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A new briefing note from members of the Centre for Decision Research and Sustainability Research Institute explores the factors that predict disaster risk perception and preparedness around the world, highlighting key challenges for weather warning communication and next steps to address them. Andrea Taylor discusses some of the key findings in a blog post for...
Abstract Understanding food purchasing behaviours is complex because people make both choices among goods and volumes of those goods that they choose. We use the novel Multiple Discrete-Continuous Extreme Value (MDCEV) model, capable of handling both aspects of behaviour, on real-world food shopping behaviour data from a clinical trial. We compared the impact of providing...
Abstract Dispositional greed is characterized as the insatiable desire for more. Although greed may be a driving force for wealth accumulation, it can also relate to increased financial difficulties and risk-taking. Across two studies in different countries, The Netherlands (Study 1, N = 1,118) and England, Study 2, N = 4,855), we tested the degree...
The British Academy has awarded Irene Mussio a Small Research Grant for her project Collaborative Solutions to Water Shortages in the Mekong River Delta, which involves a series of economic experiments with farmers, in partnership with Dr. Kiet Nguyen from University of Economics at Ho Chi Minh City. This is an extension of her prior...
Abstract Unsustainably high numbers of patients attending emergency departments (ED) is a serious issue worldwide, with consequences for the quality and timeliness of emergency care. Avoidable visits, i.e. unnecessary or that should be dealt with elsewhere, exacerbate this issue. Most studies focussed on avoidable attendances use clinical data collected by hospital staff, while this study...
Abstract In this study, we review the literature on the gender gap in well-being, focusing on two key paradoxes. Women report higher life satisfaction and overall happiness than men, yet they experience worse mental health outcomes and greater negative affect. At the same time, despite substantial advances in women’s social and economic status over the...
A new Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) has been awarded to SR Mailing and our academic team, Prof. Barbara Summers (academic lead), Dr. Peizhi Shi (academic supervisor), Dr. Xingjie Wei (academic support) and Aritad (Alan) Choicharoon (academic support). SR Mailing Ltd is a pioneering company in the sustainable packaging industry. Since 2014, it has specialised in...
Josh Weller has been elected as the next President Elect of EADM – the European Association for Decision Making. He will take up the post this summer and will become President of the Association in 2027. The European Association for Decision Making is an interdisciplinary association for those doing research in human judgment and decision...
The paper reporting key findings from the HIWeather workshops on IBFW has been published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. You can see the paper here (opens in a new tab): Research gaps and challenges for impact-based forecasts and warnings: Results of international workshops for High Impact Weather in 2022 - ScienceDirect The...
Irene Mussio and colleagues have had an article published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene which takes a look at the risk trade-off approach for incorporating the public’s risk perceptions into quantitative microbial risk assessment Article overview: Risk assessment in public health often excludes community input when defining acceptable risk targets. Researchers, including Dr....