In a world where extreme weather events are ever more common, effective communication strategies are needed to get people to act and prevent in the face of weather warnings. ataylor43.bsky.social reports on her Lloyd’s project to understand weather risk perception and preparedness. loom.ly/kd8EfgM

In 2023, we funded researchers at the University of Leeds to use World Risk Poll data to analyse risk perception and preparedness worldwide, aiming to inform disaster risk communication strategies. Dr Andrea Taylor, Associate Professor, updates us on the project’s progress. Read now: loom.ly/kd8EfgM

Research gaps and challenges for impact-based forecasts and warnings: Results of international workshops for High Impact Weather in 2022 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has called for more meaningful warnings to help reduce the impacts of weather-related events. Impact-based…

What are the challenge for the development of successful impact based warnings services? How can we address them? Using data gathered through a series of international workshops our new IJDRR paper identifies key knowledge gaps and potential solutions: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Itinerary of CDR spring seminar series, from February to April 2025

Spring is coming, and what better way to wait and welcome it than with a new #CDRLeeds seminar series? If you are interested in #decisionScience, #decisionSupport, #nudging, #consumer #behaviour and more, do not miss our hybrid seminars! cdr.leeds.ac.uk/events/cdr-s...

Invitation to participate of CDR Seminar on Wednesday 12 February

Struggling with #decisionMaking? Try the new decision.help decision support tool currently being developed by a team of researchers in #CDRLeeds. The tool will be introduced in the first CDR Seminar of this season, we'd love to hear your feedback! Attend Wed 12 Feb shorturl.at/hNSy9