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This IAIA training course will equip you with current frameworks and tools for identification, assessment and management of social risks, growing your capacity to consistently and systematically mitigate social risks and deliver social value.
Purpose: This training will improve participants’ capacity to identify social risks consistently and systematically by introducing current, international frameworks. Participants will gain practical tools and skills in applying leading social risk management frameworks. They will learn strategies to engage with communities and stakeholders to address those risks to maximise social value from major infrastructure, including that related to climate adaptation and mitigation.
Content: This interactive course will draw on the work of the Australian National University Institute for Infrastructure in Society (I2S) to discuss: Key theories and international frameworks for social risk management; the 3Ps (Place, Project, Proponent) Social Risk Scanner Tool; the Infrastructure Engagement Excellence (IEE) Standards and related Project Assessment Tools; and case studies to demonstrate application of the tools. Participants will have the opportunity to bring a current project of their own to work on during the training. Group reflections will be used to share learnings.
After this training course, attendees will:
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: At least three years in-field experience in impact assessment, risk management, community/stakeholder engagement or sustainability in major projects; a university degree; and familiarity with social impact and/or risk management requirements for major projects.
Language: English
Duration: 2 days (22-23 April)
Min/Max: 15-45
Price: US $480
Instructors:
Sara Bice, Professor and Director, Institute for Infrastructure in Society (I2S) at the Crawford School of Public Policy, the Australian National University, where she also serves as Head, Policy and Governance Program (Australia)
Dr. Ruth O’Connor, Research Fellow, Australian National University, Institute for Infrastructure in Society (Australia)
Dr. Emerson Sanchez, Research Fellow, Australian National University, Institute for Infrastructure in Society (Australia)
Sara Bice
Sara Bice is Professor and Director, Institute for Infrastructure in Society (I2S) at the Crawford School of Public Policy, the Australian National University, where she also serves as Head, Policy and Governance Program. She is Past President, International Association for Impact Assessment and, in 2020 received the IAIA Outstanding Service Award for her ‘leadership and vision in support of impact assessment’. She has facilitated the learning of thousands of university students and professionals over two decades, working across almost two-dozen countries, including as Professor (Special International Guest) School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing. Sara’s research agenda is cross-cutting and deeply engaged with industry and government. Her research focuses on the intersection of corporations, communities and governments as they negotiate the impacts of major projects, with an aim to mitigate environmental and social risks and optimise potential benefits.
Ruth O’Connor
Dr. O’Connor is an expert in the communication aspects of participatory processes that generate and apply different forms of knowledge to environmental and social issues. Her research in environmental management and current role in major infrastructure development has also explored how these engaged processes can be evaluated. Ruth also draws on extensive experience as an engagement practitioner collaborating with governments, Indigenous groups and landholders to recognise and link knowledge systems to sustainably manage natural resources. She has designed and implemented training courses for climate change professionals and academics seeking to increase their policy impact as well as teaching at University level.
Emerson Sanchez
Dr. Sanchez is ARC Research Fellow at the Institute for Infrastructure in Society, ANU Crawford School of Public Policy. He researches environmental discourses, natural resource politics, social movements, and community engagement. He completed his PhD at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra where he studied environmental discourses surrounding mining disasters.