040-0915/02 – Science of a risk (N|oN)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Occupational and Process SafetyCredits10
Subject guarantorprof. RNDr. Pavel Danihelka, CSc.Subject version guarantorprof. RNDr. Pavel Danihelka, CSc.
Study levelpostgraduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
YearSemesterwinter + summer
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2018/2019Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesFBIIntended for study typesDoctoral
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
BER72 prof. Dr. Ing. Aleš Bernatík
DAN40 prof. RNDr. Pavel Danihelka, CSc.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Examination 0+0
Part-time Examination 0+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the science of danger (cyndinikou) as a science. The following categories will be examined: Basic concepts of safety and dangers, different types of risks, their perception and management, development of content meaning of these concepts over time, socio-cultural, socio-economic and natural context. Ethics of danger and its coping. Doctrine of Danger as multidisciplinary science, different degrees and causes of complexity of security. Systematic and system approach to security solutions, general rules of tools and methods of study, focusing on physical and chemical disciplines. The relationship of scientific disciplines in a complex concept of safety, the importance of physical and chemical sciences for risk understanding and coping.

Teaching methods

Individual consultations

Summary

The subject provides the student with introduction into the theory of risks, respectively safety, dangers, threats, vulnerabilities and tools of their study and management. It contains basic concepts of safety and danger, different types of risks, their perception and management, the evolution of the meaning of these concepts over time, socio-cultural, socio-economic and natural-sciences based context. It emphasizes social sciences in cyndinique (scince of danger), e.g. ethics in the area of danger and its management and decision-making processes. It represents a systematic and systemic approach to addressing safety, general rules of its instruments and methods of study with a focus on physical and chemical disciplines. It emphasizes modern techniques such as multi-hazard approach, risk trade-off and resilience. It presents the relationships of scientific disciplines in a comprehensive concept of security, the importance of natural, social and technical sciences in understanding and managing risks.

Compulsory literature:

Handbook of Risk Theory, Editors: Sabine Roeser, Rafaela Hillerbrand, Per Sandin, Martin Peterson, ISBN: 978-94-007-1432-8 (Print) 978-94-007-1433-5 (Online), Springer 2012 Reducing risks, protecting people, HSE’s decision-making proces, ISBN 0 7176 2151 0, © Crown copyright 2001

Recommended literature:

ALARP "at a glance" - http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/theory/alarpglance.htm Terje Aven: Risk Analysis and Management, Basic Concept and Principles, R&RATA # 1 (12) , (Vol.2) 2009, March, available at http://www.gnedenko-forum.org/Journal/2009/012009/RATA_1_2009-08.pdf

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

No further requirements.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

The course syllabus will be in accordance with the topic and focus of the dissertation always for a specific student.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2018/2019 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Examination Examination   3
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