Strengthening Resilience in Volcanic Areas (STREVA)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of East Anglia
Department Name: Environmental Sciences
Abstract
STREVA will bring together researchers from universities, research institutes and volcano observatories, to explore methods for reducing the negative consequences of volcanic activity on communities. We will work both with communities facing volcanic threats and with those responsible for monitoring, preparing for and responding to those threats. Our main partners are volcano monitoring agencies and observatories in Colombia, the Caribbean and Ecuador, and through them, disaster managers and disaster researchers throughout the region, as well as residents of communities at risk. We will use a number of techniques to build links between the project and the wider community, including workshops, running scenario exercises, and using social media to report our results. Our aim, by working collaboratively across different disciplines, is to develop and apply a risk assessment framework that will generate better plans to reduce the negative consequences of volcanic activity on people and assets.
Volcanic risk is a complex problem, which we shall understand by investigating a number of volcanoes, at-risk communities, emergencies and policy responses across the region. These case studies will help us to identify common issues in volcanic disaster risk and ultimately develop regional risk assessment processes. These will be crucial for long-term planning to reduce exposure to volcanic hazards. The countries in which we will work are all middle income and face multiple volcanic threats, often in close proximity to large towns and cities. The main focus will be on six volcanic sites across the Lesser Antilles, Ecuador and Colombia.
We will begin the project by reviewing the secondary literature on three well monitored and active volcanoes, to analyse what has already been done to understand and reduce risk to the surrounding population. Through in-depth empirical research in these volcanic areas we shall begin to develop, test and apply our new risk assessment framework and methods for application. We will then take these lessons and apply them to three high-risk volcanoes where monitoring and understanding is less advanced.
STREVA's work will generate improvements in:
(i) methods for forecasting the start of eruptions and changes in activity during eruption;
(ii) prediction of areas at-risk (the "footprint") from different volcanic hazards;
(iii) understanding of the factors that make people and their assets more vulnerable to volcanic threats;
(iv) understanding of institutional constraints and capacities and how to improve incentives for risk reduction
By the end of the project, our new knowledge will help us to measure volcanic risk more accurately and monitor how that risk is changing. The practical results will be a strengthening in the capacity of stakeholders at different scales (staff in volcano observatories, local and national governments and NGOs) to produce risk assessments for high-risk volcanoes and use them to improve preparedness and response to volcanic emergencies and build resilience in the surrounding communities through long-term planning. In adopting this approach, STREVA will have real impacts in real places, and will significantly advance the fields of volcanic risk analysis and disaster risk reduction.
Volcanic risk is a complex problem, which we shall understand by investigating a number of volcanoes, at-risk communities, emergencies and policy responses across the region. These case studies will help us to identify common issues in volcanic disaster risk and ultimately develop regional risk assessment processes. These will be crucial for long-term planning to reduce exposure to volcanic hazards. The countries in which we will work are all middle income and face multiple volcanic threats, often in close proximity to large towns and cities. The main focus will be on six volcanic sites across the Lesser Antilles, Ecuador and Colombia.
We will begin the project by reviewing the secondary literature on three well monitored and active volcanoes, to analyse what has already been done to understand and reduce risk to the surrounding population. Through in-depth empirical research in these volcanic areas we shall begin to develop, test and apply our new risk assessment framework and methods for application. We will then take these lessons and apply them to three high-risk volcanoes where monitoring and understanding is less advanced.
STREVA's work will generate improvements in:
(i) methods for forecasting the start of eruptions and changes in activity during eruption;
(ii) prediction of areas at-risk (the "footprint") from different volcanic hazards;
(iii) understanding of the factors that make people and their assets more vulnerable to volcanic threats;
(iv) understanding of institutional constraints and capacities and how to improve incentives for risk reduction
By the end of the project, our new knowledge will help us to measure volcanic risk more accurately and monitor how that risk is changing. The practical results will be a strengthening in the capacity of stakeholders at different scales (staff in volcano observatories, local and national governments and NGOs) to produce risk assessments for high-risk volcanoes and use them to improve preparedness and response to volcanic emergencies and build resilience in the surrounding communities through long-term planning. In adopting this approach, STREVA will have real impacts in real places, and will significantly advance the fields of volcanic risk analysis and disaster risk reduction.
Planned Impact
STREVA intends to achieve a set of research aims that will create new knowledge for the improved analysis of volcanic risk. This analysis, focussed around 3 'forensic' and 3 'trial' volcanic settings will help shape the process of integrating volcanic risk management in appropriate policies at local, national and regional level.
This will depend on forging trusted relationships with key stakeholders, having compelling and clearly communicated information on the components and dynamics of risk and developing a solid understanding of the complexity of policy processes. In turn, if implemented well, such policies will help to strengthen the resilience of people and assets exposed to volcanic hazards. Policies may include restricting land use, improving early warning systems, developing new building code guidance, supporting particular approaches to relocation and investing in improved education or new communications protocols during crises. In working towards such an impact, STREVA intends to show by example that interdisciplinary research can be applied in volcanic settings in ways that lead to an increase in community resilience.
Outputs of the research undertaken will benefit a number of end users, both immediately and over the longer term. By working with a range of local and regional stakeholders to achieve a better understanding of the components and dynamics of risk in volcanic areas, STREVA aims to improve the policies and practices of businesses, public sector agencies and non-government organisations responsible for reducing disaster risk and building resilience. Those benefitting directly from this research include local governments and other public sector agencies based or working close to the 'trial' volcanoes (such as civil defence authorities), observatories and local elected officials. Although there have been recent signs of unrest, no eruptions have taken place hence local authorities have little experience managing the associated risks. They will be consulted throughout the project and involved in work on forecasting and characterising vulnerability and institutional capacity to deal with different aspects of volcanic risk and will participate in volcanic unrest simulation exercises. Risk assessments produced by WPs 1-4 can be used immediately by these stakeholders to improve decision making, in particular with regard to evacuations and land-use planning in high risk areas. Information from the 'forensic' studies will be made available to local decision makers at the trial volcanoes to help them understand the interactions between different dimensions of risk. These outputs will continue to be of use over the longer term as risk conditions change, as STREVA will develop innovative methods for incorporating broader understandings of risk into quantitative risk assessments and applying these to dynamic, changing risk situations.Beyond the trial volcanoes, national public sector agencies will benefit indirectly from this research. National DRR policies are likely to be strengthened from the inclusion of new approaches to volcanic risk analysis and risk communication. Within the private sector, insurance companies will benefit from information produced by the volcanic risk assessments, which may help to support the development of parametric insurance products for inclusion with the Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility for example. Other likely beneficiaries include international and local NGOs working on disaster risk reduction at community and policy level, whose projects could be improved by more detailed analysis of exposure, vulnerability, capacity and policy processes in study regions, enabling them to develop enhanced advocacy strategies or community-based disaster risk reduction plans. Ultimately, the most important beneficiaries are people whose lives and livelihoods are threatened by volcanic hazards. Their resilience is expected to increase as a result of STREVA's work on the trial volcanoes.
This will depend on forging trusted relationships with key stakeholders, having compelling and clearly communicated information on the components and dynamics of risk and developing a solid understanding of the complexity of policy processes. In turn, if implemented well, such policies will help to strengthen the resilience of people and assets exposed to volcanic hazards. Policies may include restricting land use, improving early warning systems, developing new building code guidance, supporting particular approaches to relocation and investing in improved education or new communications protocols during crises. In working towards such an impact, STREVA intends to show by example that interdisciplinary research can be applied in volcanic settings in ways that lead to an increase in community resilience.
Outputs of the research undertaken will benefit a number of end users, both immediately and over the longer term. By working with a range of local and regional stakeholders to achieve a better understanding of the components and dynamics of risk in volcanic areas, STREVA aims to improve the policies and practices of businesses, public sector agencies and non-government organisations responsible for reducing disaster risk and building resilience. Those benefitting directly from this research include local governments and other public sector agencies based or working close to the 'trial' volcanoes (such as civil defence authorities), observatories and local elected officials. Although there have been recent signs of unrest, no eruptions have taken place hence local authorities have little experience managing the associated risks. They will be consulted throughout the project and involved in work on forecasting and characterising vulnerability and institutional capacity to deal with different aspects of volcanic risk and will participate in volcanic unrest simulation exercises. Risk assessments produced by WPs 1-4 can be used immediately by these stakeholders to improve decision making, in particular with regard to evacuations and land-use planning in high risk areas. Information from the 'forensic' studies will be made available to local decision makers at the trial volcanoes to help them understand the interactions between different dimensions of risk. These outputs will continue to be of use over the longer term as risk conditions change, as STREVA will develop innovative methods for incorporating broader understandings of risk into quantitative risk assessments and applying these to dynamic, changing risk situations.Beyond the trial volcanoes, national public sector agencies will benefit indirectly from this research. National DRR policies are likely to be strengthened from the inclusion of new approaches to volcanic risk analysis and risk communication. Within the private sector, insurance companies will benefit from information produced by the volcanic risk assessments, which may help to support the development of parametric insurance products for inclusion with the Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility for example. Other likely beneficiaries include international and local NGOs working on disaster risk reduction at community and policy level, whose projects could be improved by more detailed analysis of exposure, vulnerability, capacity and policy processes in study regions, enabling them to develop enhanced advocacy strategies or community-based disaster risk reduction plans. Ultimately, the most important beneficiaries are people whose lives and livelihoods are threatened by volcanic hazards. Their resilience is expected to increase as a result of STREVA's work on the trial volcanoes.
Organisations
- University of East Anglia, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
- British Red Cross, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Colombian Geological Service (Collaboration)
- University of the West Indies, Jamaica (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- University of Bristol, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School (Collaboration)
- Lambda Films (Collaboration)
- Nat Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, Iceland (Project Partner)
- University of Iceland, Iceland (Project Partner)
- University of Plymouth, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Montserrat Volcano Observatory, Montserrat (Project Partner)
- Caribbean Risk Managers Ltd, Saint Lucia (Project Partner)
- University at Buffalo, United States (Project Partner)
- Columbian Inst of Geology, Colombia (Project Partner)
- National Centre for Earth Observation, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- National Polytechnic School, Ecuador (Project Partner)
- Institute of Earth Physics IPGP, France (Project Partner)
Publications

Andrade S
(2022)
Detailed Cartography of Cotopaxi's 1877 Primary Lahar Deposits Obtained by Drone-Imagery and Field Surveys in the Proximal Northern Drainage
in Remote Sensing


Barclay J
(2019)
Livelihoods, Wellbeing and the Risk to Life During Volcanic Eruptions
in Frontiers in Earth Science

Barclay J
(2019)
Historical Trajectories of Disaster Risk in Dominica
in International Journal of Disaster Risk Science


Ebmeier S
(2018)
Synthesis of global satellite observations of magmatic and volcanic deformation: implications for volcano monitoring & the lateral extent of magmatic domains
in Journal of Applied Volcanology

Ebmeier S
(2016)
Shallow earthquake inhibits unrest near Chiles-Cerro Negro volcanoes, Ecuador-Colombian border
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Few R
(2017)
Living with Volcan Tungurahua: The dynamics of vulnerability during prolonged volcanic activity
in Geoforum

Hicks A
(2015)
Trajectories of social vulnerability during the Soufrière Hills volcanic crisis
in Journal of Applied Volcanology

Hicks A
(2014)
An interdisciplinary approach to volcanic risk reduction under conditions of uncertainty: a case study of Tristan da Cunha
in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Title | LondonVolcano |
Description | A series of 3 short oral history films and a risk communication film targetted at the citizens of St. Vincent |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Impact | Premiered at the University of West Indies Open Campus Literary Festival. Further viewings through 2015 and anticipated 'general release' |
Title | Mountain A Glow |
Description | A portable exhibit that portrays key features of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, driven by a consultation with members of the community on Montserrat. It celebrates how the arts and science together can improve our understanding of how to cope and prepare for a natural hazard. It explores the role that cultural responses can play in helping people cope with natural hazards. The six panels capture the themes that those we interviewed wanted covered. The content of these frames tries to commemorate the past, celebrate the creative response, and act as an educational tool and reminder of how volcanoes behave and how to respond to them. Montserrat is nothing if not a musical island so we also added 'Flow'. Flow has > 1,600 LEDs in a column of ever changing light and music. Flow refers not just to the magma, but to story and song, the continuous experience of living with and after the volcano and eruption. Flow is a collaboration with Output Arts who have created a central 'conduit' and associated audio that imagines the link between the seen and the unseen, memories and experiences told and unsaid. |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | It is on display in the Montserrat National Museum (Little Bay), but can be booked to use and display at cultural and educational events, by community groups, etc. It was also featured in thE Montserrat Literary Festival and will feature in this year's St Patricks Day celebration and during the SHV 25 celebrations. |
Title | St Vincent Eruption Stories |
Description | A trilogy of oral history short films documenting the 1979 eruption of La Soufriere volcano on the island nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Impact | Films are shown at formal public engagement events regularly in St Vincent. The films have been viewed nearly 200K times. Viewers are mainly from St Vincent and the Grenadines, with other audience members in other Caribbean nations and diaspora in the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom. Films are actively used as part of research projects into volcanic risk as a way of initiating dialogue on the topic with local communities. The people-centric approach and look and feel of the films has been replicated in further films for other purposes within and outside of volcanic risk studies. |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiS3_A16hqqFYpmagNAHcR3guKoO_qO4K |
Title | St Vincent Volcanic Hazards and Risk short films |
Description | Six short films on volcanic hazard and risk in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Led by Prof. Richard Robertson (University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre). |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Impact | Films are shown at formal public engagement events regularly in St Vincent. The films have been viewed over 70K times. Viewers are mainly from St Vincent and the Grenadines, with other audience members in other Caribbean nations and diaspora in the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom. Films are actively used as part of research projects into volcanic risk as a way of initiating dialogue on the topic with local communities. |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiS3_A16hqqHEXPGPBBlkyMqhh_mWxg9s |
Description | Some 74% of the world's active volcanoes are found in the lower and middle incomes countries that sustained > 90% of the total life years lost from disasters worldwide from 1986-2015 (UNISDR, 2015). Volcanic eruptions create both intensive (sudden and acute) and extensive (sustained and attritional) risks. Recent analysis has demonstrated that extensive risks are chiefly responsible for the continuous erosion of development assets and livelihoods in low income countries, which in turn impacts capacity to prepare for and recover from low return period, high intensity events. Reducing disaster risk from volcanoes in these countries thus demands new approaches that better anticipate and mitigate the cascade of social and physical impacts of extensive hazards, while incorporating low cost means to improve preparedness for intensive events. UEA research in STREVA contributes to this by (i) creating strong evidential and analytical bases for understanding how communities respond to and recover to volcanic eruptions and (ii) developing and testing the new methodologies that address this challenge. Necessarily, much of this research happens as collaborations within large international projects but UEA-based researchers provide strong leadership on the interdisciplinary approaches that combine physical and social-science methodologies, and latterly the use of social-science based evidence to define new ways to monitor and model volcanic activity. Specifically, we have: (1) demonstrated that involving communities at risk in the process of monitoring or responding to eruptive activity produces better outcomes for the reduction of disaster risk (Stone et al, 2014, in review, Armijos et al., 2017), largely through shared strategies around scientific uncertainty. (2) provided evidence for how to communicate about volcanic risk and increase likelihood of uptake in policy and management processes. We have shown that communities are strongly engaged when 'key messages' are embedded in their own narratives (Hicks et al., 2017), and that cultural responses to risk contain important knowledge of hazard and risk (McMahon et al., in prep). We were the first to demonstrate that the relationship between volcanic hazards and topography needs to be clearly represented (Haynes et al., 2007) and to emphasise the need to emded volcanic risk within the context of other hazards (Wilkinson et al., 2016). (3) Documented the impacts of long-lived eruptions on communities. This has shown that volcanic ash has a disproportionate and deleterious impact on livelihoods (Few et al., 2017; Armijos and Few, 2016) and has led to improved models for the local transport and distribution of ash (Poulidis et al., 2019). We have also shown that pre-existing social vulnerabilities exaggerate the impacts of volcanic eruptions across communities (Few and Hicks, 2015; Few et al., 2017, Pyle et al.,2019). Globally we have demonstrated that risk to livelihood acts as an important control on risk reducing behaviour during volcanic crises (Barclay et al., 2019) Latterly we have engaged with translating these methods and findings into other natural hazards. Its likely papers and outcomes will be achieved on this within the REF period (GCRF Projects). E.G. Barclay et l., 2019.; McMahon et al., in prep. Hicks et al., in prep. |
Exploitation Route | This is of relevance to those managing dynamic volcanic risk, but also has important findings relevant to other hazards e.g. floods. We are currently working on the nature of this relevance. |
Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Creative Economy,Education,Environment,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
URL | http://streva.ac.uk/ |
Description | Some 74% of the world's active volcanoes are found in the lower and middle incomes countries that sustained > 90% of the total life years lost from disasters worldwide from 1986-2015 (UNISDR, 2015). Volcanic eruptions create both intensive (sudden and acute) and extensive (sustained and attritional) risks. Recent analysis has demonstrated that extensive risks are chiefly responsible for the continuous erosion of development assets and livelihoods in low income countries, which in turn impacts capacity to prepare for and recover from low return period, high intensity events. Reducing disaster risk from volcanoes in these countries thus demands new approaches that better anticipate and mitigate the cascade of social and physical impacts of extensive hazards, while incorporating low cost means to improve preparedness for intensive events. UEA research contributes to this by (i) creating strong evidential and analytical bases for understanding how communities respond to and recover to volcanic eruptions and (ii) developing and testing the new methodologies that address this challenge Impact is demonstrated by: (a) the incorporation of these research findings into volcanic (or all hazards) risk reduction strategies at the community, risk management or policy level. (b) improved outcomes as a result of this (improved preparedness and risk knowledge, community empowerment and risk ownership). (1) Changes in risk communication strategies from volcano monitoring or risk management agencies, locally or globally. The 'experiential' films produced for Colombia and St. Vincent are integrated into communication programs in those countries (local) and across the English speaking Caribbean (regional). Further, they have also be used as a communication tool during the recent eruption on St. Vincent. We are involved in a global initiative funded by the Worldbank to create three new films, using this methodology. Global release in March 2018, tested and adopted by volcano observatories worldwide (global - VOLFilm). (2) Changes in risk reduction strategies via the more explicit involvement of communities at risk in the process of monitoring or characterisation of risk, drawing on our research. In St. Vincent our findings are being used to frame a new community-based disaster risk reduction project (local - VolcanoReady - this has formed the cornerstone of SRC's communication during the recent eruption), and the use of cultural responses applied across the English-speaking Caribbean (regional). In Peru we have been invited to initiate a new project, building on our work in Ecuador (regional). An early policy paper (Few and Barclay, 2011) has informed research strategy for the New Zealand Natural Hazard Partnership. (3) Improved awareness and appropriate risk knowledge: IMPACT EVIDENCE: engagement with new projects to monitor all hazards in St. Vincent; community co-production of new cultural exhibit on volcanic risk in St. Vincent. Volcanoes Top Trumps Community book around Cotopaxi (Ecuador). (4) Community empowerment and risk ownership: Co-creation of exhibit and book on the community-monitoring process in Ecuador. Peruvian ash project. Volcanoes Top Trumps Fund projects. Community-based monitoring projects. |
First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Education,Environment,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Policy & public services |
Description | Influenced design of new Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction Activity. |
Geographic Reach | South America |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Changes in risk reduction strategies via the more explicit involvement of communities at risk in the process of monitoring or characterisation of risk, drawing on our research and new methodologies to do this. |
Description | Membership of Foreign and Commonwealth Office Science Advisory Committee (SAC) |
Geographic Reach | North America |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Advice to Govt via the Montserrat Volcano Observatory on current volcanic risk |
Description | SVG workshops |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | AHRC Follow-on Funding for Impact and Engagement |
Amount | £999,887 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/S00579X/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2019 |
End | 12/2019 |
Description | Building Resilience to Environmental Hazards |
Amount | £199,358 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/P015719/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2016 |
End | 07/2017 |
Description | Curating crises: the past as a key to improving the stewardship of hazard knowledges for the future |
Amount | £102,178 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/W00898X/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2022 |
End | 02/2023 |
Description | ESRC/AHRC Forced Displacement Call |
Amount | £299,869 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/P004326/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2016 |
End | 10/2018 |
Description | GCRF Urban Disaster Risk Hub |
Amount | £17,657,278 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/S009000/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2019 |
End | 05/2024 |
Description | Harnessing 'citizen science' to reinforce resilience to environmental disasters:creating an evidence base and community of practice |
Amount | £197,268 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/P016014/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2017 |
End | 09/2017 |
Description | Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE): - 2017-18 GCRF QR University of East Anglia (£ 9800; 2018 - 2018) |
Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of East Anglia |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2018 |
End | 07/2018 |
Description | Innovation Project (Translating Cultures) |
Amount | £99,290 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/P007600/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2016 |
End | 11/2017 |
Description | La Soufriere 2021: Recharge, remobilisation or complete renewal of a magmatic system |
Amount | £52,150 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/W000725/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2021 |
End | 09/2021 |
Description | Making sense of risk and uncertainty: narrative and metaphor in the face of volcanic activity |
Amount | £94,685 (GBP) |
Funding ID | APX\R1\180094 |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2019 |
End | 02/2021 |
Description | NERC International Opportunities Fund |
Amount | £49,709 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2015 |
End | 12/2015 |
Description | Risk at the Margins (RAM): a blueprint for defragmenting disaster risk reduction with populations at risk |
Amount | £122,304 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/T024747/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2020 |
End | 05/2021 |
Description | UEA GCRF Small Award to support design of the audiovisual element to Mountain A Glow |
Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of East Anglia |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2019 |
End | 09/2019 |
Description | British Red Cross |
Organisation | British Red Cross |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | We have shared our knowledge of the cultural and social responses to the SHV eruption and the implication for future preparedness there and in other Caribbean OTs |
Collaborator Contribution | They have provided feed-in to the design of the two exhibits and the website, drawing on their experience of policy influence and disaster preparedness in the region. |
Impact | We have created the exhibits. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | IGEPN |
Organisation | Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School |
Country | Ecuador |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We have shared the outputs from our research which have provided information relevant to monitoring practice (they are the monitoring organisation for volcanoes in Ecuador) |
Collaborator Contribution | They have co-designed and attended workshops and research seminars, and helped to disseminate the findings from our research |
Impact | Workshop on the impacts of ash on smallholding farmers (for farmers); Published papers. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Lambda Films |
Organisation | Lambda Films |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We have contracted them to work on risk communication films with them and contributed to the development of this expertise in this company. |
Collaborator Contribution | They have provided their services overseas at a much reduced cost and also contributed to the editing costs of the risk communication films |
Impact | We have produced multiple films, shown in country and available on the internet. This has been incorporated into the risk communication strategies of our collaborating agencies. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | SRC |
Organisation | University of West Indies |
Department | Seismic Research Centre |
Country | Trinidad and Tobago |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have provided information relating to the research in a format most appropriate to this organisation. THey are the volcano monitoring organisation for the Caribbean. |
Collaborator Contribution | During research visits to the Caribbean, they have attended meetings, provided input and guidance into fieldwork at no cost to the projects. |
Impact | We have produced a series of risk communication films for St. Vincent. We are still writing collaborative papers and we are running several workshops together to convey the outcomes of our research to appropriate decision-makers. A report can be found here, for example: http://streva.ac.uk/what-we-do/forensic-workshops/st-vincent |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Seismic Research Centre |
Organisation | University of West Indies |
Department | Seismic Research Centre |
Country | Trinidad and Tobago |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have worked collaboratively with the Seismic Research Centre on the design of the community consultation event, the creation of the Exhibit and in the coming year its presentation will be included in 'Volcano Awareness Week' |
Collaborator Contribution | Attrended and helped design the community consultation. contributed to the research process (Particularly in interviews of scientists about the role of story telling). Inclusion of our exhibit in their outreach program. |
Impact | Exhibit. Writers, community-member, scientists (volcanologist). |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Servicio Geologico Colombiano |
Organisation | Colombian Geological Service |
Country | Colombia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are collaborating on the creation of new lahar models and new understandings of risk experienced by communities around volcanoes in Colombia |
Collaborator Contribution | They have contributed to the development of the films and the gathering of data |
Impact | STREVA films |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | WB GFDRR |
Organisation | University of Bristol |
Department | School of Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | This is a World Bank project for the Global Fund for Disaster Risk Reduction. It is to create films to improve the communication of volcanic risk. We are bringing our expertise from STREVA in providing advice about structuring and films content - and anticipate providing content. |
Collaborator Contribution | In including our knowledge into these films this will enhance the impact of our research as these films will be distributed worldwide. |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | World Bank GCFDRR Project Volfilm |
Organisation | University of Bristol |
Department | School of Earth Sciences |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We contributed the findings from our own research on films into the construction of new films |
Collaborator Contribution | They supplied us with resource to create the films. |
Impact | VolFilms - can be found here - http://globalvolcanomodel.org/volfilm/volfilm-films/ |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Exhibit display, talk and launch at Montserrat Literary Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We organised a slam of Calypso relating to the eruption and displayed the exhibit, and gave a short talk. We also took part in the Secondary College 'slam' on a separate evening and displayed it at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.alliouaganaexpressnews.com/mountain-a-glow-exhibition-a-conversation-starter/ |
Description | Explosive Transformations workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Workshop designed to engage with poetry, prose and cultural responses to volcanic exhibit. Also designed to create a new exhibit for St. Vincent. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Facilitated discussion with Art Facilitator |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | An Art Facilitator ran a workshop where participants drew and discussed the impacts and relationships created (and destroyed) by volcanic activity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Impact Films |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We created risk communication films for adoption by monitoring and disaster management agencies in Colombia and St. Vincent. These have been screened to communities at risk, shown at local events and views on Youtube where they are reaching the target 'hard to reach' demographic on St. Vincent (20-35) through viewer statistics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/user/STREVAProject |
Description | Impact Films |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | We screened our films during several workshops in St. Vincent and Colombia |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | London Volcano in Norwich |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Over 10,000 people visited our volcano at the Norwich Cathedral Science Festiva. We also ran workshops for schools. All of our activities explored interdisciplinary approaches to volcanic risk |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | LondonVolcano |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We made and erupted a model of Soufriere St. Vincent, we used this as a vehicle to discuss issues around volcanic risk both with UK Public and with SVG policy and decision-makers We reached around 2,000 schoolchildren in the UK, school children in SVG and have had interested people from around the world but particularly West Indies access our website. This has not only inspired those we reached but has provided positive inputs to our research agenda |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://londonvolcano.com |
Description | New website collating outputs |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | We have generated a website that collates the findings from the project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://mountainaglow.com/ |
Description | Norwich Castle Museum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 'Romans versus the Volcano' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Norwich Science Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Disaster Passed - drawing together findings from several projects including STREVA to indicate resilience and opportunities in Caribbean following eruption |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://volcanoutreach.uea.ac.uk/2019/11/08/disaster-passed-at-norwich-science-festival/ |
Description | Peruvian Ash impact workshops |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We ran a series of workshops in communities impacted by volcanic ash, to discuss those impacts and good ways to mitigate them, Transferring learning from STREVA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | STREVA at Norwich Science Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A further exploration of interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Soufriere Blow - an Exhibition on St Vincent |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We created an Exhibit that commemorated and celebrated past eruptions and appropriate cultural responses to those eruptions on island. This exhibit was left as a legacy of the project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | The Romans versus the Volcano |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This was a discussion and hands on experiments at a local science event (Norwich Castle Museum) of what makes volcanoes erupt, how it impacted the Romans around Vesuvius and how populations cope and respond to volcanic activity We were very popular! |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Updated Website |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We have updated and continue to update our website to reflect new results and findings, and share our practice |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://streva.ac.uk |
Description | Volcanoes - an exhibition |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | I curated a public exhibition to run at Oxford's Weston Library from 10 February 2017 - 21 May 2017. This event attracted a lot of media coverage (print, radio and television), and parallel activities, ranging from workshops to public talks. During the exhibition over 50,000 people visited. Over 100 articles about the exhibition were published in the press, with a notional reach of 200 million potential readers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/whats-on/upcoming-events/2017/feb/volcanoes |
Description | Volcanoes Top Trumps |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A team of researchers from the STREVA Project, devised designed and released cards to convey both the impressive and destructive nature of volcanoes. This was done as a collaboration with the brand-owners of Top Trumps. We have also recently released an online digital game more specifically aimed at educators and children. Our website provides further information but also makes a direct link to current research problems and our research output. An online survey has shown this is popular with teachers and they are using this information. In the coming year we hope to consolidate our sales and start to use those funds to catalyse further outreach projects. Our card sale release had a 'Tweet' that reaches > 0.25 million Twitter Feeds. We have caught the attention of both the national and international science community, with card sales in the USA, Ecuador, Trinidad and Montserrat |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
URL | http://volcanoestoptrumps.org |