• Learners will gain an understanding of:
• How to interpret risk information to make better informed decisions and manage risks in everyday situations
• The language and metrics of risk assessment to convey risk accurately to stakeholders
• The factors that shape people's risk perceptions
• Techniques and strategies to communicate risk creatively and engagingly
• What people around the world consider their top risks right now, based on the latest research
• How to gather information about public risk perceptions
• Key lessons from decades of research and experience in communicating risks
• Methods to design and evaluate effective risk communications
• Application of understanding and communicating risks in the health, climate and technology sectors

Week 1: Key concepts

Introduction to risk, uncertainty, cumulative risk, key metrics of risk assessment and identification of risks.

Week 2: Risk perceptions

Factors that shape public perceptions of risk.

**Week 3. Risk communication

** Strategies, techniques and applications for best practices

Week 4: Health

Risk perception and communication in the field of public health.

Week 5: Climate & environment

Risk perception and communication relating to climate change, natural hazards and environmental pollution.

Week 6: Technology

Applications of risk perceptions and communications concepts to cases of new and established technologies.

Week 7: Individual project