Interdisciplinary pressure cooker: environmental risk communication skills for the next generation
<p>This article presents a “pressure cooker” approach for building interdisciplinary risk communication capacity in young professionals via an intensive 24 h workshop. The event successfully brought together 35 participants from around the world to work on real-world environmental h...
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| author | L. Cumiskey L. Cumiskey M. Lickiss R. Šakić Trogrlić R. Šakić Trogrlić R. Šakić Trogrlić J. Ali J. Ali |
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| description | <p>This article presents a “pressure cooker” approach for building
interdisciplinary risk communication capacity in young professionals via
an intensive 24 h workshop. The event successfully brought together 35
participants from around the world to work on real-world environmental
hazard/risk communication challenges for two areas in Mexico. Participants
worked in interdisciplinary teams, following a three-step iterative process,
with support from mentors and a range of specialists to develop risk
communication outputs. Feedback surveys indicate that the workshop met its
goal of improving participants' knowledge of risk communication and
interdisciplinary working. The workshop resulted in an interdisciplinary
community of researchers and practitioners, including organisers,
participants and supporting specialists, which was still active after the event. It is
recommended that such interdisciplinary workshops are used to build the capacity
to tackle complex challenges, such as risk communication, but they require
further testing. Insights into the design and implementation of such
interdisciplinary workshops are given (e.g. team design, use of preparatory
materials, and engagement of specialists and local stakeholders are
presented), including critiques of challenges raised by the workshop
participants. Guidance is provided to those interested in applying a
pressure cooker approach and further adaptations of the approach are
welcomed.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c01b58432c4c490a87ec78700d71d7902022-12-22T03:02:12ZengCopernicus PublicationsGeoscience Communication2569-71022569-71102019-11-01217318610.5194/gc-2-173-2019Interdisciplinary pressure cooker: environmental risk communication skills for the next generationL. Cumiskey0L. Cumiskey1M. Lickiss2R. Šakić Trogrlić3R. Šakić Trogrlić4R. Šakić Trogrlić5J. Ali6J. Ali7Water Youth Network, Delft, 2600 MH, the NetherlandsFlood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT, UKDepartment of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6UR, UKWater Youth Network, Delft, 2600 MH, the NetherlandsSchool of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UKPractical Action, Rugby CV21 2SD, UKWater Youth Network, Delft, 2600 MH, the NetherlandsFrench National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Institute for Geosciences and Environmental Research (IGE), Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble 38000, France<p>This article presents a “pressure cooker” approach for building interdisciplinary risk communication capacity in young professionals via an intensive 24 h workshop. The event successfully brought together 35 participants from around the world to work on real-world environmental hazard/risk communication challenges for two areas in Mexico. Participants worked in interdisciplinary teams, following a three-step iterative process, with support from mentors and a range of specialists to develop risk communication outputs. Feedback surveys indicate that the workshop met its goal of improving participants' knowledge of risk communication and interdisciplinary working. The workshop resulted in an interdisciplinary community of researchers and practitioners, including organisers, participants and supporting specialists, which was still active after the event. It is recommended that such interdisciplinary workshops are used to build the capacity to tackle complex challenges, such as risk communication, but they require further testing. Insights into the design and implementation of such interdisciplinary workshops are given (e.g. team design, use of preparatory materials, and engagement of specialists and local stakeholders are presented), including critiques of challenges raised by the workshop participants. Guidance is provided to those interested in applying a pressure cooker approach and further adaptations of the approach are welcomed.</p>https://www.geosci-commun.net/2/173/2019/gc-2-173-2019.pdf |
| spellingShingle | L. Cumiskey L. Cumiskey M. Lickiss R. Šakić Trogrlić R. Šakić Trogrlić R. Šakić Trogrlić J. Ali J. Ali Interdisciplinary pressure cooker: environmental risk communication skills for the next generation Geoscience Communication |
| title | Interdisciplinary pressure cooker: environmental risk communication skills for the next generation |
| title_full | Interdisciplinary pressure cooker: environmental risk communication skills for the next generation |
| title_fullStr | Interdisciplinary pressure cooker: environmental risk communication skills for the next generation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interdisciplinary pressure cooker: environmental risk communication skills for the next generation |
| title_short | Interdisciplinary pressure cooker: environmental risk communication skills for the next generation |
| title_sort | interdisciplinary pressure cooker environmental risk communication skills for the next generation |
| url | https://www.geosci-commun.net/2/173/2019/gc-2-173-2019.pdf |
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