Meet Inilek Wilmot, marine biologist at Jamaica’s Oracabessa Bay Fish Sanctuary, a protected breeding ground helping to conserve endangered species and boost local fishing stocks. Inilek spoke to Risk Know-How about how he communicates risk and gains community support. Read more at: bit.ly/4aSaKLU
Over the past week, we asked what ‘common’ & ‘rare’ mean. People overestimated both: actual risks are 2.4% & 0.04%. Words can mislead risk perception; numbers help. Study: bit.ly/3QID8bd More: bit.ly/4sGGPeN
Meet risk practitioner Amy Peden, an injury prevention lecturer and researcher at UNSW Sydney. She works to make drowning prevention messages clear and practical, and calls for better access to safety info in rural areas.
Discover her perspective 👉 bit.ly/4t6AA5c
Meet Rebecca Blaylock, Research and Engagement Lead at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service. She spoke to Risk Know-how about how women understand risk and the challenges of framing it in clinical contexts. Read more here: bit.ly/488KpqI
We’ve been introducing communities impacted by wildfires in Chile to the Risk Know-How framework (bit.ly/4tcCXCY). Workshops explored how concepts like uncertainty and the distinction between outcome and consequence could help people better understand risk.
Meet Monica Feliu-Mojer, a risk practitioner ensuring under-served communities can make informed decisions. Monica helps people understand probabilities, trade-offs, and uncertainty in everyday life. Find out more here: bit.ly/4rU9gG1
Meet Magdalena Claro Tagle, a Risk Know-How practitioner, researcher and policy leader in digital education. Her work shows that access to information is not enough — people also need shared language and the skills to find and interpret risk data. Learn about her work here: bit.ly/3Nrthpb
Meet Sarah Whitaker, an outdoor educator. Sarah helps adults and children build everyday risk judgement, showing that learning to live with uncertainty is a key part of developing Risk Know-How. Find out more here: bit.ly/3OefKkO
Meet Ben Bailey, who leads programmes for the safety and welfare of seafarers worldwide. He stresses that shared technical knowledge is not enough if people do not have a shared understanding of risk in their specific context. Find out more here:👉 bit.ly/3MrXmEs
Really excited to share that our exhibition has been extended for another week!
So if you are in the City of London in the next week and interested in finding out more about how good risk communication can empower people to make safer decisions, please pop in.
This is some of what we shared with those that might not be experts but find themselves having to consider flood risk communication (e.g. a small local townhall) : riskknowhow.org/make-sense-o...
Meet Gabriella D’Cruz, a marine conservationist working with India’s growing seaweed industry. Gabriella highlights how hard it is to communicate the urgency of long term climate risks when people face more immediate pressures. Read more here: bit.ly/4pXnPaI
Risk Know-How is exhibiting at the Lloyd's Register building! Come and learn about the initiative, hear from our practitioners and see the future of Risk Know-How; open 9-5 on weekdays from 29 January-3 February. bit.ly/4bgFUwU @lr-foundation.bsky.social
Meet Tim Gill, writer, researcher, and global advocate for children’s play and mobility, who spoke to Risk know-how about the importance of evaluating trade-offs in risk: bit.ly/4oTriXn
Meet Risk know-how practitioner, Professor Chioma Blaise Chikere. Her award-winning project harnesses the hydrocarbon-clearing ability of bacteria to reclaim oil-polluted farmland in the Niger Delta. Read her insights on risk communication: bit.ly/4rAxAxH
We're at @wcsj2025.bsky.social this week! Our session, Radio as a lifeline, is on Thursday 4 December in Amber Room 1 bit.ly/3McWD9S
What do you think makes radio especially good for radio risk communication? Share your thoughts with us below👇
#ScienceStories #ScienceJournalism #WFSJ #WCSJ2025
David was also on the panel titled ‘Professional knowledge and competences for an efficient EIPM ecosystem’. They discussed the need for knowledge brokers to receive training in communicating risk and uncertainty effectively.
On Friday @senseaboutsci.bsky.social Deputy Director Dr David Schley represented Risk know-how at the ‘Getting ready for trouble’ symposium in Brussels. The symposium focused on the communication process for evidence-informed policymaking in times of crisis.
Meet Olivier Bernard- science communicator, author, pharmacist and 2019 winner of the early career researcher Maddox Prize. Read his insights into understanding other's perceptions of risk here: bit.ly/48nQDCm and about his prize win here: bit.ly/48ss0EP
Meet Enkhuun Byambadorj, co-founder of Breathe Mongolia, and content lead, Jenny Simon. They spoke to us about how they are working to tackle deadly air pollution and communicate risk in a way that motivates action. Discover more here: bit.ly/48sG8yT
Earlier this month, the Risk know-how team presented the “Responsible Adoption of AI for Non-Experts” at Westminster, as part of Evidence Week. Read the news story here: 👉 bit.ly/3JHdQr7
Our Risk Know-How team member @mc-climent.bsky.social was interviewed by The Journalist's Resource to provide her expertise on health risk communication. The article explores how journalists and communicators can better report risks to public health. Read the article here bit.ly/4oKABJP
Meet Barry Dunne, Environment Health & Safety Manager at TSL UK. They focus on making safety information clear for everyone by cutting long documents, using simple text, and adding photos so all team members can follow procedures, whatever their language. Discover more here 👉 : bit.ly/4p6y3W7
Today, as part pf Evidence Week at Westminster, the Risk Know-How team presented “Responsible Adoption of AI for Non-Experts.” We showcased the Responsible Handover framework—helping organisations use AI safely, transparently & responsibly.
Meet risk practitioner Amy Peden, an injury prevention lecturer and researchers at UNSW Sydney. They work to make drowning prevention messages clear and practical and calls for better access to safety information in rural areas such as rivers. Discover more here:👉 bit.ly/490D9P0
We’re delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Standing up for Science – The John Maddox Prize, in partnership with Nature Awards!
Virginia Burkett – 2025 Maddox Winner& Nicolas Camilo Zanetta-Colombo – Early Career Award
Read more here about them here➡️ senseaboutscience.org/activities/a...
➡️El miércoles se cumple un año de la dana de Valencia en la que murieron 229 personas
✍️ @mc-climent.bsky.social, de @riskknowhow.bsky.social, cita ocho claves para que periodistas y responsables públicos puedan comunicar mejor sobre inundaciones y otras crisis sciencemediacentre.es/inundaciones...
Meet risk practitioner Emma Pietsch. Emma is a member of Pro-Test Germany, a non-profit organisation which aims to pool their experiences and ideas to promote a more open and honest debate about animal testing. Learn more about Emma’s approach to framing information here👉 bit.ly/4n6RX1L
Meet Bradley Ibbetson who is the Senior Lifeguard and Aquatics Professional at Hanmer Springs Thermal Pool & Spa. They emphasise the importance of nuance when explaining different risks to different people. Explore their perspective here: 👉 bit.ly/4hjeBmD
In recognition of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, we are highlighting data from our World Risk Poll, which shows that more than 4 in 10 people (43%) globally say they can do nothing to protect themselves in a disaster situation.
Find out more: https://loom.ly/GQ0_Qi8
#DRRday