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Safe or Not Safe
Deciding What Risks to Accept in Our Environment and Food
by Paul Pechan, Ortwin Renn, Allan Watt, Ingemar Pongratz
Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2014 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-1-4899-9301-4, ISBN: 1-4899-9301-0

"Based on an EU workshop at the end of 2005, the book discusses risk and our food supply. The introductory chapter will discuss all aspects of risk and how it applies to food, from risk classification to risk management. Following a discussion of risk, the authors will present three different case studies that will emphasize the following issues:• What do we want as individuals, as a society• What is the political context of the risk dis ..."

The Risk Society Revisited(Reprint)
Social Theory and Risk Governance
by Eugene A. Rosa, Aaron Mccright, Ortwin Renn
Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2015 by Temple University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4399-0259-2, ISBN: 1-4399-0259-3

"Risk is a part of life. How we handle uncertainty and deal with potential threats influence decision making throughout our lives. In "The Risk Society Revisited, " Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn, and Aaron M. McCright offer the first book to present an integrated theory of risk and governance.The authors examine our sociological understanding of risk and how we reconcile modern human conditions with our handling of risk in our quest for im ..."

Risk Governance(1st Edition)
Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World (Earthscan Risk in Society)
by Ortwin Renn, A. Barrie Pittock
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2008 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-84407-292-7, ISBN: 1-84407-292-4

"'Risk Governance is a tour de force. Every risk manager, every risk analyst, every risk researcher must read this book - it is the demarcation point for all further advances in risk policy and risk research. Renn provides authoritative guidance on how to manage risks based on a definitive synthesis of the research literature. The skill with which he builds practical recommendations from solid science is unprecedented.'Thomas Dietz, Dire ..."

Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action(1st Edition)
(Earthscan Risk in Society)
by Carlo C. Jaeger, Ortwin Renn, Thomas Webler, Eugene A. Rosa
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2001 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-85383-770-8, ISBN: 1-85383-770-9

"Risk as we now know it is a wholly new phenomenon, the by-product of our ever more complex and powerful technologies. In business, policy making, and in everyday life, it demands a new way of looking at technological and environmental uncertainty. In this definitive volume, four of the world's leading risk researchers present a fundamental critique of the prevailing approaches to understanding and managing risk - the 'rational actor pa ..."

The Role of Public Participation in Energy Transitions(1st Edition)
by Ortwin Renn, Frank Ulmer, Anna Deckert
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2020 by Academic Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-819515-4, ISBN: 0-12-819515-0

"The Role of Public Participation in Energy Transitions provides a conceptual and empirical approach to stakeholder and citizen involvement in the ongoing energy transition conversation, focusing on projects surrounding energy conversion and efficiency, reducing energy demand, and using new forms of renewable energy sources. Sections review and contrast different approaches to citizen involvement, discuss the challenges of inclusive part ..."

Ethnic Conflicts and Civil Society(1st Edition)
Proposals for a New Era in Eastern Europe (Routledge Revivals)
by Andreas Klinke, Ortwin Renn, Jean-Paul Lehners
Paperback, 298 Pages, Published 2020 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-93552-5, ISBN: 1-138-93552-2

"Published in 1997. After the collapse of the communist system, the political systems in Eastern Europe were unable to cope with increasing tensions between ethnic majorities and minorities. These tensions led to violent ethnic conflicts and civil wars, in particular in former Yugoslavia. In this phase of transition and nation-(re)building, ethnic groups strove for more political autonomy and even territorial secession. The newly indepen ..."

International Science and Technology Education(1st Edition)
Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions (The Earthscan Science in Society Series)
by Ortwin Renn, Andreas Hohlt, Dorothea Taube, Nicole C. Karafyllis
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-50681-7, ISBN: 1-138-50681-8

"Education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is crucial for taking advantage of the prospects of new scientific discoveries initiating or promoting technological changes, and managing opportunities and risks associated with innovations. This book explores the emerging perspectives and methodologies of STEM education and its relationship to the cultural understanding of science and technology in an international c ..."

Risk Governance of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations(Reprint)
by Preben Hempel Lindøe, Michael Baram, Ortwin Renn
Paperback, 452 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-51526-0, ISBN: 1-107-51526-2

"This book evaluates and compares risk regulation and safety management for offshore oil and gas operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Norway, and Australia. It provides an interdisciplinary approach with legal, technological, and sociological perspectives on their efforts to assess and prevent major accidents and improve safety performance offshore. Presented in three parts, the volume begins with a review of the technical, l ..."

International Science and Technology Education
Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions
by Ortwin Renn, Dorothea Taube, Nicole Karafyllis, Andreas Hohlt
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2015 by Taylor And Francis
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-88738-1, ISBN: 1-138-88738-2

Political Participation in France and Germany
by Oscar W. Gabriel, Silke I. Keil, Eric Kerrouche, Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot, Jürgen Bauknecht, Björn Egner, Kristina Faden-Kuhn, Christophe Premat, Ortwin Renn, Emmanuel Rivat, Ecpr Press
Paperback, 332 Pages, Published 2013 by Ecpr Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-907301-83-4, ISBN: 1-907301-83-6

"How do France and Germany compare in the world of participatory political communities? This volume sets out an impressive historical, theoretical and institutional framework for a comprehensive, comparative and empirical analysis of the forms, patterns, trends and determinants of citizen participation in two of Europe's largest democracies. Written by an international team of political scientists, it starts with an outline of the partic ..."

Cross-Cultural Risk Perception(Reprint)
A Survey of Empirical Studies (Risk, Governance and Society)
by Ortwin Renn, Bernd Rohrmann
Paperback, 242 Pages, Published 2010 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-4961-5, ISBN: 1-4419-4961-5

"Cross-Cultural Risk Perception demonstrates the richness and wealth of theoretical insights and practical information that risk perception studies can offer to policy makers, risk experts, and interested parties. The book begins with an extended introduction summarizing the state of the art in risk perception research and core issues of cross-cultural comparisons. The main body of the book consists of four cross-cultural studies o ..."

Environmental Standards(Reprint)
Scientific Foundations and Rational Procedures of Regulation with Emphasis on Radiological Risk Management
by Klaus Pinkau, Ortwin Renn
Paperback, 394 Pages, Published 2010 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-5027-7, ISBN: 1-4419-5027-3

"It is not uncommon that a group of scientists from many different disciplines join a working group, discuss a topic of interest and edit a volume of articles related to this topic. They may even agree on a jointly written introduction or conclusion . The study group "Environmental Standards" established in 1987 as an expert panel of the German Academy of Sciences and Technology in Berlin broke with that common tradition and became invol ..."

Ethnic Conflict and Civil Society
Proposals for a New Era in Eastern Europe
by Andreas Klinke, Ortwin Renn, Jean-Paul Lehners
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1998 by Ashgate Pub Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-84014-462-8, ISBN: 1-84014-462-9

"The papers presented in this volume are based on the discussions of a workshop which asked: how can ethnic and political cooperation be accomplished in ethnically and politically heterogeneous countries after the collapse of the communist regimes which left a void for nationalist and even chauvinist movements? The objectives are: to promote a better understanding of the contemporary "ethnic" conflicts and their social, cultural and poli ..."

Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation - Evaluating Models for Environmental Discourse(Reprint)
by Ortwin Renn, Thomas Webler, Peter Wiedemann, New Hampshire, Peter M. Wiedemann
Paperback, 381 Pages, Published 1995 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-0-7923-3518-4, ISBN: 0-7923-3518-X

"Ortwin Renn Thomas Wehler Peter Wiedemann In late July of 1992 the small and remote mountain resort of Morschach in the Swiss Alps became a lively place of discussion, debate, and discourse. Over a three-day period twenty-two analysts and practitioners of public participation from the United States and Europe came together to address one of the most pressing issues in contemporary environmental politics: How ..."

Social Unrest
OECD Reviews of Risk Management Policies (Paperback)
by Aleksandar S. Jovanovic, Ortwin Renn, Regina Schröter
Paperback, 104 Pages, Published 2012 by Steinbeis-Edition
ISBN-13: 978-3-943356-03-8, ISBN: 3-943356-03-5

Social Unrest
by Aleksandar S. Jovanovic, Ortwin Renn, Regina Schröter
Paperback, 101 Pages, Published 2012 by Organization For Economic
ISBN-13: 978-92-64-17345-3, ISBN: 92-64-17345-5

"This report develops a framework for analysing social unrest within a complex understanding of systemic risk, identifying triggers and drivers for the emergence of social unrest and, based on this functional analysis, to design policy options for dealing with it."

Angewandte Philosophie. Eine Internationale Zeitschrift / Applied Philosophy. an International Journal(1st Edition)
2019: Interdisziplinaritat in Den Geistes Und ... and Social Sciences (German Edition)
by Michael Quante, Carl Friedrich Gethmann, Thomas Gutmann, Steffen Martus, Ulrich Pfister, Tim Rojek, Ortwin Renn, Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf, Erika Thomalla, Daniel Zimmer
Paperback, 155 Pages, Published 2019 by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co
ISBN-13: 978-3-8471-0946-4, ISBN: 3-8471-0946-4

"Present-day academia often asserts the necessity for interdisciplinary research without asking what exactly is meant by 'interdisciplinarity' in the first place and what it can be precisely. Also, this call for cooperation is made irrespective of specific disciplines and groups of academic professionals. This leaves open the question as to what challenges or even problems come up for specific disciplines and departments. These papers of ..."

Das Gruppendelphi-Verfahren(1st Edition)
Vom Konzept bis zur Anwendung (German Edition)
by Marlen Niederberger, Ortwin Renn
Paperback, 207 Pages, Published 2017 by Springer Vs
ISBN-13: 978-3-658-18754-5, ISBN: 3-658-18754-9

"Das Gruppendelphi-Verfahren ermöglicht einen wissensbasierten und konstruktiven Diskurs mit einer interdisziplinären Gruppe an Experten, die unterschiedliche Sichtweisen und Urteile präsentieren. Dieses Lehrbuch führt in die Grundlagen der Methode des Gruppendelphis ein und stellt dessen praktische Anwendung anschaulich und anhand von konkreten Forschungsprojekten dar. Das Gruppendelphi wurde in Anlehnung an das klassische Delphi-Verfah ..."

Die Energiewende Verstehen - Orientieren - Gestalten(1st Edition)
Erkenntnisse Aus Der Helmholtz-allianz Energy-trans
by Armin Grunwald, Jens Schippl, Ortwin Renn
Paperback, 601 Pages, Published 2017 by Nomos
ISBN-13: 978-3-8487-3584-6, ISBN: 3-8487-3584-9

"Der Band vereint die wichtigsten Forschungsergebnisse der Helmholtz-Allianz ENERGY-TRANS zur Energiewende aus dem Blickwinkel unterschiedlicher Fachbereiche: u.a. der Soziologie, der Psychologie, der Politikwissenschaft und der Wirtschaftswissenschaften."

Symposium(1st Edition)
Soziale Nachhaltigkeit: Beiträge für das "Symposium: Soziale Nachhaltigkeit" am 2.11.2017, Potsdam (IASS) (ISÖ-Text)
by Michael Opielka, Ortwin Renn
Paperback, 196 Pages, Published 2017 by Bod - Books On Demand
ISBN-13: 978-3-7460-3231-3, ISBN: 3-7460-3231-8

"... S. 65-79, http://nbnresolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-5491 Littig, Beate/ Spitzer, Markus, 2011: Arbeit neu. Erweiterte Arbeitskonzepte im Vergleich. Literaturstudie zum Stand der Debatte um erweiterte Arbeitskonzepte. Arbeitspapier 229."