Prof Lena Dominelli introduces the role of social work in disaster intervention using the example of recovery efforts during the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Sri Lanka. Prof Dominelli is a lead researcher on Project Sri Lanka at Durham University and an Associate Director of the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience http://www.durham.ac.uk/ihrr

Social Work and Disaster Intervention

How do researchers from the sciences and humanities define the term 'tipping point'? Find out in this thought-provoking podcast from the Tipping Points project. Music by Spectral Mystics. http://tippingpointsproject.org/

What is a tipping point?

Professor Paul Slovic talks about how risk is linked to emotion or affect (the feeling that something is good or bad) in this highly interesting seminar. This talk was given at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience at Durham University. http://www.dur.ac.uk/ihrr

'The Feeling of Risk' Talk by Dr Paul Slovic

A widespread badger cull will not solve the problem of tuberculosis in cattle, according to new research based at Durham University's Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience. Narrated by Paul Ging includes interviews with Prof Peter Atkins who led two recent studies on the subject.

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