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Fake news and social media
Insights and Commentaries 30 May 2019
By: Dr Christian von der Weth and Prof Mohan Kankanhalli The rise of social media has changed how we perceive and handle information. For many, social media has become their...
The future of artificial intelligence: Risks and benefits in the near and long-term future
Insights and Commentaries 03 September 2018
Artificial Intelligence is set to impact every aspect of life, and every nation on earth. The field is rapidly changing and a wide-ranging impact on many aspects of modern life....
Effective risk communications: A behavioural research approach
Insights and Commentaries 28 August 2018
People face daily decisions about their health, finances, and environmental footprint. Well-meaning medical doctors, financial advisors, climate scientists and other experts may attempt to develop communications aimed at improving people’s...
Managing cyber risks
Insights and Commentaries 29 July 2018
Managing cyber security in an organisation involves allocating the protection budget across a spectrum of possible options. This process requires an assessment of the benefits and costs of these options....
If people aren’t responding to climate warnings, we need to change the message
Insights and Commentaries 29 July 2018
Top decision-makers place extreme weather events and the failure of policies to address climate change as the top two high-probability, high-impact risks facing the world. Yet there often appears to...
Bad numbers in the news: How to spot them, and how to stop them
Insights and Commentaries 16 June 2017
Misleading charts, slippery slope arguments, wrong conclusions. Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter highlighted his concerns on how numbers, risks and evidence are used in the media today.