NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Risk Science

NSERC风险科学工业研究主席将在风险科学方面开展广泛的研究和培训计划，特别是在与技术发展相关的风险评估和管理方面。该计划包括开发和应用新的方法来尽可能充分地描述风险和伴随的不确定性，以及管理这些风险的选择。包括知识转移部分，以促进使用基于证据的风险管理策略来解决国家和国际关注的风险。总的来说，该计划将促进风险科学的发展，这是一个在加拿大仍然不发达的领域。将解决的重要当代技术风险问题的例子包括碳捕获和储存，水力压裂和无线电信。主席将制定原则来指导复杂技术风险问题的决策，这将有助于选择最合适的监管，经济，咨询，社区或技术风险管理解决方案。了解公众对技术风险的看法和有效的风险沟通是研究计划的重要组成部分。主席将与科学家和联邦政府的决策者合作，从而帮助确保风险科学中最好的方法用于解决对加拿大人重要的风险问题。主席认识到技术风险问题的跨界性质，如来自工业设施和机动车辆的环境空气污染，他还将与美国和欧洲的国际风险科学专家密切合作。该教席将为风险科学高级培训作出重大贡献，从而增加加拿大这一领域高素质人员的数量。该教席的研究方案最终将使加拿大社会受益，有助于确保加拿大在以安全和可持续的方式开发和商业化新技术方面继续处于领先地位。

The NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Risk Science will conduct a broad program of research and trainingin risk science, particularly with respect to the assessment and management of risks associated withtechnological development. The program involves the development and application of new methodologies forcharacterizing risks and attendant uncertainties as fully as possible, as well as options for managing those risks.A knowledge transfer component is included in order to promote the use of evidence-based risk managementstrategies for addressing risks of national and international concern. Overall, the program will promote thedevelopment of risk science, a field that remains underdeveloped in Canada.Examples of important contemporary technological risk issues that will be addressed include carbon captureand storage, hydraulic fracturing, and wireless telecommunications. The Chair will develop principles to guidedecision making on complex technological risk issues, that will help in selecting the most appropriateregulatory, economic, advisory, community based, or technological risk management solutions. Understandingpublic perceptions of technological risks and effective risk communication are important components of theresearch program.The Chair will work with both scientists and policy makers in the federal government, thereby helping toensure that the best available methods in risk science are used in addressing risk issues of importance toCanadians. Recognizing the transboundary nature of technological risk issues such ambient air pollution fromindustrial facilities and motor vehicles, the Chair will also work closely with international experts in riskscience in the United States and Europe. The Chair will contribute significantly to advanced training in riskscience, thereby increasing the number of highly qualified personnel in this field in Canada. The researchprogram of the Chair will ultimately benefit Canadian society by helping to ensure that that Canada remains aleader in the development and commercialization of new technologies in a safe and sustainable manner.