In the fifth episode of our new series on science advice and government, host Dr Rob Doubleday discusses how SAGE and modelling advice were used during the Nepal Earthquake in April 2015. He's joined by James Jackson, an Earthquake Geologist and Professor in Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and Professor Emily So, an Artchitectural Engineer and Director of the Cambridge University Centre for Risk in the Built Environment (CURBE). Both James and Emily work on earthquakes, what causes them and what damage they do. 

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Season 5 is produced in partnership with the research project Expertise Under Pressure, Centre for the Humanities and Social Change at the University of Cambridge.

CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is hosted by CSaP Executive Director Dr Rob Doubleday, and is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Jessica Foster. Research for this series is supported by CSaP Policy Researcher Nick Cosstick.

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Resources relevant to this episode:

• Summary Note of the SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) meeting on the Nepal Earthquake, 27 April 2015
• Scientific background on PAGER (Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response): https://on.doi.gov/359qgn4
• NSET (Earthquake Safe Communities in Nepal): https://www.nset.org.np/nset2012/
• Final Report of the Earthquakes Without Frontiers project: https://bit.ly/3htYB37
• Global Earthquake Model: https://www.globalquakemodel.org/
• World Housing Encyclopaedia: http://www.world-housing.net/
• Robin Spence and Emily So’s book: Why Do Buildings Collapse in Earthquakes: Building for Safety in Seismic Areas. 

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