communications alleviate, exacerbate and shift vulnerability, and affect concepts of trust, evidence, and authority • In what ways do factors such as socio-economic status, gender, ethnicity, community, and geography affect the vulnerability of people to different types of risk, and how can this be mitigated? • What interventions might promote opportunity and reduce adversity through different life stages, and promote social inclusion between and across generations? • What are the social and economic implications of physical and mental disability and chronic illness?