Understanding Risk Asia 2021 summary report
IPUR and the World Bank organised the Understanding Risk (UR) Asia 2021 conference virtually and in-person at Orchard Hotel, Singapore from December 2-3, 2021. The conference tapped on experts and practitioners from Asia to exchange insights and best practices on disaster-related communication. There were over 1,000 virtual participants from about 50 countries. A total of 31 […]
Understanding Public Perceptions for Applied Data Science
Research on data science is often approached from the angle of making AI more reliable, accurate, explainable and actionable. These outcomes contribute towards the broader objectives of making AI more trustworthy to facilitate its adoption and use. However, trust is a multi-faceted issue which is influenced by a variety of factors, including understanding, familiarity, perceptions […]
Inoculation against fake news? An experiment using a fake news game in the context of COVID-19
This pilot study explored what makes society resilient to deception by fake news. It approached this general question by experimenting with the use of a fake news game to see if the intervention was effective in increasing players’ ability to identify online mis/disinformation. More information about the study can be found here. Download the full […]
Investigating the link between risk perceptions and culture
Do cultural norms and values influence the extent of our worries about risks and experiencing harms associated with those risks? Do social and economic factors come in to play and if so, which ones? The LRF Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR) conducted the largest cross-cultural study across 86 countries to investigate the […]
Comparing societal narratives and individual risk perceptions
Narrowing the risk perception gap between the general public and societal risk narrative portrayed in the media can help create effective risk communication strategies and policy responses. However, attempting to narrow this gap means being able to first know where the gaps are. A comprehensive dataset, via a computational linguistics methods, is required to understand how […]
Sense-making & Public Perceptions of Falls, Bone Health and Caregiving
Falls are an important area of study in Singapore given the high prevalence of over 20% among older adults. The consequence of a fall is of serious public health concern, making up a staggering 80% of cases presented at emergency departments across public hospitals. Together with AMGEN and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public […]
Risk Quotient 2020 post-conference report
The 2020 Risk Quotient is jointly pre-sented by Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Korea Policy Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (KPC4IR) at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). The theme of the conference was “COVID-19 Pandemic […]
Understanding Risk 2020 post-conference report
The Understanding Risk (UR) Global Forum is a biennial conference that convenes experts and practitioners from all around the world to showcase the best practices and latest innovations in the field of disaster risk identification as well as to facilitate non-traditional interactions and partnerships. In 2020, IPUR partnered with the UR community and the […]
Challenges and opportunities in a post COVID-19 world – A Socio-Psychological Perspective
What might the future hold in a post-COVID-19 era? Are there lessons to be drawn and if so, what are they? In a report titled “Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-COVID-19 World” published by the World Economic Forum on May 19, our team at the Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR) contributed to a collection […]
Risk Quotient 2019 post-conference report
This post-conference report captures a one-day programme of presentations, panel discussions and interactive dialogue at the Risk Quotient 2019 conference which took place at Tsinghua University in Beijing on 20 October 2019. The conference was jointly organised by: 1. Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk, NUS;2. Lee Kuan Yew School of […]