Johns Hopkins University - Risk in Modern Society
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Risk in Modern Society at Coursera Overview
Duration | 11 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Risk in Modern Society at Coursera Highlights
- 11% got a tangible career benefit from this course.
- Earn a shareable certificate upon completion.
- Flexible deadlines according to your schedule.
Risk in Modern Society at Coursera Course details
- Risk has become one of the defining features of modern society. Almost daily, we are preoccupied with assessing, discussing, or preventing a wide variety of risks. It is a cornerstone notion for businesses and organizations, but also for nation states and their many levels of government. And even for individuals, risk and the avoidance or embracing thereof, is a key theme.
- The course Risk in Modern Society sheds light on the broad concept of risk. In five distinctive weeks, this course closely examines various types of safety and security risks, and how these are perceived and dealt with in a wide array of professional and academic fields, ranging from criminology, counter-terrorism and cyber security, to philosophy, safety and medical science. Developed in collaboration with scholars from three universities (Leiden, Delft and Erasmus), this course will search for answers to questions such as: ?what is risk??, ?how do we study and deal with risk, ?does ?perceived risk? correspond to 'real' risk, and ?how should we deal with societal perceptions of risk, safety and security?
Risk in Modern Society at Coursera Curriculum
Welcome & Risk in Modern Society
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Lecture 1.1 The History of Risk
Lecture 1.2 The Study of Risk: Security Studies
Lecture 1.3 The Study of Risk: Safety Science
Meet the Instructors & Leiden?Delft?Erasmus
Community Guidelines
What is your learning path?
The History of Risk
The Study of Risk
The History and Study of Risk
Managing Risk
Lecture 2.1 Risk Management
Lecture 2.2 Risk of Natural Hazards
Lecture 2.3 Risk of Natural Hazards / Part II
Lecture 2.4 Risk in the Chemical Industry
Lecture 2.5 Risk in the Chemical Industry / Part II
Lecture 2.6 Risk Management: Strengths and Weaknesses
Risk Management
The Risk of Natural Hazards
Risks in the Chemical Industry
Risk Management: Strengths and Weaknesses
Managing Risk
Risk Perception
Lecture 3.1 Risk Perception
Lecture 3.2 Risk of Terrorism
Lecture 3.3 Risk of Terrorism / Part II
Lecture 3.4 Risk of Violent Crime
Lecture 3.5 The Risk of Violent Crime / Part II
Lecture 3.6 Risk and Moral Emotions
Risk Perception
The Risk of Terrorism
The Risk of Violent Crime
Risk and Moral Emotions
Further Readings
Modern-day Risks: Global Challenges
Lecture 4.1 Modern-day Risk: Global Challenges
Lecture 4.2 Risks in Cyberspace
Lecture 4.3 Risks in Cyberspace / Part II
Lecture 4.4 Risk of Hospital Acquired Infections
Lecture 4.5: Risk of Hospital Acquired Infections / Part II
Lecture 4.6 Risk of Infectious Diseases
Lecture 4.7 Risk of Infectious Diseases / Part II
Lecture 4.8 The Risk of Infectious Diseases / Part III
Modern-day Risk: Global Challenges
Risks in Cyberspace
The Risk of Hospital Acquired Infections
The Risk of Infectious Diseases
Modern-day Risks: Global Challenges
Risk in Modern Society
Lecture 5.1 Risk in Modern Society
Risk in Modern Society
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