The End of Rationality? The Challenge of New Risks and Uncertainties in the 21st Century, Barcelona 2008

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

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: Åsa 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