Speaker: Otwin Renn

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Ortwin Renn serves as full professor for Environmental Sociology and Technology Assessment  and as Dean of the Economic and Social Science Department at the University of Stuttgart (Germany). He also directs the Stuttgart Research Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies (ZIRIUS) and the non-profit company DIALOGIK, a research institute for the investigation of communication and participation processes in environmental policy making. Renn also serves as Adjunct Professor for “Integrated Risk Analysis” at Stavanger University (Norway) and as Affiliate Professor for “Risk Governance” at Beijing Normal University.

Ortwin Renn has a doctoral degree in social psychology from the University of Cologne. His career included teaching and research positions at the Juelich Nuclear Research Center, Clark University (Worcester, USA), the Swiss Institute of Technology (Zuerich) and the Center of Technology Assessment (Stuttgart). Among others he is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of EU President Barroso, the Scientific and Technical Council of the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) in Lausanne, the National Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management of the People’s Republic of China and the Risk Communication Advisory Committee of the European Food Safety Authority in Parma (Italy).