SoRU
TG04

Sociology of Risk

and Uncertainty

Abstracts

 


 

 

5-8 September 2008
ISA Forum of Sociology Barcelona
TG 04 Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty

The End of Rationality? The Challenge of New Risks and Uncertainties in the 21st Century

Session Streams & General Schedule

Session stream I

Rationalities of Governance and Regulation
Chair: Bridget Hutter, LSE, UK, B.M.Hutter@lse.ac.uk

Governance and Regulation: the State and Beyond (Fri, 5th, 15.30-17.30)

Regulatory Reform, Trust and Legitimacy (Fri, 5th, 18.00-20.00)

Risk Regulation Regimes (Sat, 6th, 9.00-11.00)

Science, Governance and Risk (Sat, 6th 11.30-13.30)

The Morality of Risk - Risk Moralities
Chair: Johannes Brinkmann, johannes.brinkmann@bi.no, Norwegian School of Management, Norway

Risk, Insurance and Morality (Sat, 6th, 15.30-17.30)

Other Issues on Risk and Morality (Sat, 6th, 18.00-20.00)

Risks in Financial Markets (Sun, 7th, 9.00-11.00)
Chair: Helena Flam

Theorizing Risk and Uncertainty
Chair: Jens O. Zinn, University of Kent, UK, j.zinn@kent.ac.uk

General Theorizing and Developments (Sun, 7th, 11.30-13.30)

Different Approaches and Specific Aspects (Sun, 7th, 15.30-17.30)

Theorizing Risk and Uncertainty - Risk in Decision Making (Sun, 7th, 18.00-20.00)
Chair: Jens O. Zinn, University of Kent, UK, j.zinn@kent.ac.uk

Power, Democracy and Risk
Chair: Ortwin Renn, ortwin.renn@sowi.uni-stuttgart.de, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Session I (Mon, 8th, 9.00-11.00)

Session II (Mon, 8th, 11.30-13.30)

Risk and Health and Illness
Chair: Andy Alaszewski, CHSS, University of Kent, UK, A.M.Alaszewski@kent.ac.uk

Session I (Fri, 5th, 15.30-17.30)

Session II (Fri, 5th, 18.00-20.00)

Session III (Sat, 6th, 9.00-11.00)

Session IV (Sat, 6th, 11.30-13.30)

Social Work and Risk
Chair: Jo Warner, University of Kent, UK, J.Warner@kent.ac.uk

Session 1 (Sat, 6th, 15.30-17.30)

Session 2 (Sat, 6th, 18.00-20.00)

Risk and Crime and Prevention
Chair: Hazel Kemshall, De Montfort University, UK, kemshall@dmu.ac.uk

Session 1 (Sun, 7th, 9.00-11.00)

Session 2 (Sun, 7th, 11.30-13.30)

Risk, Difference and Social Inequality (Sun, 7th, 15.30-17.30)
Chair: David Abbott, SCARR, University of York and University of Bristol, UK, D.Abbott@bristol.ac.uk

Socio-Cultural Differences (Sun, 7th, 18.00-20.00)
Chair: Ĺsa Boholm, asa.boholm@cefos.gu.se

Risk as Media Event
Chair: Jenny Kitzinger, University Cardiff, UK, kitzingerj@cardiff.ac.uk

Session 1 (Mon, 8th, 9.00-11.00)

Session 2 (Mon, 8th, 11.30-13.30)

Biographical Coping with Risk and Uncertainty (shared session with RC38)

Session 1 (Sat, 6th, 9.00-11.00)
Chair: Gabriele Rosenthal, University of Gottingen, Germany g.rosenthal@gmx.de

Session 2 (Sat, 6th, 11.30-13.30)
Chair: Jens O. Zinn, University of Kent, UK, j.zinn@kent.ac.uk

The Everyday Management of Risk (Sat, 6th, 9.00-11.00)
Chair: Tom Horlick-Jones, horlick-jonest@Cardiff.ac.uk
Session 1

The Everyday Management of Risk and Edgework (Sat, 6th, 11.30-13.30)
Chair: Stephen Lyng, slyng@carthage.edu, Carthage College, USA

Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty and Public Debate (Sat, 6th, 15.30-17.30)
Chair: Peter Taylor-Gooby, University of Kent, UK, p.f.taylor-gooby@kent.ac.uk

 

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