Society for Risk Analysis


 

Risk Communication On-line Resources

Searchable databases

T-Rex Risk Communication Bibliography - This site contains an annotated bibliography of over 60 risk communication publications.  Links to full-text documents are provided when available.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications - This database allows visitors to search fields for risk communication and risk perception literature.  Site contains abstracts.

Combined Health Information Database - This database allows visitors to search fields for risk communication and risk perception literature.  Site contains abstracts.

Health Risk Communication Bibliography - This bibliography provides citations to over 800 publications in risk communication and related areas from 1900-2000.

National Environmental Publications Internet Site - This database allows visitors to search US EPA documents stored on-line.

National Service Center for Environmental Publications - This site allows visitors to search for US EPA documents, which can then be ordered in hardcopy.

Publications on the EPA Site - This site offers links to EPA publications that are located on the EPA web site.

PubMed - This site provides a comprehensive database for biomedicine, including access to MEDLINE.  Includes abstracts and links to some full-text articles at publishers' web sites.

PubSCIENCE - This database allows visitors to search fields for risk communication and risk perception literature.  Site contains abstracts.

Risk Communication Bibliography - This bibliography contains references to articles and books in risk communication primarily from the 1980s.

Toxic Release Inventory: Community Right-to-Know - This site offers information for professionals, officials, and stakeholders on the Toxics Release Inventory, including stakeholder dialogue activities.

TOXLINE - This database allows visitors to search fields for risk communication and risk perception literature.

National Cancer Institute - Risk Communication Bibliography - This site is a searchable database for resources in risk communication.

Environmental Journals on the Internet - This site contains links to environmental articles from scientific as well as popular press journals.  There are some full text articles and abstracts available.

National Academies Press - This site allows you to read and order reports from the National Academies' catalogue.

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On-line journals and reports
SRA Risk Communication Bibliography and Appendix - The Risk Communication Specialty Group compiled this annotated bibliography in 1995.

Risk: Health, Safety, & Environment - The official journal of the Risk Assessment and Policy Association is a refereed, interdisciplinary quarterly with full text articles available online.

Journal of Risk Research - The official journal of the Society for Risk Analysis - Europe, this journal publishes peer-review articles from engineering, health, physical, and social sciences related to decision-making, regulation, and policy issues in risk.

Risk Analysis - An International Journal - Risk Analysis is the official journal of the Society for Risk Analysis.  The journal includes cutting edge research on risk communication from a variety of perspectives.

Communicating Foodborne Disease Risk - This article reviews risk communication and risk perception research and relates it to the public's needs for information about foodborne disease risk.

National Academy Press, Improving Risk Communication (1989) - This site provides the table of contents from which visitors can access the book, Improving Risk Communication, in Open Book image format.

Risk Communication in Print and on the Web - This guide provides a selection of risk communication manuals and key resources targeted to companies, government agencies, and other organizations.

Risk Communication and Government - Theory and Application for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency - This paper explores risk communication from a government perspective, with a focus on food risk and science-based communication.

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University research centers and academic departments

Center for Environmental Communication - The CEC is a research consortium of social science scholars investigating environmental communication dilemmas.  Areas of expertise include risk communication.

Center for Environmental Communication Studies - The CECS is dedicated to the study of communication processes and practices in environmental and health policy contexts.  Areas of expertise include risk communication.

Directory of Science Communication Courses and Programs in the United States - This site offers a guide for those interested in higher education in science communication.  The guide lists courses taught across the United States in science, risk, and environmental communication, as well as directors and instructors of programs.

Harvard Center for Risk Analysis - The HCRA is an internationally renowned program in risk analysis.  Areas of expertise include public response to risk.

The Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute - The RSPPI is dedicated to the protection of health through education, services, and research in risk policy.

Environmental Risk Analysis Program, Cornell University - The Environmental Risk Analysis Program at Cornell offers useful resources for citizens and policy makers about risks in their daily lives.

Department of Engineering and Public Policy - Engineering and Public Policy (EPP) is a unique department in the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University which addresses important problems in technology and policy.  Research areas include risk analysis and risk communication.

www.leiss.ca - This site is maintained by Dr. William Leiss, who holds the NSERC/SSHRC/Industry Research Chair in Risk Communication and Public Policy, Haskayne School of Business, at the University of Calgary. He is affiliated with the University of Ottawa affiliation below, as well as a professor in the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University.

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Professional societies and organizations

Risk Assessment and Policy Association - This association focuses on issues related to risk and policy, and publishes the journal, Risk: Health, Safety & Environment.

American Association for the Advancement of Science - This nonprofit organization seeks to further the work of scientists.  This site contains links to AAAS programs, including Science and Society, and Science Education.

International Association for Public Participation - IAP2 is an organization dedicated to the practice and advancement of public participation in policy making.

National Association of Science Writers - The NASW site provides information on science communication and education for science writers.

Risk Communication Specialty Group - Society for Risk Analysis - This site offers information about risk communication activities and related resources sponsored by the Society of Risk Analysis.

Society for Risk Analysis - Home Page - The Society for Risk Analysis provides an open forum for people interested in risk assessment, risk characterization, risk communication, risk management, and risk-based policy.

Society of Environmental Journalists - SEJ is a US-based organization dedicated to the advancement of environmental reporting.

Society for Risk Analysis - Europe - The Society for Risk Analysis - Europe aims to bring together individuals and organizations interested in risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication in Europe.

Second Nature - This nonprofit organization provides educational resources (including syllabi) for faculty, staff, and administrators seeking to integrate environmental sustainability into their curriculum.

Riskworld - This independent web site includes resources in risk communication, including abstracts from previous Society for Risk Analysis annual meetings.

Environmental Communication Network - The ECN is a network of scholars and activists concerned with communication issues related to environmental affairs.

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Last updated on May 28,  2002
Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Please send to hhw@andrew.cmu.edu
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