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

Low-carbon transition risks

This policy brief argues that climate policy success requires greater focus on identifying, assessing and managing potential adverse impacts of the low-carbon transition.

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Governance of and by digital technology conference

IRGC and the TRIGGER Project co-hosted a conference on digital technology governance. Conference videos and proceedings are available on the conference website.

Conference website