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Engaging communities in multi-risk governance: From stories to scenarios

15 November 2022, 5:00 pm–6:00 pm

Fatemeh Jalayer

In her inaugural IRDR lecture, Professor Fatemeh Jalayer will discuss ideas related to how active community engagement can contribute to multi-risk scenario definition.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Professor Fatemeh Jalayer – UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction

Location

Archaeology G6 Lecture Theatre
UCL Institute of Archaeology
31-34 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0PY

One of the main challenges in the way of multi-hazard and multi-risk assessment is to identify and to choose the “right” scenario among infinite possibilities. For instance, this entails identifying: which hazards are going to interact, what is going to be the nature of such interactions, what is the societal context, which are the consequences, how these consequences are going to interact, and what-if risk reduction measures are in place? In other words, what are the criteria for defining critical multi-hazard and multi-risk scenarios? Community engagement in the form of simple narrative (“story”) development can provide invaluable insights, through collective knowledge and memory. Stories can provide a common language which could be understood and accepted by all major societal actors. Once developed, the narrative can then be implemented numerically or qualitatively into multi-hazard and multi-risk scenarios.

This event will be followed by a reception at 6pm.

About the speaker

Fatemeh Jalayer is Professor of Geophysical Hazards Risk in the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction. Her research focuses on probabilistic methods and computational tools for risk modelling and disaster risk reduction. She is interested in numerical modelling of cascading phenomena and multi-risk assessment, involving treatment of uncertainties and consideration of time-dependent factors and drivers. She is increasingly interested in risk modelling considering the societal context and the complex interactions between human, nature, and the built environment.

Please note this event is compulsory for IRDR Master's students, who do not need to book. All other attendees should book using the Eventbrite link. This event will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel afterwards.