Carina Fearnley is Professor of Warnings and Science Communication at the Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL, and Director and Founder of the UCL Warning Research Centre (WRC). Carina is an interdisciplinary researcher, drawing on relevant expertise in the social sciences on scientific uncertainty, risk, and complexity to focus on how natural hazard early warning systems can be made more effective, specifically alert level systems. She has published over 40 peer reviewed academic publications, including 3 authored books, and is Co-I for the EU Horizons Project ‘The HuT’, and she sits on numerous UK and international advisory groups including The Risk-informed Early Action Partnership, and CUAMM Doctors with Africa. Carina frequently appears on national and international media following significant hazard events.