Research themes

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Decision-making under uncertainty

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People involved in the management of high-risk activities are confronted with various uncertainties: the hazards associated with industrial activities, the impact of organizational changes at operators’ or supervisory authorities’ sites, etc.

Different strategies need to be put in place to manage these uncertainties.

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Arbitration between partially conflicting goals

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Safety goals cannot be separated from other requirements, such as lowering costs, innovation and meeting stakeholder expectations.

How can we reconcile these different goals?

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Organizational vulnerability and HOF

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Safety seeks to ensure that no unacceptable damage occurs.

The capacity of organizations to make sense of their environment, detect new threats, and adopt new technical, human and organizational measures, are all factors contributing to risk management.

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Experience feedback

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Experience feedback is an essential industrial risk management process. Its aim is to improve safety by learning lessons from events, incidents and accidents.

The relationship between experience feedback and other safety management activities needs to be carefully thought through. Its long-term performance is closely linked to the organization’s safety culture.