The following may be of interest – the competition is specifically aimed at PhD students and early career researchers.
Best wishes,
Sarah Wood
PsyPAG Chair
Climate
change will undoubtedly have major economic and business implications worldwide
which is why Lloyd's, the world's leading specialist insurance market, is seeking
research papers on the subject for its Science of Risk competition and offering
prizes up to £5,000.
The
competition is open to PhD students or Post-Doctoral research staff with
research that could help Lloyd's better understand core risks, like climate
change, and how our economies and societies will respond to them. Other
categories in the competition include:
• Natural
hazards
• Technological risks
• Biological risks
• Behavioural risks
Prizes
of £2,000 will be awarded for the best research paper in each category as well
as an additional £3,000 for the best overall paper. The runner-up in each
category wins £500.
Entrants
need to demonstrate how science can help insurers overcome technical challenges
including: understanding the impact of climate change; the use of cutting edge
mathematics in catastrophe modelling; and the benefits and risks of
nanotechnology.
Entries
close 15 October 2010.
Further
information and entry forms can be found at: www.lloyds.com/scienceofrisk
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