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Henrik Tehler

Henrik Tehler

Professor

Henrik Tehler

Studying risk governance using a design perspective

Författare

  • Alexander Cedergren
  • Henrik Tehler

Summary, in English

A conceptual framework for systematically studying and analysing risk governance is introduced. The framework, which is influenced by design science, is particularly valuable for relating the way risks are handled at the micro-level to aspects at the macro-level. Three central concepts are included in the framework: purpose, function, and form. A function is used to denote what a specific system does, or needs to do, to achieve the purpose of a risk governance process. The purpose of a risk governance process answers the question why it exists, or why it should be introduced, while the form denotes how the functions are, or should be, carried out in practice. The framework is especially useful as a basis for identifying problems related to a fragmentation of the risk governance process in contexts involving multiple stakeholders. Moreover, it allows descriptive, evaluative, as well as normative approaches. In this way, the framework manages to connect two central types of problems. On the one hand it addresses the problem of understanding and explaining a risk governance process (descriptive approach) and, on the other hand, the problem of constructing, or improving it (normative approach). The usefulness of the design perspective is exemplified in two cases, and the findings from both of these cases indicate a fragmentation of the risk governance process.

Avdelning/ar

  • Lund University Centre for Risk Assessment and Management (LUCRAM)
  • Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet
  • Centre for Societal Resilience

Publiceringsår

2014

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

89-98

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Safety Science

Volym

68

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Nyckelord

  • design perspective
  • design science
  • risk governance
  • risk management
  • fragmentation

Aktiv

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0925-7535