Natural Hazards

Raffaella Russo

Raffaella Russo, Msc in Economics and Finance is a Senior Scientist and Senior project manager. She worked for several institutions such as AMRA scarl (2011-2018), where she supported the coordination of several H2020 and FP7 projects, also giving her contribution in the fields of cost and benefits connected with the exploitation and exploitation of conventional and unconventional energy sources, and in the identification of key factors underpinning risk perception. Raffaella is presently consultant for the University of Salerno (2018-current), and for the Fondazione ISSNOVA (2019-current), where she managed several EU and national funded projects. Raffaella has an expertise focusing on: i) the identification of key factors underpinning risk perception, ii) developing indicators to measure the social and economic impact of some hazardous events and iii) identification of socio-economic barriers to systems resilience. Presently she is involved in several European and Italian projects, where her expertise is mainly focused on socioeconomic stressors, social aspects of trust, social acceptance and in the identification of the socio-economic impact related to the deployment of new technologies in different fields. She is also a proved dissemination manager, as she followed the widespread of the scientific results of many EU projects. She has also organized summer schools for young researchers, with the aim to transfer results of researcher to young generations ( No risk No energy Summer school, financed by the H2020 Project S4CE, Advanced Air Mobility Summer School, promoted by University of Naples Parthenope, ISSNOVA and ASDA association).

Building Disaster Resilience Through Trust and Risk Awareness: Insights into Natural Hazards

Raffaella Russo February 10, 2025

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Trust in institutions and scientific experts plays a pivotal role in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). This trust becomes even more critical for natural hazards—events often unpredictable and uncontrollable. Trust can shape individuals’ willingness to heed warnings, adopt precautionary measures, and participate in community preparedness initiatives. Conversely, distrust in institutions may lead to no ...[Read More]