Research Highlights

Studying how people seek, avoid, and share risk information about polarizing risk issues (specifically natural gas drilling). Read more >

Media coverage and risk communication about the autism-vaccine controversy. Read more >

Researching attribution, risk perception, and communication in national parks. Read more >

Welcome to the RCRG

Within the Cornell RCRG, members interested in environmental, health, risk, and science communication share expertise and resources. We collaborate with scholars from various departments, including Entomology, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Natural Resources, and Veterinary Medicine, as well as various universities.

Current RCRG research projects

RCRG publications (2010-2012) and conference presentations (2010-2012)

SRA Will Leave Its Heart...in San Francisco

The 2012 Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual Meeting will be held in San Francisco, California (December 9-12) . General conference information is available.

Clarke, Rickard Land Faculty Jobs

The two newest Ph.Ds from the RCRG have landed tenture-track faculty positions for fall 2012. Laura Rickard will be joining the faculty in the Department of Environmental Studies at SUNY-ESF as an Asistant Professor. Chris Clarke will be joining the faculty in the Department of Communication at George Mason University as an Assistant Professor.

Dixon, Clarke Take Top Paper Honors at AEJMC 2012

Graham Dixon and Chris Clarke have won the Eason Prize (Top Student Paper) from AEJMC's Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk Division for their paper, "Heightening uncertainty around certain science: Media coverage, false balance, and the autism-vaccine controversy."