I spent a fascinating three days at the STEPS Politics of Uncertainty Conference in July, and in the last few weeks have been mulling over what I have taken from the rich conversations we have had. I spent much of my time in a stream focused on uncertainty in the context of finance and banking….
Solidarity, insurance, emotions and uncertainty
MINI-COMIC: WHAT IS FRAMING?
by Nathan Oxley, Impact, Communications & Engagement officer, STEPS Centre I’ve posted about framings before – how people’s choices are affected by the way an issue is explained to them. Here’s a little comic I made to illustrate the idea (click the image to enlarge). >> Related: Virus or beast: how one word changes everything
VIRUS AND BEAST: HOW ONE WORD CHANGES EVERYTHING
Batman and Robin: fighting crime How does a single word affect the way we deal with a problem? Last night’s edition of All In The Mind on BBC Radio 4 offered a striking example. Researchers at the University of Stanford worked with two groups of people, asking them how they would respond to rising crime…