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  | | 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 of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations(Illustrated) by Michael Baram, Ortwin Renn, Preben Hempel Lindøe, Prebeen Hempel Lindoe Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2013 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-107-02554-7, ISBN: 1-107-02554-0 "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 ..." |
 | | The Risk Society Revisited Social Theory and Risk Governance by Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn, Aaron Mccright Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2013 by Temple University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4399-0258-5, ISBN: 1-4399-0258-5 "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 impr ..." |
 | | 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(1st Edition) Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions (The Earthscan Science in Society Series) by Ortwin Renn, Andreas Hohlt, Nicole C. Karafyllis, Dorothea Taube Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-88737-4, ISBN: 1-138-88737-4 "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 ..." |
 | | International Science and Technology Education Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions by Ortwin Renn, Nicole C. Karafyllis, Andreas Hohlt, Dorothea Taube 272 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-50021-6, ISBN: 1-317-50021-0 "Schreiner, Camilla and Svein Sjøberg (2007): Science Education and Youth's Identity Construction: Two Incompatible Projects? In: The Re-emergence of Values in the Science Curriculum, edited by Deborah Corrigan, Justin Dillon and Richard Gunstone. Sense Publishers, Rotterdam. Science Partnership Programme (2013): The Official Website of Science Partnership Programme. Available from http://www.jst.go.jp/cpse/spp/ [Accessed 8 Septembe ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | Cross-Cultural Risk Perception A Survey of Empirical Studies by Ortwin Renn, Bernd Rohrmann 242 Pages, Published 2013 by Springer Science & Business Media ISBN-13: 978-1-4757-4891-8, ISBN: 1-4757-4891-4 "Center for Risk Research, Stockholm School of Economics. Sjöberg,L. 1996. A discussion of the limitations of the psychometric and cultural theory approaches to risk perception. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 68, 219–225. Sjöberg,L. 1997. Explaining risk perception: An empirical evaluation of cultural theory. Risk Decision and Policy, 2, 113–130. Slovic, P. 1987. Perception of risk. Science, 236 , 280–285. Slovic, P.1991. Beyond num ..." |
 | | Risk Governance Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World by Ortwin Renn 368 Pages, Published 2012 by Taylor & Francis ISBN-13: 978-1-136-55797-2, ISBN: 1-136-55797-0 "Slovic, P. (1987) 'Perception of risk', Science, vol 236, no 4799, pp280–285 Slovic, P. (1992) 'Perception of risk: Reflections on the psychometric paradigm', in S. Krimsky and D. Golding (eds) Social Theories ofRisk, Praeger, Westport, CT, pp117–152 Slovic, P. (1993) 'Perceived risk, trust and democracy', Risk Analysis, vol 13, pp675–682 Slovic, P. (2000a) 'Trust, emotion, sex, politics, and science: Surveying the risk assessment ..." |
 | | Safe or Not Safe Deciding What Risks to Accept in Our Environment and Food by Paul Pechan, Ortwin Renn, Ingemar Pongratz, Allan Watt Hardcover, 150 Pages, Published 2011 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-7867-7, ISBN: 1-4419-7867-4 "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 ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | International Science and Technology Education Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions by Ortwin Renn, Nicole C. Karafyllis, Andreas Hohlt, Dorothea Taube 272 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-50020-9, ISBN: 1-317-50020-2 "The research group was moderated by Ortwin Renn (chair) and Nicole C. Karafyllis (co-chair) and supported by a scientific team of young researchers, Dorothea Taube and Andreas Hohlt. The editors would like to thank the contributors to this book, all team members who helped to finalize this book, organize the workshops and the many group meetings, and in particular the directors and administrators of the BBAW for their continuous an ..." |
 | | Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action by Ortwin Renn, Eugene A. Rosa, Thomas Webler, Carlo C. Jaeger Published 2013 ISBN-13: 978-1-306-11739-5, ISBN: 1-306-11739-9 |
 | | Earthscan Risk in Society Ser. Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action by Ortwin Renn, Eugene A. Rosa, Thomas Webler, Carlo C. Jaeger 320 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-134-20302-4, ISBN: 1-134-20302-0 "Annual Review of Sociology 19:375–399. Coase, R.H. 1937. “The Nature of the Firm.” Economica 4:386–405. Cole, B. and Gealt, A. 1989. Art of the Western World: from Ancient Greece to Post-Modernism. New York: Summit Books. Coleman, J.S. 1990. Foundations of Social Theory. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Collins, R. 1988. Theoretical Sociology. NewYork: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. Collins, R. 1994. Four Sociological Traditi ..." |
 | | Risk Governance of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations by Preben Hempel Lindøe, Michael Baram, Ortwin Renn Printed Access Code, Published 2013 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-139-19830-1, ISBN: 1-139-19830-0 "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 efforts to assess and prevent major accidents and improve safety performance. Presented in three parts, it begins with a review of the factors involved in designing, implem ..." |
 | | Environmental Standards Scientific Foundations and Rational Procedures of Regulation with Emphasis on Radiological Risk Management by Klaus Pinkau, Ortwin Renn 394 Pages, Published 2013 by Springer Science & Business Media ISBN-13: 978-1-4757-2797-5, ISBN: 1-4757-2797-6 "Scientific Foundations and Rational Procedures of Regulation with Emphasis on Radiological Risk Management Klaus Pinkau, Ortwin Renn. participated in writing the ,seed text" to section 5.4, and Ernst Mohr (Kiel) contributed to Section 6.2.1 by a lecture and a manuscript. Special thanks are also due to Ludger Honnefelder (Bonn), Albrecht Kellerer (Munich), Lutz von Rosenstiel (Munich) and Martin Weber (Kiel) who provided written com ..." |
 | | Earthscan Risk in Society Ser. Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action by Carlo C. Jaeger, Thomas Webler, Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn 320 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-134-20309-3, ISBN: 1-134-20309-8 "We are especially indebted to Almut Beck, Robert Brulle, Tom Dietz, Hadi Dowlatabadi, Riley Dunlap, Ottmar Edenhofer, William F. Freudenburg, Silvio Funtovicz, Daniel Jackson, Valerie Jenness, Ragnar Löfstedt, Bernd Kasemir, Allan Mazur, Aaron McCright, Claudia Pahl, Kristin Shrader- Frechette, Paul Stern, James F. Short, Jr., JerryRavetz, Steve Rayner and Matthias Wächter for their help, encouragement and critical comments. Moreov ..." |
 | | The Risk Society Revisited Social Theory and Risk Governance by Ortwin Renn, Aaron Mccright, Eugene Rosa Published 2013 ISBN-13: 978-1-4399-0260-8, ISBN: 1-4399-0260-7 |
 | | Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment Ser. Radioactive Waste: Technical and Normative Aspects of Its Disposal by Ortwin Renn, Eckard Rehbinder, Carl Friedrich Gethmann, Christian Streffer, Georg Kamp Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-283-45143-7, ISBN: 1-283-45143-3 |
 | | Risk Governance Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World by Ortwin Renn Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-84977-244-0, ISBN: 1-84977-244-4 |
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