{"id":4700,"date":"2025-11-17T14:51:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:52:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:52:40","slug":"rebutting-some-common-ideas-about-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/rebutting-some-common-ideas-about-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebutting some common ideas about risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Professor Terje Aven<\/em> is rebutting some common ideas about risk: <\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cRisk is same as risk perception\u201d,<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. \u201cRisk is adequately understood and characterized using quantification, probabilities and numbers\u201d,<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. \u201cResilience needs to be addressed beyond risk\u00a0 –\u00a0 resilience needs more focus than risk\u201d and<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. \u201cGeneric risk science knowledge and guidance are not so important, what matters are the practitioners\u2019 experience and understanding of risk.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0<\/span>Host: Associate Professor Marja Yl\u00f6nen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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    You can find a transcription here (pdf, opens in new tab).<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Professor Terje Aven is rebutting some common ideas about risk: \u201cRisk is same as risk perception\u201d, \u201cRisk is adequately understood and characterized using quantification, probabilities and numbers\u201d, \u201cResilience needs to be addressed beyond risk\u00a0 –\u00a0 resilience needs more focus than Les mer …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2390],"tags":[1933,1934,2463,2464,2465],"class_list":["post-4700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundamental-issues-in-risk-science","tag-uis-2","tag-podkast-2","tag-risk","tag-resilience","tag-experience"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TAven_Podcast_FundamentalRisk_440x300px.png?fit=440%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OAJ5-1dO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4606,"url":"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/a-history-of-risk-science-conversation-with-the-author-professor-terje-aven\/","url_meta":{"origin":4700,"position":0},"title":"“A History of Risk Science\u201d: Conversation with the author professor Terje Aven","author":"NettOp UiS","date":"27\/08\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Host: Associate Professor Marja Yl\u00f6nen Featuring Professor Terje Aven Join us as we discuss the author's new book, A History of Risk Science, tracing the evolution of risk science from its origins to today. 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