Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) 2008

Conference Papers

Title Author(s) Year
Workshop 1

Philosophical reflections on Risk Management and Complex Systems (RMCS)

Pre-Reading - How relevant is the 'Universe of Philosophy' to RMCS?
Reading 1 - Complex Philosophy
Reading 2 - ACERA 0602
Reading 3 - Point of View: Listen to your engineer
Reading 4 - Occam's Razor
Reading 5 - Emergence
Reading 6 - The Bradford Hill: Considerations on causality
Reading 7 - The Birth Weight 'Paradox Uncovered'
Reading 8 - ABC Health Report
Reading 9 - ABC News: Parents furious over school cancer cluster

Crooke, David 2008

Aggregating Beliefs: Consensus versus Compromise

Reading - A formal model for consensus and negotiation in environmental management

Colyvan, Mark 2008

Philosophical interpretations of probability

Reading 1 - A Philosopher's Guide to Probability
Reading 2 - Interpretations of probability

Alan Hajek 2008
Conference presentations
Short course on Causality and Decision Analysis for Risk Analysts Cox, Tony 2008
Bounty schemes to assist in eradication biological invasions Cacho, Oscar; Spring, Daniel; Hester, Susan 2008
Engaging community detectives in a Science Cafe: Deliberating biosecurity detection and risk in Cairns and Canberra de Chazal, Jacqueline; Carr, Anna 2008
Congnitive bias and the precautionary principle: The evidential gap in Cass Sunstein's Laws of Fear: Beyond the precautionary principle Clarke, Steve 2008
Identifying areas of Australia at risk of H5N1 Avian Influenza infection through introduction via wild bird populations East, Iain; Hamilton, Sam; Sharp, Louise; Garner, Graeme 2008
Expert judgment of unpredictable and/or low probability environmental health risks: Chemical micropollutants in recycled water Flander, Louisa; Burgman, Mark; McBride, Marissa 2008
Endgame: Applying risk-benefit and analysis to regulatory decision making Gough, Janet; Atapattu, Asela 2008
Evaluating the likelihood of disease detection in pigs at saleyards and abattoirs using scenario tree modeling Hernandez-Jover, Marta; Cogger, Naomi; Schembri, Nicole; Martin, P.A.J.; Holyoake, P.K.; Toribio, Jenny-Ann 2008
Risk string theory: ten dimensions of risks Keese, Paul 2008
Integrated Assessment of environmental and economic systems in catchment modelling Kragt, Marit 2008
How useful is the simplistic theoretical definition of risk to manage risk in complex real-life systems? Leonte, Daniela 2008
Using Dynamic Ecological-Economic-Modeling to Facilitate Deliberative Multi-criteria Evaluation (DMCE) in Quantifying and Communicating Bioinvasion Uncertainty Liu, Shuang; Cook, David; Proctor, Wendy 2008
ACERA project 0709: International comparison of quantative risk analysis systems Mittinty, Murthy; Whittle, Peter; Hamiton, Grant; de Barro, Paul; Burgman, M; Mengersen, Kerrie 2008
A risk-based approach for investigating denitrification in urban stormwater treatment wetlands Overall, Robyn; Grace Michael; Pollino Carmel; Hart, Barry 2008
Poster: REMSE risk Sedmak, Melissa; Evans, Alison 2008
Poster: Managing business risks arising Stern, Harvey 2008
Assessing and communicating the biosecurity risk posed by small-scale pig production in Eastern Australia Toribio, Jenny-Ann; Schembri, Nicole; Hernandez-Jover, Marta; Holyoake, T. 2008
Integrating risk assessment into environmental policy for waterways Westbury, Ann-Maree 2008