Helen Roberts joined the Met Office as a trainee weather forecaster in 2003, and spent much of her career as an Operational Meteorologist working in a variety of sectors, including military, transport, retail and media. Having completed an MSc in psychology, Helen is the UK’s first Socio-Meteorologist, working at the intersection of the social and physical sciences in order to ensure weather forecasts and warnings help people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. She is especially interested in communication that encourages behavioural response, with a particular focus on equipping people to prepare for and respond to extreme and impactful weather that is being exacerbated by our changing climate. Helen is a Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath. Her PhD research explores the decision processes involved in UK weather warnings.
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