Collaborative Research: (DRU): Shared Governance of Risk

这项研究是一项合作事业，涉及来自多个学科和机构的调查人员，研究联邦和州政府对风险的共同治理。应对极端事件的性质是应对各种风险的优先次序、参与组织整合不一致信息的能力以及各级政府所作决定的直接结果。本研究系统地探讨了联邦对州风险优先级的影响，州风险优先级，联邦和州组织的反应剧目，以及对不一致信息的反应的组织动态。研究活动包括选定的联邦和州组织的案例研究，联邦风险政策和方案的实证研究，在50个州的风险关注的实证研究，以及组织能力和应对极端事件的系统动态模拟。 一个新的理解组织的选择将开发整合的政策过程注意力驱动的模型，用于研究政策制定与系统建模的组织能力和极端事件的反应。调查结果将有助于指导制定更灵活、更能顺应需要的政府间风险管理办法。 这包括设计联邦计划、鼓励州政府活动的激励措施以及改善组织对极端事件的反应。该项目吸引研究生，并向本科生介绍风险政策和政治。

This research is a collaborative undertaking involving investigators from multiple disciplines and institutions in studying the shared governance of risk by the federal and state governments. The character of the response to extreme events is a direct consequence of priorities for addressing various risks, the capabilities of the participating organizations to incorporate discordant information, and the decisions made at multiple levels of government. This research systematically addresses federal influences on state risk priorities, state risk priorities, federal and state organizational response repertoires, and the organizational dynamics of response to discordant information. Research activities include case studies of selected federal and state organizations, empirical study of federal risk policy and programs, empirical study of risk attention in the 50 states, and systems-dynamic simulation of organizational capabilities and responses to extreme events.The research links the systemic-level issues of policy direction and design with the micro-level issues of organizational capabilities and response. A new understanding of organizational choice will be developed that integrates the policy process attention-driven model used to study policy agenda-setting with systems modeling of organizational capabilities and responses for extreme events. The findings will help guide development of more flexible and more responsive intergovernmental approaches to risk management. This includes the design of federal programs, incentives for inducing state activities, and improvement of organizational responses to extreme events. The project engages graduate students and introduces undergraduate students to risk policy and politics.