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Global Risk Assessment

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Risk governance refers to a complex of coordinating, steering, and regulatory processes conducted for collective decision-making involving uncertainty (this article relies an on an updated and modified version of a book chapter (Renn 2014)) (Rosa et al. 2014). Risk sets this collection of processes in motion whenever the risk impacts multiples of people, collectivities, or institutions. Governance comprises both the institutional structure (formal and informal) and the policy process that guide and restrain collective activities of individuals, groups, and societies. Its aim is to avoid, regulate, reduce, or control risk problems.

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Renn, O. (2015). Global Risk Assessment. In: Bainbridge, W., Roco, M. (eds) Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04033-2_37-1

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