Research Speed Updating: Risk and uncertainty

What is Speed Updating?

An informal opportunity to learn about research from University of Exeter academics, aiming to promote interdisciplinarity. Speed Updating provides:

• Interesting four-minute research talks with tea, coffee and cake.
• Opportunities to find out more about research across the University
• An opportunity to meet others interested in University research. It's primarily aimed at researchers or research-focused staff, but anyone is welcome to attend.

In 2013/14 we'll be theming sessions around broad areas of interest within the University. This session's theme is...

Risk and uncertainty

This speed updating session profiles research that addresses risk and uncertainty. This area of research is critical to many disciplines across HASS and STEM/M that are attempting to help people make important decisions when risk and uncertainty make that very process more difficult and complex. From mathematical approaches to modelling and identifying risk, secure online environments, some of the societal and economic challenges that we face in keeping infrastructure strong and the related changes in behaviours, this session will explore some of the innovative approaches and work being undertaken in this area.

Join us to find out more about the University's research in this area, and to learn about the latest funding opportunities.

Speakers

Revitalising risk management to improve the safety performance of the international mining industry
Dr Pat Foster

Strategic knowledge and uncertain futures
Professor John Powell

Risk and uncertainty from complex numerical models
Professor Peter Challenor

Risk and uncertainty in Energy System Change: The role of public values
Dr Catherine Butler

Stochastic modelling of natural catastrophes
Professor David Stephenson

Can we use uncertainty to promote behaviour change?
Dr Joanne Smith

2013 / 2014 themes

For further information on other themes please see the #SpeedUpdating webpage.

Registration

To register for this event please click here.