Event type:

In person

Date & time:

05 Mar 2024, 13:00 – 15:00

Experimental Psychology Seminar - Sarah Dryhurst, UCL

Dr Sarah Dryhurst, UCL, joins us to discuss effective communication of risk and uncertainty in the context of disaster mitigation. Drawing on examples from hazards such as earthquakes, infectious diseases, this talk will discuss the challenges and best practices in risk communication for informed decision making.

Sarah Dryhurst
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Experimental Psychology Seminar - Sarah Dryhurst, UCL

Sarah Dryhurst

Lecturer in Risk Perception and Risk Communication

University College London

Sarah Dryhurst is a Lecturer in Risk Perception and Risk Communication at the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction.  She researches how people understand and respond to communications of risk and uncertainty across domains, from climate change to earthquakes to COVID, and how misinformation may influence how people think about these issues and act in response to them. Prior to joining IRDR, Sarah was a Research Associate at the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the University of Cambridge.

Further information

Ticketing

Open

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Organiser

Antonietta Esposito

a.esposito@ucl.ac.uk