Ann Bostrom recently assumed the role of area editor for risk communication for the Council of the Society for Risk Analysis’ flagship journal Risk Analysis. Bostrom also has two newly published articles available in the Journal of Risk Research and the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Bostrom’s article for the Journal of Risk Research is titled “Lead is Like Mercury: Risk Comparisons, Analogies, and Mental Models.” In it she reviews evidence for the use of analogies and comparisons to understand risks and the process resulting in the fusion of different risks from mental model studies of paint lead hazard, global climate change, and small pox disease and vaccine.
Her article for the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences is co-authored with Luc Anselin of and Jeremy Farris and titled "Visualizing Seismic Risk and Uncertainty." It reviews the empirical research on guidance for earthquake risks provided through maps based on geographic information systems.
Published on May 13, 2008
