It's no secret that people vary in their pandemic risk perceptions. Source: Emily Parrish, used with permission. I’m sure you’ve noticed that people vary in their assessments of pandemic risks. It’s ...

For decades, researchers have assumed that people overestimate the risk of dramatic causes of death, such as road traffic accidents. The reason given for this was that such deaths are the subject of ...

Tips to help clients stay focused on their risk tolerance so that their risk perception doesn’t lead them astray. These kinds of biases can put a strain on financial planning. In good times, excited ...

Over the last five years Army Aviation has driven down Class A mishaps to less than one in 100,000 flight hours. One might ask, where do we go from here? Despite this success, we have to remain ...

I have always been interested in how people make decisions under uncertainty—especially decisions about safety. But it was not until I began studying housing conditions and disaster risk that I ...