Climate Risk Workshop: Understanding. Reporting. Impacting.
This workshop aims to deepen participants’ understanding of climate risk perceptions and enhance their capacity for effective climate risk communication. Through interactive discussions and expert-led presentations, attendees will explore the key drivers behind public perceptions of climate risk and why these views matter in driving individual action and influencing policy. The workshop will also highlight […]
Shaping the future of risk communication research in decision science and healthcare
IPUR and the HKU Business School‘s Institute of Behavioural and Decision Science are organising two research webinars on 27 August and 3 September delving into the dynamics of healthcare decision-making from both the patient’s and provider’s perspectives. On 27 August, join Jing (Jill) Lei as she examines how socio-economic status influences whether patients choose aggressive or conservative […]
How is technology changing the practice of environmental risk management?
Join us in this online fireside chat where our experts and industry professionals delve into how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and remote sensing are changing the ways in which environmental risks are assessed, communicated, monitored, and mitigated. The webinar will take the format of a fireside chat where speakers have […]
Connecting on Climate Change to Motivate Action
Anthropogenic climate change poses growing threats worldwide, yet individual and collective action remain insufficient. How can we bridge this gap? This talk by Dr Robyn Wilson explores best practices for engaging individuals and communities both emotionally and cognitively, ensuring climate communication resonates and inspires action. She will examine key climate-related beliefs that should be the […]
Inaugural Workshop on the Social Science of the Protein Transition
Co-hosted by the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein and the Institute for Public Understanding of Risk at the National University of Singapore, this half-day event brings researchers and experts to present and explore the future of alternative proteins. The keynote speaker is Dr Michael Siegrist, Professor in Consumer Behavior at the Institute for Environmental Decisions […]
Mind Over Diabetes: A New Perspective on Type 2 Diabetes Care and Management
Diabetes continues to be a significant health challenge in Singapore, with more people being diagnosed each year. To combat this, IPUR has teamed up with Diabetes Singapore to present “Mind Over Diabetes,” an initiative that emphasises the importance of adopting a growth mindset to improve diabetes care. On 2nd November 2024, IPUR and Diabetes SG […]
Carbon Crunch: Reducing Our Emissions One Plate At A Time
Join us in this interactive session as we look at how our choices, combined with broader systemic issues, have made food more carbon intensive, and what actions we can adopt to make more sustainable decisions. In the first activity, we will compare popular local dishes from the 1970s and 2020s. Although they might still look […]
Community Resilience Through Risk Know-How
Communities around the world have to make decisions about a wide variety of risks. Risk Know-How is a platform which helps individuals and communities around the world navigate information, assess risks and make informed decisions in their own context. To do this, we work with people across the world who have to regularly communicate risk […]
RISK KNOW-HOW HACKATHON: Empowering communities to help solve real-life risk communication challenges
Every day, thousands of people all over the world are helping their communities to make sense of risk. These frontline risk communicators are people who take responsibility for sharing risk know-how in their communities and helping others to make informed decisions in the face of uncertainty. Many frontline practitioners are doing this work with limited […]
Getting to Net Zero: Knowledge and Perceptions in Singapore
In 2022, Singapore announced its goal to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050 and set out a Long-Term Emissions Development Strategy (LEDS) to chart the pathway to achieving this goal. For Singapore to achieve its target, ambitious and collective action is needed by the whole of society. Alongside actions by Government and the private […]