| MAIN
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
|
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The “Risk Thermostat” |
| -
A Typology of Risk Takers |
| OVERVIEW
|
The
presentation will explore the causes of
increasing risk aversion, and highlight
the importance of trust in the management
of risk |
| CURRENT
POSITION AND COMPANY |
Emeritus
professor of geography at University College
London |
| BACKGROUND
|
John
Adams, professor of geography at
UCL, was a member of the original board
of directors of Friends of the Earth in
the early 1970s and has been a participant
in debates about environmental risks ever
since.
He
has published widely on risk management
issues both in specialist journals and the
national press, and is a frequent contributor
to radio and television programmes on these
subjects. His publications include Risk
and Freedom: the record of road safety regulation
(TPP, 1985), Risk
(UCL Press, 1995), and (with
Michael Thompson), Taking Account
of Societal Concerns about Risk,
a report for the Health and Safety Executive
(2002).
Some
recent publications accessible on line are:
Risky Business for Adam Smith
Institute
www.adamsmith.org.uk/policy/publications/pdf-files/risky-business.pdf
HSE report Taking
Account of Societal Concerns about Risk
www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr035.pdf
In
Defence of Bad Luck for Spiked
/www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006E02C.htm
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