Tough Mudder is an endurance foot race over 12 miles that belongs to a class of obstacle courses known as MOB, or mud, obstacles and beer, that have seen an explosion in popularity since 2010. They include…
Articles on Risk
Displaying 261 - 274 of 274 articles
It’s alarmingly familiar. Scenes of bushland burning on the fringes of an Australian city. The roofs of threatened homes just visible through the forest canopy and the smoke. Fire-fighters beyond exhaustion…
The dangers of texting while driving recently received renewed attention thanks to a public service documentary produced by German film director Werner Herzog. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…
While new housing financial instruments caused the global financial crisis in 2008, in investment theory innovation is held…
A violent attack by someone who is mentally ill quickly grabs the headlines. And it’s usually implied that mental illnesses are a preventable cause of violent crime. Tackle that and we can all sleep safer…
We take an “efficiency” approach to childhood and child-rearing in Australia. We want kids to grow up and become productive economic citizens without them deviating from identified pathways, and society…
We assess risk every day. But very few of us receive any formal training in the requisite mathematics and statistics, and, partly as a result, poor decisions are made, both by individuals and governmental…
The possibility of harnessing genetic science to head off major depressive disorder, the world’s leading cause of disability, is getting closer. But molecular intervention for this common multifactorial…
Students’ behaviour on spring break may not be that different from weekend activity on campus. An analysis of studies on…
Once again, bushfires are laying waste to Australian homes and communities, this time in Tasmania, with reports of 65 or more properties destroyed in Dunalley alone. Fire emergency services in other states…
Researchers worldwide have condemned an Italian court’s judgement that six scientists and a government official are guilty of manslaughter for underestimating the risk of an earthquake accurately. The…
If you travel in a car with someone infected with the flu, your chance of getting sick is up to 99.9%, according to researchers…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently revised the safety labels for statins, widely used anti-cholesterol drugs. They mandated label warnings saying statins may increase the risk of type 2…
Advances in medical science and technology have significantly reduced the risk of serious complications and death during pregnancy and birth. You’d think this would make mums-to-be more relaxed than they…
Top contributors
-
Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
-
Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
-
Professor of Risk Management, University of Bristol
-
Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University
-
Professor - Risk governance, culture, remuneration, Macquarie University
-
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Miami
-
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
-
Associate Professor of Geography, University of Alabama
-
Visiting Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University
-
Timothy J. Jorgensen is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director of the Health Physics and Radiation Protection Graduate Program and Professor of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University
-
Professor, Finance, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
-
Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
-
Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
-
Associate Professor of Economics, HEC Paris Business School
-
Professeur, philosophe et politologue, École normale supérieure (ENS) – PSL