As Director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, it’s probably not surprising that I’m constantly being asked “what on earth is risk science?” What is surprising is how hard it is to come up with a clear and concise answer. Which is why I decided to spend a good portion of my “installation” lecture the other week developing the idea of what I think of as being Risk Science.
As the lecture is now available on-line, I thought it worth posting a link to it just in case anyone is interested. But with a huge caveat – the sound quality is abysmal!
Ironically – as the Risk Science Center is very much focused on communication – this is a great example of how not to use on-line videos of lectures to communicate. In fact, if it wasn’t for the fact that there’s some useful content here, I would bury the video out of shame, and pretend that it never existed.
The AV folk are going to try and clean the sound up (good luck to them!), and if they succeed, I might think about chopping this up into more accessible chunks. But for now, on the assumption that there may be one person at least out there who might find this of use, here’s the link:
Building a Sustainable Future – The Role of Risk Science
The interesting stuff begins around five minutes in by the way, after all the pomp and ceremony.
And just in case you are interested in a more accessible account of my perspective on risk science, I was pleased with Gwyneth Shaw’s recent write-up in the New Haven Independent, under the headline A Call For Stepping Up “Risk Science”
(The PDF of the slides associated with the lecture are available here, but I’m not sure how useful they are without the accompanying narrative)
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