Abstract submissions close May 30

SRA-ANZ invites the following to its 2018 conference, Risk Prisms: Exploring the multifaceted nature of risk:
  • abstracts on multi-disciplinary risk research projects
  • multi-disciplinary panels of risk scholars
  • abstracts on current risk research projects (which may not necessarily be multi-disciplinary in nature) on any topic in risk characterisation, risk assessment/ evaluation/ measurement, risk perception, risk communication, risk management, and risk governance

Examples of abstracts on multi-disciplinary risk research projects involving two or more disciplines are:
  • food safety, transport/logistics and business scholars working on a research project on rockmelon listeria
  • agriculture and public health scholars working on a research project on the microbiota of raw milk
  • agriculture, business, and climate scholars working on a research project on modelling the effects of overfishing
 
Examples of multi-disciplinary panels of risk scholars, practitioners, and/or regulators presenting various perspectives on a phenomenon, issue or event are:
  • engineering, public health and risk communication scholars presenting various risk perspectives on earthquake disasters
  • cybersecurity, public health, and regulatory experts presenting risk perspectives on cyberbullying
  • international business, agriculture, biosecurity, transport/logistics scholars presenting risk perspectives on Australia’s trade in agricultural products
  • cybersecurity, public health, business, and regulatory experts presenting risk perspectives on gambling
 
Colleagues intending to form a multi-disciplinary panel must note the following requirements:
  1. The Panel Chair must email the proposed panel title and panel members to conference@sraanz.org.nz.
  2. Each presenter/ member of the panel must submit an individual abstract through the abstract     
      submission system. The abstract must clearly indicate the relevant panel name.
 
In addition to the multi-disciplinary abstracts and panels, the conference also invites abstracts on the latest research projects undertaken by risk scholars from different disciplines. Topics in risk characterisation, risk assessment/ evaluation/ measurement, risk perception, risk communication, risk management, and risk governance are welcome.
A travel scholarship of up to $500 is open to students whose primary residence is outside Sydney, NSW, Australia, to assist with travel and accommodation costs associated with presenting at this year's conference. 
Student travel scholarship information

Want to give a talk?

Step one: Fill out abstract submission form

  • Download abstract submission form (press on blue 'Abstract submission form' button below)
  • Fill out form
  • Travel scholarship funding award is available for students travelling from outside Sydney (see here for more details)

Step two: Submit your abstract

  • Abstract submission forms should be saved as a .pdf (please use the abstract submission form provided above)
  • Please name your abstract file as the first author’s surname, followed by their first initial e.g. SMITHC
  • Completed abstract submission forms must be emailed (please make the email subject 'ABSTRACT') to conference@sraanz.org.nz by 17:00 AEST on Wednesday 30 May 2018.

Abstract review

  • Authors will be notified of the reviewers’ decision in June.
  • Chosen abstracts will be published in a book of proceedings which will be provided to delegates at the conference and made available online.