
The Irrationality of Risk Calculations
David Canter considers how it is that people judge vaccination related risks so bizarrely.
3 weeks agoA space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
David Canter considers how it is that people judge vaccination related risks so bizarrely.
3 weeks agoThe reports from Britain’s hospitals in the last few days have been truly worrying. No one should doubt the reality […]
3 months agoBiplav Srivastava, professor of computer science at the University of South Carolina, and his team have developed a data-driven tool that helps demonstrate the effect of wearing masks on COVID-19 cases and deaths. His model utilizes a variety of data sources to create alternate scenarios that can tell us “What could have happened?” if a county in the U.S. had a higher or lower rate of mask adherence.
5 months agoSix months into this pandemic, we have learned that it is not going to wipe out human life on this planet. This means, argues Robert Dingwall, that it is time for a public policy reset.
10 months agoSafety is often seen as a challenge for engineers. While that remains a component, the ability to judge risk is perhaps many times more important in keeping people safe, and that suggests it’s time for a new social science of safety, argues Philip Thomas.
5 years agoThis summer, I have been reading one of the most impressive ethnographies that I have seen for a long time: […]
9 years agoICCA is hosting our first ever topical conference, focusing on evidence-based risk/needs assessments and the roles they play in a […]
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