Project Grant 2230636

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $500,000 will fund the development of a sociotechnical digital twin and serious games to support wildfire risk reduction efforts in Northern California communities through 2025. Under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the University of California, Berkeley will create an innovative digital model integrating physical infrastructure, social networks, and insurance mechanisms across time and space. Serious games will engage stakeholders in collective learning and action. The digital twin will provide macro-regional and micro-local risk views to inform decision-making across scales. Translating risk information and embedding learning in games aims to shift from reactive disaster response to proactive mitigation. Engagement of underrepresented groups and at-risk communities seeks to advance evidence-based informal STEM learning and risk management.