
Vicki Hyde and Peter Hyde, Webcentre Ltd
Risk communication, natural hazards and emergency management - a short tour of the territory (0.7mb pdf opens in a new window)
Dr Karen Cronin, ESR
Innovation, Risk and Decision Making
"Innovation - Regulation - Perturbation!" Workshop, Wellington, 9 March 2011
A discussion on international developments in risk governance, and the implications for New Zealand:
Invitation flyer (15kb pdf opens in a new window)
Presentations:
Inclusive decision-making and risk governance (1.7mb pdf opens in a new window)
Prof Lynn Frewer, Newcastle University
"Innovation - Regulation - Perturbation!": enhancing risk decision-making in NZ (1.8mb pdf opens in a new window)
Dr Karen Cronin, ESR
Risk, Sustainability and Climate
Climate Change and Sustainability Science – an STS perspective (a New Zealand APSTSN Workshop organised by ESR and Landcare Research with the support of the Climate Change Research Institute, School of Government, VUW), Wellington, 8 March 2010
This event explored trends in climate change research through the lens of ‘Science, Technology and Society’ (STS) studies. It offered an opportunity for critical reflection on the wider New Zealand climate change research agenda, and the implications for future directions in science, including transdisciplinary research and sustainability science.
Degrees of Possibility: Igniting Social Knowledge Around Climate Change - Workshop, Wellington, December 2010
A one-day workshop on the social science issues around climate change orgainised by the New Zealand Climate Change Centre (NZCCC) in association with the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, Building Research Capability in the Social Sciences Network (BRCSS), the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre, and the Royal Society of New Zealand Social Science Advisory Panel.