15 Dec 2014
The title of this Report, Mind, Society, and Behavior,captures the idea that paying attention to how humans think (the processes of mind) and how history and context shape thinking (the influence of society) can improve the design and implementati...
Tags: Report, Research, Behavior Change and Disaster Preparedness
31 Mar 2015
This report was commissioned by the United States Institute of Peace’s Center of Innovation for Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding and Haiti Working Group. It examines the role of Ushahidi, a crisis-mapping platform, in the disaster relief effo...
Tags: Report, Crisis Mapping, Crowdsourcing, Early Warning Systems, Mobile Technology
02 May 2023
As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, governments and civil society organizations are making large investments in early warning systems (EWS) with the aim to avoid death and destruction from hydro-meteorol...
Tags: Research, Early Warning Systems