developing concepts of risk governance that have relevance across different risk types, problem areas, organisations and countries
Regulation of Carbon Capture and Storage
Publication of Policy Brief "Regulation of Carbon Capture and Storage"
WIREC 2008
IRGC hosted an Official Side Event entitled Risk Governance Guidelines for Bioenergy Policies at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) on Thursday 6 March. More information here
Risk Governance Framework
IRGC has recently published an "Introduction to the IRGC Risk Governance Framework"
Critical Infractructures
Publication of Policy Brief "Managing and reducing social vulnerabilities from coupled critical infrastructures"
Nanotechnology
Publication of Policy Brief : "Nanotechnology Risk Governance"
Employment opportunities
IRGC is currently seeking applicants for the positions of Research Associate and Research Intern.
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Published by Springer earlier this year, “Global Risk Governance – Concept and Practice Using the IRGC Framework” contains a description of the IRGC’s innovative risk governance framework, critiques of the framework by internationally renowned experts on risk governance, seven case studies which apply the framework to specific risk issues and a chapter in which Ortwin Renn – who leads this area of IRGC’s work – itemises the lessons learned from the various critiques, case studies and experiences of using the framework since the 2005 publication of the White Paper “Risk Governance – Towards an Integrative Approach”.
Copies of the book can be ordered from Springer Academic Publishers