News & Updates

At CRISiSLab, we are committed to staying at the forefront of our respective fields and keeping our stakeholders informed about the latest developments in our research and activities. To this end, we regularly share news and updates through a variety of channels, including updates on this page.

Mar 22

CRISiSLab Webinar 2024 - Experiments in Earthquake Early Warning Transplantation

The presentation is on work undertaken by GNS Science as part of the RCET program in New Zealand, and EEW work from ShakeAlert in the US.

Feb 22

CRISiSLab Publications: Two Book Chapters in 'Case Studies in Disaster Response'

CRISiSLab, through Dr Raj Prasanna and Dr Marion Tan, has contributed two chapters to the newly published book "Case Studies in Disaster...

Oct 2, 2023

Natural hazards education engagement in Rotorua

Research led by Dr Marion Tan focuses on the sustainable sharing of resources in natural hazard education and strengthening community...

Sep 25, 2023

Understanding the Influence of Human Weather and Impact Reports: Insights from a Webinar

Thomas Krennert from GeoSphere Austria, also known as the Austrian National Weather Service, presented at the fourth webinar of the...

Sep 1, 2023

CRISiSLab at the 2023 QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting

The 2023 QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting was held in Napier from 29-31 August. Almost 250 attendees from different organisations within and...

Aug 30, 2023

Here we go again! Astonishing performances by the High Schoolers in the CRISiSLab Challenge 2023

CRISiSLab at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University proudly hosted the final demonstration day of the third...

Jul 31, 2023

Let's Talk Weather: Webinar on evaluating weather forecasts using user feedback

Maureen Ahiataku, a Senior Meteorologist from Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet), presented at the recent YESS-HIWeather webinar. Maureen...

Jul 13, 2023

Into the second phase of our EEW network

For the past three years, we have been operating a network of 30+ sensors hosted by community members to enhance our research on...

Jul 12, 2023

Webinar: Science communication with maps and memes

In this webinar, we had a friendly presentation and light-hearted conversation with Dr BA Racoma from the University of the Philippines...

Jul 3, 2023

Webinar on citizen science and the warning value chain

Dr Marion Tan from the CRISiSLab presented on a webinar organised by the YESS Community and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)...

Jun 12, 2023

CRISiSLab Webinar: Earthquake Early Warning in China and Beyond

On 8 June 2023, we invited Professor Tun Wang from China to share with our Earthquake Early Warning Community of Practice on the topic of...