040-0915/04 – Science of a risk (N|oN)
| Gurantor department | Department of Occupational and Process Safety | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. RNDr. Pavel Danihelka, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. RNDr. Pavel Danihelka, CSc. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2021/2022 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
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:
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
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Student actively communicate with the lecturer and prepare written report/essay on agreed topic. She/he presents results and defence them in discussion. Theoretical knowledge is confirmed by examen.
E-learning
Other requirements
Active orientation in literature.
Active communication with lecturer.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
The objective of this subject is to introduce to students the science of danger (cyndinique) as scientific discipline. Following topics will be studied: Terminology in risk sciences. Basic concepts of hazard, danger, risk, vulnerability. Various kinds of risks and their treatment, the development of their understanding in history, socio-cultural, socio-economic and natural sciences (physic, chemistry…) oriented context. Safety ethics, ALARA, ALARP. Science of danger as multidisciplinary field, various degrees and sources of safety complexity. Systemic and systematic approach to the safety treatment, general principles of tools and methods of safety complexity study with emphasis on physical and chemical disciplines and social decision making. Importance of natural, technical and social sciences for risk understanding and mitigation.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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