This section contains a description of the dynamics leading to the three Riskworld scenarios. It comprises an introduction and four subsections: 1. Following a brief introduction, we reflect on the history of risk perception and management, using this to explore the changing meaning of risk, and...

The three scenarios developed by the sponsors and workshop participants of the Riskworld project are described in this section. They are: ” Expert Rules ” Common Sense ” Kaleidoscope Together, they depict three paths society might follow as it copes with an environment characterised by...

This paper first examines Aristotle's original conceptualization of phronesis in the Nicomachean Ethics, arguing that it includes an important, implicit aesthetic aspect which is often overlooked in modern social science; second, it finds links between this conception of phronesis and current...

In this paper we argue that that which philosophers consider as being included in the domain of the aesthetic is a crucial aspect determining the plausibility of a narrative; that plausibility actually plays a more significant role than probability in many cognitive processes of deliberation and...

Managing tomorrow’s people is a report about the future of people management and the issues that might arise in 2020. Developed by specialists from PricewaterhouseCoopers Human Resource Services practice using scenarios methodology, it documents three possible worlds of the future. Each world...