📰 We are happy to inform you that CORE EU-funded Project has been accepted to organise the session "Science communication & citizen science to increase risk perception and awareness" in the next European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2023 in Vienna (and online), next April 23-28.

🔗 The session will be co-organised by European Geosciences Union (EGU)'s GM13 - Education & Outreach in Geomorphology (programme group scientific officer: Philippe Steer).
The convener will be Maria Vittoria Gargiulo, PhD (Università degli Studi di Salerno - Geo&SismoLabUnisa), supported by three co-conveners: Irina Dallo (ETH Zürich), Laure Fallou (Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)), Maike Vollmer (Fraunhofer INT & RiskPacc Project Coordinator).

📚 About the TOPIC 📚

The effectiveness of risk mitigation depends not only on the scientific community (e.g., hazard assessments) but also on how well-informed & prepared societies (the general public, authorities, media, etc) are about the risk itself. It is thus crucial to train the (local and national) population enabling them to increase their preparedness for disasters & , consequently, improve society’s resilience.
For this purpose, science communication & citizen science are becoming increasingly significant in an era challenged by various uncertainties. Thereby scientists & experts play an important role in establishing certainty in the public opinion field & in improving the communication efforts of the institution in charge of public communication.
It is therefore of fundamental importance, for the scientific & civil community, to disseminate information on risk to create greater individual awareness & sensitivity, & to enable all citizens to make a tangible contribution to society resilience through virtuous behaviour in everyday life, even outside the school/work environment.

💡 About the SESSION 💡

This session is dedicated to scientists, science communicators, & practitioners with a particular focus on Early Career Scientists.
The aim of the session is to create a space for discussion on both best practices & theoretical approaches when practicing science communication or citizen science.
Welcomed are submissions exploring different means for sharing or producing risk information related to natural or/and anthropogenic hazards taking into account different aspects (e.g., stakeholders, cultural context, temporality, uncertainties).
Of special interest are contributions addressing the dynamics of risk communication from preparing over responding to recovering from a crisis.
Moreover, communications on how to evaluate the impacts of such efforts & how to include science communication in a scientist's daily activity are welcome.

👉👉👉 SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT: https://lnkd.in/eDCUinzt 👈👈👈

📅 Last October, SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute (Mathilda Englund, Karin André, Karina Barquet, Lisa Segnestam) published a discussion brief on the cascading effects of water-related hazards and social vulnerability in Halmstad (Sweden) - here attached and findable at https://lnkd.in/eCRYqezS.

💡 This valuable document provides us 3 key messages:

"1️⃣ Disruptions in critical infrastructure and related vital societal functions are most likely to hit the most vulnerable the hardest; however, their cascading effects can put other social groups at risk that are not initially considered vulnerable.
2️⃣ Local level assessments are needed, as social vulnerability depends on the spatial, temporal and situational context.
3️⃣ Municipalities can use assessments of critical infrastructure and related vital societal functions as a starting point to assess social vulnerability; the impact chain model can support this assessment."

🌍 CORE EU-funded Project works on cascading effects (Task leader: Hanken School of Economics - HUMLOG Institute) and aims to:

1️⃣ Map the causes of detrimental impacts on security of supply through these cascades​.
2️⃣ Establish the directions and the links between events, sectors, and supply chain disruptions​.
3️⃣ Produce a framework that assesses the risks of potential cascades of DRR decisions across sectors events, and supply chains.​
4️⃣ Raise awareness for the impact of supply chain disruptions on security of supply.
✅ In few months, a Comparative analysis and case briefs of preparedness and security of supply will be released.

🚀 Next December 6, Dr. Lijo John (Hanken School of Economics - HUMLOG Institute) will take the floor at the Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) Conference 2022 in Brussels to talk about Cascading effects of supply disruptions on critical services (information and registration at https://lnkd.in/e_faF2cU).

💡 Last October 19, our partner International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) - Nadejda Komendantova, Ansa Heyl, Dmitry Erokhin - published a paper on "Why do COVID-19 conspiracy theories persist on social media?" (https://lnkd.in/eudT-vkD).

The research is part of CORE EU-funded Project.

📑 TEASER 📑

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) researchers have analyzed the discussion on eight different conspiracy theories that was spread widely on Twitter during the pandemic. Their work makes it possible to not only estimate the number of conspiracy related tweets, but also to compare the theories among themselves and identify patterns in their discussion.

🗣 THEY TALK ABOUT IT 🗣

- Newsweek: https://lnkd.in/ecCcj3eN.
- Newswise: https://lnkd.in/e6N6DMXM.
- Phys.org: https://lnkd.in/en5BT_2X.
- Opera News : https://lnkd.in/eKYS2f-U.
- Informationsdienst Wissenschaft: https://lnkd.in/ePYyUCqG.
- ScienceNewsNet: https://lnkd.in/eED_yYKr.
- EurekAlert: https://lnkd.in/eNfsKhSG.
- Mirage News: https://lnkd.in/eiCkx3sM.
- Earth.com: https://lnkd.in/evBui4Me.