1 Uncertainty: new perspectives, questions and proposals, by Gilles Motet -- 2 Uncertainty - its ontological status and relation to safety, by Ove Njå, Øivind Solberg & Geir Sverre Braut -- 3 A conceptual foundation for assessing and managing risk, surprises and black swans, by Terje Aven -- 4...

This open access book explores the synergies and tensions between safety and security management from a variety of perspectives and by combining input from numerous disciplines. It defines the concepts of safety and security, and discusses the methodological, organizational and institutional...

This open access book addresses several questions regarding the implementation of human and organisational factors (HOF) so that recent improvements in industrial safety can be built upon. It addresses sources of frustration in senior management with high expectations of operational...

In this article, I argue that the study of the relationship between organizational design and safety has been largely neglected. Substantial progress has been made in social sciences by considering taking workers' practices and associated social inventions into account. By and large, the human...

In this interview, Karlene Roberts, University of California, Berkeley, discusses her research on high reliability organizations (HROs). She defines HROs as organizations that can have catastrophic outcomes but which conduct relatively error free operations over long periods of time and make...

The working paper looks back over two decades of work pioneered by Todd LaPorte and colleagues, under the banner of High Reliability Theory (HRT). It revisits the American roots of the Berkely-based group and comments on its early and decisive fieldwork choices. It discusses the legacy of HRT...

This study took place at the public -Canton Hospital in Geneva, and lasted one full academic year (sept-2008-sept 2009). The population studied was the assistant-nurses in Anaesthesia. Six first year Master's students in Sociology took part in the research project. This monograph is the result...