Many technology debates are characterized by uncertainty in scientific knowledge and emotional discussions between different stakeholders. A considerable amount of information is provided by different stakeholders, emphasizing different views of a controversial subject. This includes, on the one...

This article describes the results of a scientific discourse which aimed at exploring the reasons for differences in expert health risk assessment of radio frequency electromagnetic fields of mobile telephony. It starts with describing the structure of the discourse. Then, the reasons for the...

Visitors' risk perceptions have been found to influence the on-site behaviour of tourists and their intention to return to a destination or to recommend it to others. The present study analyses the perception of tourism risks in the Tyrol, Austria. Building on the psychometric paradigm,...

Peter M. Wiedemann, Udo Erdmann und Frederik Freudenstein, University of Wollongong, TIBER und KIT, stellen die Ergebnisse einer Umfrage vor, die sich mit der Bewertung einzelner erneuerbarer Energieformen befasst, und zwar mit Solarenergie, Windenergie an Land und auf See, Wasserkraft und...

Early risk detection is essential for being able to address the most important environmental health risk-topics in a persistent and prospective manner. In support of the action programme “Environment and Health” (APUG) of the German Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security (BMGS) and...

Forschungsbericht im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie und des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales in Kooperation mit der Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Bonn 2014 (213 Seiten)

"Im Rahmen der Studie 'Arbeitsqualität und wirtschaftlicher Erfolg: Panelstudie zu Entwicklungsverläufen in 600 deutschen Betrieben' hat das IAB das infas - Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft GmbH mit der Durchführung der Beschäftigtenbefragung beauftragt. Die als Panel angelegte...

"The project 'Quality of work and economic success' examines the correlation between the implementation of sustainable human resource (HR) management approaches, the quality of work and the success of a company. The goal is to identify development processes and approaches for promising measures...