Sitting here at the airport in Singapore, in transit for Kathmandu. Earlier I had reports from the initial team (Andrew, Jacob and Susannah) that they made it and are getting settled in. The only problem is that only one out … Continue reading
Hey, I’m Hari, the climbing researcher for the TripleED Everest expedition. I’ll be shadowing a commercial Everest team and conducting interviews, recording conversations, and much more from the upper mountain. If all goes well, I’ll make an attempt on Lhotse, … Continue reading
In 1 hour, TripleED researchers Andrew, Jacob, and Susannah will board their flights headed west across the Pacific. Markus and Hari will follow in a couple days, and the entire team will meet in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. In … Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: MARCH 20, 2013. STANFORD, CALIFORNIA Researchers go to Mount Everest to study decision-making On March 25th, researchers from Extreme Environments – Everyday Decisions (Triple ED), a project based at the Umeå School of Business and Economics in Sweden, … Continue reading
With less than one week until our departure for Kathmandu, the TripleED research team is busy with expedition preparations! At our base of operations at Stanford University, Markus, the project manager, and researchers Hari, Andrew, Jacob, and Susannah, are readying … Continue reading
TripleED is now officially endorsed by the American Alpine Club. AAC is based in North America and is a “charitable organization that provides knowledge and inspiration, conservation and advocacy, and logistical support for the climbing community.” In practice AAC are … Continue reading
150313 The other day we started our study of everyday activities at the Emergency room at Stanford University Hospital. Excited to see what will come out of this amazingly interesting and dynamic environment!
121112 TripleED´s panel on decision making and risk was featured in the Palo Alto Weekly the other day! See here
111212 Markus Hällgren and Mattias Jacobsson presented their paper “Commodification in a risky business” at the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) annual conference. The presentation investigated how Mount Everest have been commodified and how this contribute to potentially highly dangerous tightly … Continue reading
120512 The first TripleED workshop was arranged at the Department of Sociology, Stanford University. Six mountaineers discussed decision-making and risk assessment at high altitudes, and how this may be applied to sea level organisations. The room was packed, by the more … Continue reading