Bridging the two cultures of risk analysis

Journal Article · Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Risk Analysis; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1993.tb01057.x· OSTI ID:6549815

Jasanoff, S ^[1]

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1. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

During the past 15 years, risk analysis has come of age as an interdisciplinary field of remarkable breadth, nurturing connections among fields as diverse as mathematics, biostatistics, toxicology, and engineering on one hand, and law, psychology, sociology, and economics on the other hand. In this editorial, the author addresses the question: What has the presence of social scientists in the network meant to the substantive development of the field of risk analysis The answers offered here discuss the substantial progress in bridging the two cultures of risk analysis. Emphasis is made of the continual need for monitoring risk analysis. Topics include: the micro-worlds of risk assessment; constraining assumptions; and exchange programs. 14 refs.

• OSTI ID: 6549815
• Journal Information: Risk Analysis; (United States), Vol. 13:2; ISSN 0272-4332
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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