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Coping with complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity in risk governance: a synthesis
Ortwin Renn1, Andreas Klinke, Marjolein van Asselt
1Department for Social Sciences V, Stuttgart University, Germany. ortwin.renn@sowi.uni-stuttgart.de
Ambio
|March 31, 2011
Summary
This study explores risk governance, which guides policy for uncertain risks. It synthesizes insights to refine the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) framework, enhancing its analytical and normative aspects.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Science
- Policy Studies
- Risk Management
Background:
- Governance involves actors and processes for binding decisions.
- Risk governance applies governance principles to risk policy-making.
- Coping with uncertain, complex, or ambiguous risks requires a framework.
Purpose of the Study:
- To delineate lessons for understanding risk governance from a special issue.
- To synthesize insights from various articles.
- To propose modifications to the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) framework.
Main Methods:
- Review and synthesis of articles within a special issue.
- Analysis of existing risk governance frameworks.
- Conceptual and normative development.
Main Results:
- Identification of key lessons for risk governance.
- Proposed refinements to the IRGC risk governance framework.
- Enhanced understanding of analytical and normative implications.
Conclusions:
- Risk governance offers a basis for managing complex risks.
- The IRGC framework can be improved through synthesis of current research.
- Further insights into the analytical and normative dimensions of risk governance are provided.
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