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New Approaches towards Risk Governance

On Monday, 4 July 2011, the next Risk and Uncertainty lecture will take place. Professor Ortwin Renn (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Technological and Environmental Sociology) will speak on “Coping with complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity: New approaches towards risk governance”. The lecture is jointly organized by UNU Bonn and the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and will take place 5.15-6.45 p.m. at ZEF (ground floor conference room).