How can we make good decisions in situations associated with great uncertainty and large stakes about someone s healthcare, or global climate change, for example when time is pressing and information is hard to come by? We will work with both the theory and practice of making beneficial choices with simple strategies and limited information, and communicating the information that will be useful to decision makers at individual and societal/policy levels. We will explore cases from disaster risk management, climate change, and health, to consider how experts, consumers, and policy makers can learn from each other to improve risk communication and make sound decisions.
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Peter M. Todd, Professor of Cognitive Science, Psychology, and Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington
Reinhard Mechler, Deputy Director, Program on Risk, Policy, Vulnerability, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
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Piotr MAGNUSZEWSKI
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Research Scholar, Risk and Resilience Water, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg; Program Leader, Centre for Systems Solutions, Wroclaw | |
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Reinhard MECHLER
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Deputy Director, Program on "Risk, Policy, Vulnerability", IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg | |
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Peter M. TODD
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Professor for Cognitive Science, Informatics and Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington | |
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Research Scholar, Risk and Resilience Water, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg; Program Leader, Centre for Systems Solutions, Wroclaw
| 1998-2000 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw |
| 2000-2009 | Adjunct Professor, Institute of Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw |
| since 2005 | Research Scholar, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg |
| since 2006 | Programme Leader, Centre for Systems Solutions, Wroclaw |
| since 2010 | Senior Associate, AtKisson Group, International |
Deputy Director, Program on "Risk, Policy, Vulnerability", IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg
| | Ph.D. in Economics, University of Karlsruhe |
| 1994-1998 | Research Assistant, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim |
| 1998-2001 | Ph. D. researcher, University of Karlsruhe |
| 1999-2006 | Research scholar, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg |
| 2006-2013 | Leader research group "Disasters, Adaptation and Development", IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg |
| since 2009 | Senior lecturer, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Vienna |
| since 2013 | Deputy Director, Program on "Risk, Policy, Vulnerability", IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg |
Professor for Cognitive Science, Informatics and Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington
| 1987-1992 | Psychology PhD Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA |
| 1992-1994 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Rowland Institute for Science, Cambridge, MA USA |
| 1994-1995 | Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA |
| 1995-1997 | Research Scientist, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Munich |
| 1997-2005 | Senior Research Scientist, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin |
| | Since 2005 Professor, Cognitive Science, Psychology, and Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA |
