Going Beyond the Ballot: Interplay Risks of Technology and Humans in Electoral Systems
How do we keep elections secure in a world of evolving technology and human error? In this episode, Dr. Sandra Alday sits down with Dr. Natalie Scala, professor and researcher at Towson University, to explore the complex interplay between people and machines in American voting systems. From the shift to vote-by-mail and the risks posed by flash drives, to the critical role of poll workers and the potential future of digital voting, Natalie shares insights from her research on election integrity. Listen now! This research will be presented December 7-10, 2025 at the annual SRA Conference in Washington D.C.
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Messengers and Messages: Demystifying Misinformation in the Modern Age
Dr. Dominic Balog-Way and Dr. Katherine McComas of Cornell University join Sandra Alday for a compelling episode on their paper titled "Unpacking the Risk of Misinformation: A Communication-Based Critique" published in Risk Analysis. The risk researchers, who first connected at the 2011 SRA Conference and are now close coworkers, have examined the ways people try to place agency and intent on messaging in order to make sense of communication. You can watch the webinar they hosted on this topic at sra.org/events-webinars, or consider registering for SRA 2025. You might meet your future collaborator!
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Rethinking Risk Education Through Object-Based Learning and the Arts
In this latest episode, Dr. Sandra Alday is joined by two guests from the University of Melbourne: Dr. Anna Kosovac and Dr. Olivia Meehan. Together, they've created a course that addresses the subjectivity of risk and how people make decisions based on their comfort level with uncertainty. Incorporating the humanities into the risk classroom helps us move away from the limitations of rationality.
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How Collective Action Increases Community Resilience
Dr. Sandra Alday is joined by Manomita Das of the Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University. Together, they discuss what motivates people's behaviors before and after a disaster strikes. How do small acts of kindness impact the disaster landscape? Who is responsible for taking care of risks? And are we better off taking action as individuals or as communities? Learn more in this latest episode.
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Exploring the Dimensions of Risk Perception
Dr. Sandra Alday is joined by professor of risk analysis and decision science, Robyn Wilson, to discuss how we perceive risks and make decisions.
Let's Talk Risk with the Society for Risk Analysis, the world's leading authority on risk science and its applications, helps bring clarity to the world of risk, uncertainty, and ambiguity. Visit www.sra.org for more information on the topics discussed in these episodes and for more studies found in Risk Analysis: An International Journal
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