Welcome to Risk Management
Risk Management aims to facilitate the exchange of information and expertise across countries and across disciplines. Its purpose is to generate ideas and promote good practice for those involved in the business of managing risk. All too often assessments of risk are crudely made and the consequences of getting things wrong can be serious, including lost opportunities, loss of business, loss of reputation and even life. This journal examines both the problems and potential solutions.
Free online issue
2009 Volume 11
Four issues per volume
ISSN: 1460-3799
EISSN: 1743-4637
Editors:
Denis Smith, UK
Dominic Elliott, UK
Alan Irwin, Denmark
News
Now online: a special issue on ‘Risk, Attitudes and Behaviour’, guest edited by Joan Costa-Font at the London School of Economics. This issue of Risk Management includes five papers that deal with the formation of risks perception, attitudes and behaviour touching upon the role of emotions, trust and affect. You will find a comprehensive review on the role of affect and trust in shaping risk perceptions, and original empirical analysis on attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) food, explaining differences between experts and population and the role of values as well as views of nature. The issue contains an innovative structural model to explain acceptance of risks of new food technologies in Spain as well as a paper that shows the use of discrete choice experiments to elicit the risk perceptions of accidents. Finally, you will find an article on the role of political support in shaping feelings about and interest in GM food.
Click here to read the article by Lennart Sjoberg free of charge for a limited period.
Forthcoming Events
Institute of Risk Management (IRM), Risk Forum
5-17 September 2008, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
The event for everyone with an interest in all aspects of risk. Come along and develop your skills in Enterprise Risk Management through a range of 38 workshops from leading risk professionals and service providers. Hear from keynote speakers chosen for their ability to provoke thought and debate. General Sir Mike Jackson will speak about leadership in uncertain times; Shami Chakrabarti of Liberty will speak on controlling risk, respecting rights and Rick Haythornthwaite of the Government’s Risk and Regulatory Advisory Council on responding to risk: rights, responsibilities and reaction. Supporting the Forum is IRM’s annual awards dinner, this year hosted by comedian Frankie Boyle, which provides a great opportunity to network with colleagues at the unique setting of Whipsnade Zoo!
Call: +44 (0) 20 7709 9808 or Visit: www.theirm.org/riskforum/bce
About the Journal
"...essential reading for both academics and professionals in the field of risk."