Emma Hudson-Doyle’s research at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University lies at the interface between physical and social science, focused on effective communication of science advice, risk, and uncertainty during natural hazards. She adopts mixed methods at the interface of psychology and geosciences to develop needs-led research that informs effective science and risk communication. She advises responding agencies during natural hazards crises regarding the effective communication of forecasts, probabilities, risks, and uncertainty.
Hudson-Doyle is editor in chief of the Journal of Applied Volcanology and executive committee member of the Science Communicators Association of New Zealand. Alongside her research, Emma is a Senior Lecturer within the Emergency Management program at Massey University. She is also seconded part-time into New Zealand's Toka Tū Ake Earthquake Commission through a partnership focused on informing interdisciplinary research into effective disaster risk reduction, enabling effective use of products and tools for risk reduction, and strengthening the links between research and policy/practice.