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Three framing devices for managing risk

Summary of presentation for CRIMS (Canadian Risk and Insurance Management Society) conference, Calgary, 17-20 September 2006. It is important to be clear about the type of risk you are dealing with. Directly perceptible risks are dealt with instinctively and intuitively. Virtual risks are culturally constructed when the science is inconclusive people are liberated to argue …

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On becoming Vashti: reflections of a novice blogger

My nomination for the most prescient work of science fiction is The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster. Writing in 1909, not only did he anticipate television, the Internet, video conferencing, email, Amazon, Google and Globalization but, more significantly, the impact that they would have on our lives. It is a short story about a world …

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Presentations

All downloads are in PDF format, unless otherwise stated. 2017 The Pathway to Driverless Cars and the Sacred Cow Problem: some behavioural challenges to think about. Presentation for National Infrastructure Commission Roundtable on connected and autonomous vehicles, London, 27 April. 2016 Driverless cars and the sacred cow problem. Cultural Theory of Risk and Regulatory Governance Workshop, Tilburg, …

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Letters & Reviews

All downloads are in PDF format, unless otherwise stated. DATE TITLE 2007 John Stuart Mill and the cream-bun theory of liberty Letter published in The Guardian, 11 August. 2005 In Favour of Speed Cameras But Letter to editor of Local Transport Today, 6 Janurary 2003 How do we rate our chances? Reveiw of Reckoning with …

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About

Emeritus Professor of Geography at University College London. I was a member of the original Board of Directors of Friends of the Earth in the early 1970s and have been involved in debates about environmental issues ever since. I am intrigued by the persistence of attitudes to risks. For the past 30 years, the same …

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Essays

All downloads are in PDF format, unless otherwise stated. DATE TITLE 2016 Driverless cars and the sacred cow problem, abridged version published in City Metic, 5 September 2016 2016 Risk and Culture,  published (2016) as chapter 7 in Routledge Handbook of Risk Studies 2015 Cycling and Safety: change must take root in people’s minds, World …

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Books

DATE TITLE BUY / DOWNLOAD 2013 Cities at Risk: Living with Perils in the 21st Century (Joffe, Rossetto and Adams eds.) – £90.00!!! You can also download a draft of my chapter – Risk Compensation Buy on Amazon 1995 Risk UCL Press Download book as PDF (1.5MB) View reviews Up dated preface – March 2009 [PDF]. …

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