Core Concepts of Risk Governance

Risk Governance Framework

• Introduction to the IRGC risk governance framework (Revised version, 2017)
• Global Risk Governance – Concept and practice using the IRGC framework (2008)
  Edited by Ortwin Renn and Katherine Walker, IRGC Bookseries 1 published by Springer
• Risk Governance – Towards an Integrative Approach (White Paper, 2005)
• Stakeholder involvement: Involving stakeholders in the risk governance process (Guidebook, 2020)

Risk Governance Deficits

• Risk Governance Deficits (Policy Brief, 2010)
• Risk Governance Deficits (Report, 2009)
• Risk Governance Deficits (Concept Note, 2008)

Governance of Emerging Risks

• IRGC guidelines for emerging risk governance (Report, 2015)
• Appendix to the IRGC guidelines for emerging risk governance(Report Appendix, 2015)
• Public Sector Governance of Emerging Risks (Concept Note, 2013)
• Public Sector Governance of Emerging Risks. Hallmarks and drivers (Workshop report, 2013)
• Improving the Management of Emerging Risks (Concept Note, 2011)
• The Emergence of Risks: Contributing Factors (Report, 2010)
• The Emergence of Risks: Contributing Factors (Executive Summary, 2010)
• Emerging Risks: Sources, Drivers and Governance Issues (revised Concept Note, 2010)

Governance of Systemic Risks

• IRGC Guidelines for the Governance of Systemic Risks Report / Slide presentation (2018)

Resilience

• Critical infrastructure resilience – Lessons from insurance (Policy brief, 2019)
• Resource guide on resilience, Volume 2 (Compilation of authored pieces, 2018)
• Resource guide on resilience, Volume 1 (Compilation of authored pieces, 2016)

Risk Regulation

• Improving risk regulation, (Report, 2015)
• Planning adaptive risk regulation, (Conference report, 2016)
• Transatlantic patterns of risk regulation, (Report, 2017)

Transition Risk

• Risk governance and the low-carbon transition (Policy brief, 2021)

Slow-Developing Catastrophic Risks

• Governance of slow-developing catastrophic risks: Fostering complex adaptive system and resilience thinking  (Report, 2015)
• Preparing for Future Catastrophes (Concept Note, 2013)

Ensuring the Environmental Sustainability of Emerging Technology Outcomes

• Report 3, Guidance to various actors (report, 2023)
• Report 2, Learning and applying IRGC’s finding to various emerging technologies (Edited volume, 2023)
• Report 1, Setting the scene: concerns, cross-sectoral aspect and response strategies (Workshop report, 2022)