Empowering communities to help solve real-life risk communication challenges
Previous Next Hackathons are intensive, collaborative events where participants from diverse backgrounds come together to solve specific challenges. These events are often packed into a limited number of hours and create a fast-paced environment that encourage rapid ideation and problem-solving. Participants of the Risk know-how hackathon experienced first-hand the pressures of such an environment. With […]
Who are the experts?
From climate change and technological advancements to healthcare decisions and food choices, navigating the complex landscape of risks has become an integral part of our daily lives. The interactions and impact of these risks have also made it increasingly evident how experts and the public differ in their perception and responses. This gap in risk […]
Risk Listening: Youth & Risk in Southeast Asia
In March 2021, IPUR and the NUS Office of Risk Management and Compliance collaborated to understand how NUS students perceive risks. This study was largely motivated by a lack of involvement on the part of students in having their voices heard and represented. The project team from IPUR was Prof Leonard Lee, Dr Olivia Jensen […]
Data literacy: a resurgent skill in demand for good reason
Remote working and communicating have become the mainstream channels in which we learn and make decisions. This means that we are always accessing and processing the plethora of online data to responsibly inform decisions. However, we have seen that higher levels of data availability do not automatically lead to higher data usage. Data use depends […]
Technological competency: Building a tool to increase confidence and adoption
A knowledge-based assessment tool has been developed to identify technological risk perception gaps in the built and construction industry, and subsequently design suitable strategies to bridge this gap and help end-users such as project managers be more proficient with technologies. If you’re not confident in using technology, you would probably have some reservations in using it – […]