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Interdisciplinary pressure cooker: environmental risk communication skills for the next generation

Cumiskey, L., Lickiss, M., Šakić Trogrlić, R. and Ali, J. (2019) Interdisciplinary pressure cooker: environmental risk communication skills for the next generation. Geoscience Communications, 2 (2). pp. 173-186. ISSN 2569-7110

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To link to this item DOI: 10.5194/gc-2-173-2019

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This article presents a Pressure Cooker approach for building interdisciplinary risk communication capacity in young professionals through an intensive 24-hour 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 inter-disciplinary community of researchers and practitioners, including organisers, participants and supporting specialists, still active after the event. It is recommended that such interdisciplinary workshops are used to build capacity to tackle complex challenges, such as risk communication, but 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.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:No
Divisions:Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Typography & Graphic Communication
ID Code:87106
Publisher:EGU

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