SRAonCampus EventBoston University

April 9, 2012

SRAonCampus: SRAonCampus: Expanding Professional Networks Expanding Professional Networks for Faculty and Studentsfor Faculty and Students

Society for Risk Analysis

Expand your Niche for Teaching and Expand your Niche for Teaching and Research on Risk!Research on Risk!

Join SRA Join SRA and plug into an and plug into an incredibly rich network incredibly rich network

of of risk analysis practitionersrisk analysis practitioners with with unparalleledunparalleled

inter- and multi-disciplinary expertise.inter- and multi-disciplinary expertise.

Risk Analysis ElementsRisk Analysis ElementsExamples of disciplines informing risk Examples of disciplines informing risk

analysis include:analysis include:

Risk AssessmentRisk Assessment

– Sciences, mathematics, engineeringSciences, mathematics, engineering

Risk CharacterizationRisk Characterization

– Information technology, systems analysisInformation technology, systems analysis

RRisk Communicationisk Communication

– Journalism, educationJournalism, education

RRisk Managementisk Management

– Public/environmental policy, economics, lawPublic/environmental policy, economics, law

SRA is aSRA is a interdisciplinary, scholarly, interdisciplinary, scholarly, international society international society providing an open providing an open forum for all interested in risk analysis. forum for all interested in risk analysis. SRA’s goals include:SRA’s goals include:

Providing opportunities for members in diverse Providing opportunities for members in diverse disciplines to exchange information, ideas, and disciplines to exchange information, ideas, and methodologies for improving risk analysismethodologies for improving risk analysis

Disseminating knowledge about risks, risk Disseminating knowledge about risks, risk methods, risk applications, risk communicationmethods, risk applications, risk communication

Advancing state-of-the-art research/education in Advancing state-of-the-art research/education in risk analysisrisk analysis

Assisting members in career developmentAssisting members in career development

Supporting Regional OrganizationsSupporting Regional Organizations

SRA Members Facilitate theSRA Members Facilitate theAnalytic-Deliberative ProcessAnalytic-Deliberative Process

Assess, characterize, manage, and communicate

about risks more broadly than single-discipline

professional organizations– Risks to human health, built and natural environmentsRisks to human health, built and natural environments

– Physical/chemical/biological threats, human activities, natural eventsPhysical/chemical/biological threats, human activities, natural events

– Risks to individuals, public/private sector organizations, and communities Risks to individuals, public/private sector organizations, and communities

at local, regional, national, global scalesat local, regional, national, global scales

Foster interdisciplinary research, inform decisions, Foster interdisciplinary research, inform decisions,

advance knowledge of complex systemsadvance knowledge of complex systems

Subject Matter Specialty GroupsSubject Matter Specialty GroupsDecision Analysis and RiskDecision Analysis and Risk

Dose-ResponseDose-Response

Ecological Risk AssessmentEcological Risk Assessment

Economics and Benefits AnalysisEconomics and Benefits Analysis

Engineering and InfrastructureEngineering and Infrastructure

Exposure AssessmentExposure Assessment

Microbial Risk AnalysisMicrobial Risk Analysis

Emerging Nanoscale MaterialsEmerging Nanoscale Materials

Risk CommunicationRisk Communication

Risk Policy and LawRisk Policy and Law

Security and DefenseSecurity and Defense

Media and Technical ExposureMedia and Technical Exposure

Press releases about members’ risk research Press releases about members’ risk research communicated to wide audiencescommunicated to wide audiences Your research could be next!Your research could be next!

Papers in special collections of Papers in special collections of Risk AnalysisRisk Analysis• Your paper could be next!Your paper could be next!

Case studies in Case studies in Risk AnalysisRisk Analysis• Your case study could be next!Your case study could be next!

SRA ColleaguesSRA ColleaguesAre available to help you address common Are available to help you address common problems in career development, community problems in career development, community engagement, teaching, and research on risk:engagement, teaching, and research on risk:

– Teaching interdisciplinary skill sets sought by employers and Teaching interdisciplinary skill sets sought by employers and collaboratorscollaborators

– Conducting/publishing risk researchConducting/publishing risk research

– Planning/managing multi-/inter-disciplinary projectsPlanning/managing multi-/inter-disciplinary projects

– Addressing competing concerns and tradeoffsAddressing competing concerns and tradeoffs

– Separating myths, beliefs, misinformation, and scientific and Separating myths, beliefs, misinformation, and scientific and technical evidencetechnical evidence

Opportunities and Annual CostsOpportunities and Annual Costs

Full SRA membership Full SRA membership $105$105

Reduced fee/student membership Reduced fee/student membership $55$55

New England SRA membershipNew England SRA membership $20 $20 ($10 student ($10 student

rate)rate)

Specialty group membership Specialty group membership $0 to $15$0 to $15

Registration for annual meeting Registration for annual meeting $250$250

Continuing education workshops Continuing education workshops $175 to $350$175 to $350

Reminder: Fill out your raffle ticket!

AcknowledgmentsAcknowledgmentsSRA Council for grant funding of the SRA Council for grant funding of the SRAonCampusSRAonCampus New Initiative projectNew Initiative project

SRA-New England New Initiative Planning CommitteeSRA-New England New Initiative Planning Committee– Whitney CowellWhitney Cowell– Dale HattisDale Hattis– Debra KadenDebra Kaden– Dan LanierDan Lanier– Danya MachnesDanya Machnes– Marc NascarellaMarc Nascarella– Jane Parkin-KullmanJane Parkin-Kullman– Henry RomanHenry Roman

Professors Jon Levy and Wendy Heiger-Bernays, and Professors Jon Levy and Wendy Heiger-Bernays, and John Douglas, Boston University School of Public HealthJohn Douglas, Boston University School of Public Health

SRAonCampus Seminar

Fracking and Shale Gas: Analyzing the Risks and Opportunities

Boston UniversityApril 9, 2012

Shale gas and hydraulic fracturing are all over the news.  What’s really happening with this resource, its development, the impacts, the risks and opportunities, the responses?

New York Times, 2011-2012Drilling Down Series, “Natural-Born Drillers,” “Upstate vs. Downstate”

Costco Magazine, April 2012Informed Debate Section