SRAonCampus Event Boston University April 9, 2012

SRAonCampus: Expanding Professional Networks for Faculty and Students Society for Risk Analysis

Expand your Niche for Teaching and Research on Risk! Join SRA and plug into an incredibly rich network of risk analysis practitioners with unparalleled inter- and multi-disciplinary expertise.

Risk Analysis Elements Examples of disciplines informing risk analysis include: Risk Assessment –Sciences, mathematics, engineering Risk Characterization –Information technology, systems analysis Risk Communication Risk Communication –Journalism, education Risk Management Risk Management –Public/environmental policy, economics, law

SRA is a interdisciplinary, scholarly, international society providing an open forum for all interested in risk analysis. SRA’s goals include: Providing opportunities for members in diverse disciplines to exchange information, ideas, and methodologies for improving risk analysis Disseminating knowledge about risks, risk methods, risk applications, risk communication Advancing state-of-the-art research/education in risk analysis Assisting members in career development Supporting Regional Organizations

SRA Members Facilitate the Analytic-Deliberative Process Assess, characterize, manage, and communicate about risks more broadly than single-discipline professional organizations –Risks to human health, built and natural environments –Physical/chemical/biological threats, human activities, natural events –Risks to individuals, public/private sector organizations, and communities at local, regional, national, global scales Foster interdisciplinary research, inform decisions, advance knowledge of complex systems

Subject Matter Specialty Groups Decision Analysis and Risk Dose-Response Ecological Risk Assessment Economics and Benefits Analysis Engineering and Infrastructure Exposure Assessment Microbial Risk Analysis Emerging Nanoscale Materials Risk Communication Risk Policy and Law Security and Defense

Media and Technical Exposure Press releases about members’ risk research communicated to wide audiences  Your research could be next! Papers in special collections of Risk Analysis Your paper could be next! Your paper could be next! Case studies in Risk Analysis Your case study could be next! Your case study could be next!

SRA Colleagues Are available to help you address common problems in career development, community engagement, teaching, and research on risk: – Teaching interdisciplinary skill sets sought by employers and collaborators – Conducting/publishing risk research – Planning/managing multi-/inter-disciplinary projects – Addressing competing concerns and tradeoffs – Separating myths, beliefs, misinformation, and scientific and technical evidence

Opportunities and Annual Costs Full SRA membership $105 Reduced fee/student membership $55 New England SRA membership$20 ($10 student rate) Specialty group membership $0 to $15 Registration for annual meeting $250 Continuing education workshops $175 to $350 Reminder: Fill out your raffle ticket!

Acknowledgments SRA Council for grant funding of the SRAonCampus New Initiative project SRA-New England New Initiative Planning Committee –Whitney Cowell –Dale Hattis –Debra Kaden –Dan Lanier –Danya Machnes –Marc Nascarella –Jane Parkin-Kullman –Henry Roman Professors Jon Levy and Wendy Heiger-Bernays, and John Douglas, Boston University School of Public Health

SRAonCampus Seminar Fracking and Shale Gas: Analyzing the Risks and Opportunities Boston University April 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, Drilling Down Series, “Natural-Born Drillers,” “Upstate vs. Downstate” Costco Magazine, April 2012 Informed Debate Section