Taming uncertainty: the WRR approach to risk governance

Gerard de Vries, Imrat Verhoeven and Martin Boeckhout

Journal of Risk Research, 2011, vol. 14, issue 4, 485-499

Abstract: In the past decade, Renn and others have drawn up classifications of the various types of risk problems. In these taxonomies, degree of incertitude serves as a main distinguishing mark. However, because risk problems may migrate between different categories, these classifications provide unreliable guides for policy-makers. This paper argues that this flaw points to a deeper issue, viz. the dynamic relations between uncertainty and risk. An approach to risk governance developed within the WRR, a Dutch government think tank, addresses these issues. The paper discusses the conceptual and normative basis of the WRR approach and a number of its institutional and legislative consequences.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2011.553728

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