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    • Meet EDDIE – QuakeCoRE’s new earthquake test dummy 

      Vinnell, Lauren; Johnston, David; Hogan, Lucas; Stephens, Max; Horspool, Nick (2023-04-19)
      Until recently there has been limited understanding of the relationship between behaviour during earthquake shaking and risk of injury. Studying human behaviour during shaking is important, however, because with a better ...
    • Social Influences on behavioural response to earthquake shaking 

      Vinnell, Lauren; Inch, Piata; Johnston, David; Horspool, Nick (2022-04-27)
      Many earthquake injuries in Aotearoa New Zealand occur because people either do not act quickly to protect themselves or act in a way which can lead to harm. Earthquakes are an uncertain context in which to make behavioural ...
    • The shaky south (or not): towards improving communities understanding of earthquake risk in Otago and Southland 

      Johnston, David; Orchiston, Caroline; Becker, Julia; Vinnell, Lauren; Kaiser, Lucy; Stewart, Joshua; Lake-Hammond, Alice; Stirling, Mark; Tapuke, Kelvin; Akther, Marufa (2022-04-27)
      Understanding how people interpret and respond to earthquake risks is vital to any strategy for earthquake risk reduction. Acknowledging that there is a wide range of interpretations of risk is important in determining how ...