Gale Lauser’s research while affiliated with Pennsylvania State University and other places

... Research in this area, for example, the development of interactive models and 'games', might contribute to supporting the risk management capability of public sector organisations by increasing the range of knowledge that can be effectively used to develop risk management interventions, increasing the quality and legitimacy of risk-based decisions therein. While research into risk communication has explored the use of 'games' (McGill et al., 2011) this has been in the context of the dominant risk communication paradigms of informing, persuading and supporting dialogue between values and information (Demeritt et al., 2011). In contrast, we suggest the use of risk communication tools to facilitate knowledge transfer for the benefit of policy makers. ...

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Effective risk governance for environmental policy making: A knowledge management perspective