Misinformation on Social Media: How to Debunk and Stop the Spread
On this episode of Let's Talk Risk, Professor Jun Zhuang, the Morton C. Frank Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Buffalo, joins to talk misinformation on social media...
23 Aug 202214min
Explore a Low-Carbon Future & the Tradeoffs in Climate Geoengineering
Benjamin K. Sovacool, professor at Boston University, University of Sussex, and Aarhus University, joins the podcast to discuss his new research on climate geoengineering. Sovacool dives into the risk...
10 Jun 202225min
A New Metric to Fight Inequity in Home Evaluations
Dr. David Johnson, professor of industrial engineering with a joint appointment of political science at Purdue University, joins Let's Talk Risk to discuss his most recent work on the inequities and h...
21 Apr 202221min
The Importance of Consumer Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Products
There are plenty of environmental issues plaguing the world today. Whether it's climate change, water shortage or waste, it always boils down to one thing: consumption patterns. Prerna Shah, a Ph.D. s...
4 Apr 202211min
All Things Extreme Weather Events: Outages, Patterns, Restoration, & More
Nicole Jackson, Ph.D., of Sandia National Labs, joins the Let's Talk Risk podcast to talk about her work analyzing how extreme weather events and climate hazards impact physical infrastructures. Jacks...
22 Mar 202221min
A Closer Look at the Risk of Mail-In Ballots
Natalie Scala, associate professor at Towson University, joins the podcast to discuss her recent research on evaluating mail-based security for electoral processes. Since the 2020 Presidential Electio...
22 Feb 202217min
COVID-19 is a Risk Communication Failure. How Do We Avoid This in the Future?
Jose Palma-Oliverira, professor at the University of Lisbon, joins the podcast to talk all things risk communication regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Oliverira discusses the importance of having a tru...
8 Feb 202232min
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Where is it Headed Next?
Let's Talk Risk Podcast is happy to welcome back Ben Trump, a research social scientist at the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center to talk about vaccine and booster shot rollout. Ben disc...
23 Nov 202130min
