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Early Warning and Anticipatory Action
NRS-I2 Risk communication and public-safe dashboards
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Risk Academy, led by the Nexus Consortium · Risk Science and Methods · Department of Decision, Behaviour and Communication
Probability, uncertainty and warnings communicated so that they lead to action
Risk communication and risk literacy
A probability communicated badly is a decision made badly.
- Courses
- In preparation
- Levels
- L1 Introductory
- Labs
- In development
- Risk perception
- Communicating probability and uncertainty
- Two-way and community engagement
- Warning communication
- Crisis communication
- Risk literacy and education
- Visualising risk
- Responding to misinformation
02Maps
Build a twin of any place
Search any place or open the world; the layers and generators follow risk communication and risk literacy on the planet map, the globe and in 3D.
- Terrain 24 to 2,805 m
- 3 reference earthquakes, M6.2 to M6.6
- Earthquakes M4.5 and above, past week: read live when the 3D twin opens
- USGS ShakeMap intensity contours: read live when the 3D twin opens
Drag to move, right drag or Shift with a drag to turn and tilt, Ctrl with the wheel to zoom. Keyboard: arrows move, Shift with arrows turn and tilt, + and – zoom, 0 resets, V steps through the views, Escape clears.
Flat plan of the same data: relief, the three reference epicentres with magnitude and depth, and the numbers below; the sampler's figure shows one precomputed field with its parameters. The 3D twin opens on devices that can draw it, once its data and code have been checked.
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03The subject
The subject, methods and measures and debates and bodies
The field and its scope
For forecasters, public health and emergency communicators, journalists and analysts who must present probability, uncertainty and warnings so that people understand them and can act.
Quantities and units
Methods and their limits
Each method is listed with what it assumes and where it fails.
What the field debates
Bodies that set practice, and the data they publish
Bodies and standards are named so that learners can find and apply their published work. The Academy teaches the use of that work and links to the publisher. No affiliation is implied.
04The method
From a test result to what it means: prevalence, sensitivity, false positives and the natural frequencies that make it clear
05At a glance
At a glance, with 5 related topics
Risk communication and risk literacy at a glance
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- In preparation, 1
- Also taught here, 2
- Subtopics, 8
Nexus Standards it teaches and relies on
The Nexus Standards the discipline teaches toward, grouped by master standard, with the disciplines that teach each.
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Communities, Learning and Contribution
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Research and tools
Research and preprints as they are published, by discipline, with the faculty's other tools.
The hub lists the newest research and preprints for Risk communication and risk literacy, each with its source and date. Open the research hub
Frameworks and standards it works with
From the Academy's risk taxonomy: the discipline's own entries and those of its primary courses, with how many courses teach each.
Frameworks and standards
- Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)1 course
Hazard families
- Disinformation and information integrity1 course
What is changing now
Recent developments in risk communication and risk literacy, each with its source; sources checked on 16 October 2026.
Courses in this discipline
Courses for this discipline are in development. Until they open, study the discipline through the connected courses and open lessons below.
Courses with this primary disciplineIn preparation
- RAF-111Risk Communication FoundationsIn preparationFoundation, L1 Introductory, 6 hours (estimate)
Courses from connected disciplines that also teach this field
Each course has its primary discipline elsewhere and teaches this field as part of its scope.
06Console
How Risk communication and risk literacy is taught, as a process you can run
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Process explorer
How Risk communication and risk literacy is taught
15 steps6 stages
07Learning
Learning, practice and connections
Achievements in this discipline
Pathways that teach it
Where the subject is practised
- The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI Canada)CampaignsRisk literacy, Responsible AI literacy, Water and food awareness
- The Global Risks Forum (GRF)Information Integrity and Public TrustScience communication, Crisis information
Field platforms of the ecosystem where the subject is studied and applied.
The three Foundry systems where it is practised
- FoundryNXS-STU systemDashboards, maps and views for peopleComposer room
- NXS-POR systemProducts for each audienceAudiences room
- NXS-EWS systemWarning-support productsWarning Desk room
Foundry system pages describe what each system and its rooms are designed to do; the courses teach the methods these systems apply.
Across the ecosystem
08Take part
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09References
Core references and where to begin
Start with Fischhoff, then National Research Council, then Gigerenzer.
10Questions
Questions, answers and key terms
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Where do the data and the places come from?
Every faculty teaches on a twin of a real place built from open data. Each layer carries its provider, licence and date, and every result on the Academy states its source. Maps and figures are indicators for teaching, never an assessment of a place.
How do I take part beyond the courses in risk communication and risk literacy?
Form a competence cell of three to seven people, study a shared pathway, take a supervised assignment in the National Working Groups, or bring a cohort from your institution. Open the page for organisations.
Key terms
Term
Risk perception
People's intuitive judgement of a risk, shaped by experience, values and trust.
Term
Natural frequencies
Expressing probabilities as counts, such as 1 in 100, which are easier to understand.
Term
Mental models approach
Designing communication from how people already understand a hazard.
Term
Two-way communication
Communication in which the audience's questions and knowledge shape the message.
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