We help people navigate risk information. Initiative by @senseaboutsci @ipur_nus @LR_Foundation #Riskknowhow
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“Incomplete risk reporting causes harm because it doesn’t give people the information they need to make the healthiest choice for them and their circumstances," says former science journalist @dropeik, author of 3 books on evaluating health/safety risks.
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➡️Este miércoles se cumple un año de la dana de Valencia en la que murieron 229 personas
✍️@mc_climent, de @Riskknowhow, cita ocho claves para que periodistas, responsables públicos y comunicadores puedan comunicar mejor sobre inundaciones y otras crisis sciencemediacentre.es/inunda…
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The 2025 #MaddoxPrize shortlist is here!
This year, 6 researchers from around the world are recognised for standing up for science and evidence-based policy in the face of adversity.
Read more about their stories ➡️senseaboutscience.org/activi…
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🎙️Inundaciones y danas: claves para una buena comunicación
✍️Este artículo escrito por @mc_climent, de @Riskknowhow, presenta ocho puntos para que periodistas, responsables públicos y comunicadores puedan comunicar mejor sobre inundaciones y otras crisis
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🚨 Finalists for the 2025 Medical Journalists' Association Awards are revealed today. #mjaawards mjauk.org/2025/08/15/finalis…
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🚨 We’re looking for our new Chair of the Board of Trustees!
We're fortunate to have a passionate board bringing expertise from across many sectors, but we're now looking to add to the team
Is this you, or someone you know? Help us share this post!
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💉People should be empowered to ask questions about vaccines and make informed decisions about their health—but this doesn’t mean dismissing all the evidence or continuously raising the bar impossibly high.
🕵️♂️Scepticism is healthy. Cynicism isn’t.
#Vaccine #evidence #Health
The HHS officials under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. take a less extreme approach to vaccine policy than he does. And because of that, they could be more effective than Kennedy at undermining America’s protections against disease, @katherinejwu writes: theatlantic.com/health/archi…
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🚨Could you be our next Senior Communities Officer?
We're looking for a people's person to develop strong relationships with a range of community groups and organisations, as well as the general public.
Applications close Wednesday 30 April!
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Job alert🚨Could you be our next Senior Communities Officer?
We're looking for a people’s person – able to develop strong relationships with a range of community groups and other organisations, as well as the general public.
Applications close 30 April! senseaboutscience.org/vacanc…
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Some people had parents incubate their dreams. Most of us had libraries.
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😅 I'm not dancing La Macarena... I'm training science journalists on #risk #communication at my beloved alma mater, @UNAM_MX!🇲🇽
I shared strategies for crafting stories that help people understand risks in their own realities.
Honoured to have shared @Riskknowhow!
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We've teamed up with @MumsnetTowers and @senseaboutsci to urge Parliament to improve the use of evidence in policymaking.
Here's what we're asking Parliament:
🧾Insist that the government shares the reasons and evidence behind policies, and be frank about trade-offs and uncertainty
🖊️Use evidence in committee and house decisions, and be clear when decisions are based on values rather than evidence
💬Listen to the questions constituents have about evidence, especially when it is used to make policies that are affecting their lives
Read the full joint statement here: shoutoutuk.org/2025/01/24/st…
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The #RiskKnowHow team will be speaking to Parliamentarians on 22 Jan as part of #EvidenceWeek about the need for effective risk communication to go beyond data alerts, using examples from recent flooding events in Spain
See more about Evidence Week: tinyurl.com/2ux66byt
ALT Risk Know How at Evidence Week 2024/25 - Wednesday 22 January. Lessons from Spain show the need for effective risk communication that goes beyond data alerts, and recognises trade-offs. Logos: Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology, Sense about Science, Risk know how, Lloyds register foundation, Lloyds Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk
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We need MPs to publicly recognise the importance of evidence in policymaking.
#EvidenceWeek gives parliamentarians the latest insights on hot topics e.g., use of AI in schools and agriculture
Ask your MP to attend Evidence Week by emailing them now: tinyurl.com/8xdm3j3x
ALT Evidence Week event in parliament hosted by Sense about Science and POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) 20 - 24 January 2025
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El video de mi entrevista con @conexiontiempo sobre el trabajo que venimos realizando en el proyecto sobre riesgo que coordino está listo! 👇 Seguimos trabajando para asegurarnos que la gente tenga información que sea útil a la hora de informarse y tomar decisiones #RiskKnowHow
Buen resumen sobre #RiskKnowHow en @conexiontiempo. @leonor_sierra explica la importancia de empoderar a las comunidades para entender riesgos y q puedan tomar decisiones en su contexto, apoyando a gente como @MichMorelos y "Agua para el ambiente" youtu.be/ArexBCNCXkE?si=woN8…
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Magdalena Skipper (Editor in Chief of Nature), Patrick Ball (2024 John Maddox Prize winner), Kelly Cobey (2024 John Maddox Early Career award winner), and Sense about Science director Tracey Brown
#MaddoxPrize 2024
ALT Magdalena Skipper (Editor in Chief of Nature), Patrick Ball (2024 John Maddox Prize winner), Kelly Cobey (2024 John Maddox Early Career award winner), and Sense about Science director Tracey Brown
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@SubediShiba1 et al. @ @AtSeismo congratulations for your nomination for the Maddox prize 2024
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The @Nature #MaddoxPrize 2024 winners will be announced tonight!
Have you seen the shortlist? This year's judges have chosen 8 inspiring individuals from around the world.
Read more about them on our website: senseaboutscience.org/activi…
ALT 2024 Maddox Prize shortlist. Top row (left to right) Ann McNeill, Shiba Subedi, Kelly Cobey and Ben Mol. Bottom row (left to right) Sholto David, Carola Vinuesa, Patrick Ball, John Nkengasong.
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👉¡Ya se puede ver el primero de una serie de vídeos de Maldita para @Riskknowhow sobre riesgos de la #IA!
🧐¿Cómo funciona Internet? ¿Qué es la IA y cómo se está usando? ¿Cómo evitar sus riesgos? Puedes verlo aquí:
👉riskknowhow.org/make-sense-o…
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Así es! Las personas suelen confundir las falsas alarmas meteorológicas con una pobre calidad de la prueba. Esto también sucede con los falsos positivos en las pruebas de laboratorio, donde, entre más baja sea la prevalencia, más alto será el porcentaje de falsos positivos.
Otra idea que me obsesiona estos días: comunicar incertidumbre.
La predicción meteorológica es cada vez mejor. Salvavidas. Tenemos que pensar en cómo usarla más y mejor de alerta temprana, para actuar antes de catástrofes como Valencia. Decidir qué hacer y dónde: avisar, desalojar, evacuar. Tiene que funcionar las medidas que existían en 1999 y también las nuevas de 2024.
Pero eso obligará a gestionar las inevitables FALSAS ALARMAS.
Un sistema de prevención eficaz tiene que fallar por exceso. Y la ciudadanía tiene que estar preparada e informada de que eso no será una negligencia, sino un éxito. Si quieres prevenir lo extraordinario, es casi inevitable sobreactuar otras veces.
Comunicar esa incertidumbre es un reto que conozco por mi trabajo en predicción. Es difícil explicar que un suceso de probabilidad 10% puede ocurrir, que es real y debe ser contemplado, que incluso puede determinar tu curso de acción, al mismo tiempo que avisas de que 9 de cada 10 veces no ocurrirá.