International Risk Governance Center ‐ EPFL

The EPFL International Risk Governance Center (IRGC) is an interdisciplinary unit dedicated to extending knowledge about the increasingly complex, uncertain and ambiguous risks that affect society. We develop risk governance strategies that focus on involving all key stakeholder groups, including citizens, governments, businesses and academia.

Our work is rooted in the IRGC Risk Governance Framework, as well as subsequent frameworks that we developed to apply more specifically to the governance of emerging and systemic risks. We assess how these frameworks can be applied to a wide range of specific risk domains, and in recent years we have focused increasingly on risks associated with emerging technologies.

The following are among the areas we are currently working on:

News and current activities

Governance of and by digital technology conference

IRGC and the EU Horizon 2020 TRIGGER Project co-hosted a conference on important aspects of technological change and society’s reliance on digital technologies. Conference videos and proceedings are available on the conference website.

Conference website

Involving stakeholders in the risk governance process

This report offers best practices on engaging stakeholders in risk governance. It explains what can be achieved by involving stakeholders and gives advice on the best ways to do so.

Download the guide