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Title: Bridging the two cultures of risk analysis

Abstract

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.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6549815
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Risk Analysis; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13:2; Journal ID: ISSN 0272-4332
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; INTERAGENCY COOPERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLITICAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOLOGY; COOPERATION; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; 290300* - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety; 290200 - Energy Planning & Policy- Economics & Sociology; 552000 - Public Health

Citation Formats

Jasanoff, S. Bridging the two cultures of risk analysis. United States: N. p., 1993. Web. doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.1993.tb01057.x.
Jasanoff, S. Bridging the two cultures of risk analysis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1993.tb01057.x
Jasanoff, S. 1993. "Bridging the two cultures of risk analysis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1993.tb01057.x.
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title = {Bridging the two cultures of risk analysis},
author = {Jasanoff, S},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1111/j.1539-6924.1993.tb01057.x},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6549815}, journal = {Risk Analysis; (United States)},
issn = {0272-4332},
number = ,
volume = 13:2,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1993}
}