Dr Sara Waring PhD, C.Psychol, FHEA, PGCert L&T
Senior Lecturer in Investigative and Forensic Psychology Psychology
- Work email S.K.Waring@liverpool.ac.uk
- Personal Websitehttp://www.liv.ac.uk/risk-and-uncertainty/staff/sara-waring/
- ORCID0000-0003-1625-5705
Professional Activities
Summary
I conduct research with a variety of agencies external to the University, including law enforcement and emergency services, and Public Health England and Wales. I also deliver decision making training for many of these agencies, as well as assisting in the design, delivery and evaluation of large scale disaster response training exercises.
Conference Roles
- Invitation to present at the European Society of Medicine 2022 Conference (Spain), by Invitation (Spain, 2022)
- 5th International Conference on Missing Children and Adults, by Invitation (2021)
- Building Urban Resilience in the Global South at Invitation to Frontiers of Development Symposium, by Invitation (Putrajaya, Malaysia, 2019)
- Multiagency Information Sharing in Live Threat Incidents at Invitation to present at the British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology Annual Conference, by Invitation (2019)
- Research with Impact: Decision Making and Information Sharing During Disaster Response at Invited to present at the All-Ireland Psychology Student Congress, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University College Dublin, 2019)
- Facilitators and Barriers to Developing Firefighter Resilience at Annual Conference in Fire Related Research and Developments (2018)
- “Ex. Absorb & Op. Zenith”: Information Sharing and Decision Delay in Extreme Environments at Invitation to present at Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats Conference, by Invitation (2017)
- Perception, Calculation and Communication of Risk Under High Uncertainty at Invitation to the 6th Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its Applications, by Invitation (Singapore, 2016)
- Decision Inertia in High Stakes Contexts at Invitation to present in the Criminal and Terrorist Threats: Assessing the Resilience of Underground Infrastructure Workshop, by Invitation (Bergen, Norway, 2017)
- Invitation to present at a CREST conference, by Invitation (Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats, 2017)
- Invitation to present at 16th Toward Autonomous Robotic Systems conference, by Invitation (16th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, 2015)
- Decision Making under Conditions of Uncertainty at Invitation to present keynote speech at the Operational Discretion Conference, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters, 2018 - 2019)
Editorships
- Frontiers in Psychology (Invited Guest Editor, 2021 - 2022)
Event Roles
- National Fire Chiefs Council COVID-19 Learning Workshop (Workshop, Eleanor Rathbone Building, University of Liverpool, 2022)
Examination Roles
- University of Liverpool, PhD in Psychology (2023)
- Charles Sturt University, Doctor of Public Safety Examination, Charles Sturt University Australia (PhD, 2022)
- PhD Examination, Kings College London (2021)
- University of Liverpool, PSYC706 Assessment and Legal Processes (PGT, 2018 - present)
- University of Liverpool, PhD Examination, University of Liverpool (2018 - present)
Expert Opinions
- Lead External Evaluator for the National Fire Chiefs Council COVID Committee, Invited (National Fire Chiefs Council, 2020 - 2022)
- Merseyside Resilience Forum - Training, Exercising and Validation Subhroup, Invited (2018 - present)
- Business continuity and resilience, Invited (2018 - present)
- Independent debrief of the Bosley Mill explosion, Invited (2016 - present)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
- Member of the National Fire Chiefs Council Academic Collaboration, Evaluation and Research Group (National Fire Chiefs Council, 2022 - present)
- Expert Advisor to a Home Office funded project, Invited (Lancaster University, 2020 - present)
- Expert Evaluator and Advisor for the National Fire Chiefs Council COVID-19 Recovery Group, Invited (Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, 2020 - 2022)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- IPH Institute Leadership Team Member (School / Institute, 2023 - present)
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Research and Impact Strategy Committee member (Faculty, 2023 - present)
- IPH Research and Impact Committee member (School / Institute, 2023 - present)
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Impact Leads Group member (Faculty, 2023 - present)
- IPH Impact Group Lead (School / Institute, 2022 - present)
- Institute of Population Health Impact Lead (School / Institute, 2022 - present)
- Member of the UoA4 REF Planning Committee (School / Institute, 2019 - 2021)
- Impact Lead for the Department of Psychology (Department, 2016 - present)
- IPH Impact Group Member (School / Institute, 2022 - present)
- Independent member of UoA2 REF planning group (Faculty, 2019 - 2021)
- IPH Research Committee member (School / Institute, 2019 - present)
- UoA4 REF Impact Lead (Faculty, 2018 - present)
- Research Coordinator for the Critical and Major Incident Psychology research group (Department, 2014 - present)
- Ethics Reviewer (University, 2018 - present)
- IPH content lead for the social psychology and individual differences theme of the UG curriculum (School / Institute, 2017 - present)
- Deputy Programme Director of the MSc in Investigative and Forensic Psychology (School / Institute, 2013 - present)
Media Appearances
- Various articles of University of Liverpool News, University of Liverpool (Invited)
- BBC Radio Merseyside interview, BBC Radio Merseyside, Roger Phillips phone-in (Invited, September 2018)
- Newspaper article - "Don’t panic – meet the experts with a steady hand when disaster strikes", The Guardian (Invited, September 2018)
- Extreme Decision Making, University of Liverpool podcast (Invited, April 2018)
- The Kerslake Report - Opinion Piece, University of Liverpool News (Invited, March 2018)
- Good Rapport in Interviews, CREST Security Review (Invited, November 2016)
- Considerations for Training Development, Crisis Response (March 2016)
- Have you tried science?, University College London radio show (Invited, February 2016)
Organisations I have been associated with
- NSPCC (2021 - present)
- Missing People (2021 - present)
- Devon and Cornwall Police (2020 - present)
- South Wales Police (2020 - present)
- National Fire Chiefs Council (2020 - present)
- Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme (2013 - 2015)
- Public Health England (2017 - present)
- Public Health Wales (2018 - present)
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (2013 - present)
- London Fire Brigade (2014 - present)
- Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service (2015 - present)
- Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (2009 - present)
- North West Ambulance Service (2014 - present)
- London Ambulance Service (2014 - present)
- Merseyside Resilience Forum (2014 - present)
- London Resilience Partnership (2015 - present)
- Merseyside Police Service (2010 - present)
- Metropolitan Police Service (2018 - present)
- West Midlands Police (2009)
- West Mercia Police (2008)
- Dorset Police (2007 - 2008)
- National Police Improvement Agency (2009 - 2010)
- Mersey Ferries (2013 - 2014)
- Merseyside Youth Offending Service (2007 - 2008)
- Cheshire East Council (2013 - 2015)
- Barnardo's (2013 - 2015)
- Cheshire Without Abuse (2013 - 2015)
- Hydra Foundation - http://www.hydrafoundation.org (2011 - present)
Professional Body Memberships
- Incident Command Group, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (Expert Academic Advisor, 2020 - present)
- Centre for Crime, Justice and Policing, University of Birmingham (Member, 2019 - present)
- N8 Policing Research Partnership (Member, 2015 - present)
- Better Policing Collaborative (Member, 2015 - present)
- Liverpool Institute for Risk and Uncertainty, University of Liverpool (Member, 2013 - present)
- Centre for Autonomous Systems Technology, University of Liverpool (Member, 2013 - present)
- Higher Education Academy (Fellow, 2012 - present)
- British Psychological Society (Chartered Psychologist, Member of Forensic Division, 2011 - present)
- Hydra Foundation (Academic Member, 2011 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Module coordinator for PSYC703 Policing and Emergency Response
- Deputy programme director for MSc Investigative and Forensic Psychology
- IPHS lead for the Undergraduate curriculum theme of 'social psychology and individual differences'
- IPHS lead for the 'excellence in research' subgroup of the Psychological Sciences review team