Lecture: Risk & Risk mitigation

Expected Preparation

Learning Events to be Completed Before

None.

Obligatory for Students

None.

Optional for Students

None.

References and background for students:

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Recommended for Teachers

Beck, Ulrich. "From industrial society to the risk society: Questions of survival, social structure and ecological enlightenment." Theory, culture & society 9.1 (1992): 97-123.
Beck, Ulrich. "Risk society revisited." The sociology of risk and gambling reader 61 (2006).
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Risk -(2018)
Keynote Address by Prof. Ulrich Beck at 42nd St. Gallen Symposium

Lesson Materials

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Ulrich Beck in May 2012 in a One on One with Stephen Sackur at the 42. St. Gallen Symposium at the University of St. Gallen.

Instructions for Teachers

Introduction to the definitions of risk (20 min)
Focus on the modern definition of risk (definitions see 4-5 in the slides)
Clarify the epistemic background of risk (20 min - *Covering Law model, inductive-statistical model, induction
Introduce Risk Society (20 min)
Based on Ulrich Beck's Risikogesellschaft

Outline

Introduction to the definitions of risk (20 min)
- Focus on the modern definition of risk (definitions see 4-5 in the slides)
Clarify the epistemic background of risk (20 min - optional)
- Covering Law model, inductive-statistical model, induction
Introduce Risk Society (20 min)
- Based on Ulrich Beck's Risikogesellschaft

Acknowledgements

The Human-Centered AI Masters programme was co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union Under Grant №CEF-TC-2020-1 Digital Skills 2020-EU-IA-0068.

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