This session explores how creative, interactive and participatory approaches are reshaping risk communication and engagement across the geosciences, disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation. Inspired by the approach being developed within the Horizon Europe AMPLIFY , which combines creative, participatory and scientific methods to support more inclusive and trusted risk communication, the session looks beyond one-way information provision towards dialogue, experimentation, co-creation and collective learning.
We invite contributions on serious games, simulations, role-play, scenario-based and counterfactual exercises, storytelling, arts-based methods, citizen science, co-design, participatory mapping and other innovative formats that support people in understanding, interpreting and acting on risk. We are particularly interested in how these approaches can engage diverse, vulnerable or underserved publics, integrate scientific and local knowledge, and strengthen preparedness, trust, risk awareness, behavioural change and collective action before, during and after disasters.
The session welcomes empirical studies, methodological papers, comparative analyses, case studies, conceptual contributions and lessons learned from research and innovation projects in disaster risk reduction, anticipatory action, climate resilience and adaptation. Contributions addressing climate-related risks, multi-hazard contexts, community resilience, transferability across regions and cultures, and the scalability of participatory approaches are especially encouraged.
A key focus will be on evaluation: how can the effectiveness of interactive and creative approaches be assessed, and how do they perform compared with, or in combination with, more conventional communication channels? We particularly welcome contributions proposing indicators, evaluation frameworks, mixed-method approaches, or evidence on short- and long-term impacts of creative and participatory methods on disaster preparedness and resilience.