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Risk Governance and Risk Overviews

Monographs and Edited Volumes

  • Dreyer, M. and Renn, O. (eds.): Food Safety Governance. Integrating Science, Precaution and Public Involvement. Heidelberg and New York (Springer 2009)
  • Renn, O.: Risk Governance. Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World. London (Earthscan 2008)
  • Renn, O.: Risk Governance. Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World. London (Earthscan 2008)
  • Renn, O. and Walker, K. (eds.): Global Risk Governance. Concept and Practice Using the IRGC Framework. International Risk Governance Council Bookseries 1. Berlin and Heidelberg (Springer 2008)
  • IRGC (International Risk Governance Council): Risk Governance of Nanotechnology Applications in Food and Cosmetics, written by A. Grobe, O. Renn and A. Jaeger (IRGC: Geneva 2008)
  • IRGC (International Risk Governance Council): Nanotechnology – Risk Governance. White Paper No. 2, written by O. Renn and M. Roco with annexes by M. Roco and E. Litten (IRGC: Geneva 2006)
  • IRGC (International Risk Governance Council): Risk Governance: Towards an Integrative Approach. White Paper No. 1, written by O. Renn with an annex by P. Graham (IRGC: Geneva 2005)
  • Jaeger, C.C.; Renn, O.; Rosa, E.A. and Webler, Th.: Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action. London (Earthscan 2001)

Articles

  • Assmuth, B.; Hilden, M.; Lyytimäki, J.; Benighaus, Ch. and Renn, O.: Big Pictures, Close-ups, Roadmaps and Mind-maps: Perspectives on Integrated Treatment of Multiple Risks. Int. J. Risk Assessment and Management, Vol. 13, Nos.3-4 (2009), 294-312
  • Aven, T. and Renn, O.: On Risk Defined as an Event Where the Outcome is Uncertain. Journal of Risk Research, Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 2009), 1-11
  • Aven, T. and Renn, O.: The Role of Quantitative Risk Assessments for Characterizing Risk and Uncertainty and Delineating Appropriate Risk Management Options, with Special Emphasis on Terrorism Risk. Risk Analysis, Vol. 29, No. 4 (2009), 587-600
  • Renn, O. and Schweizer, P.: Inclusive Risk Governance: Concepts and Application to Environmental Policy Making. Environmental Policy and Governance, No. 19 (2009), 174-185
  • Radandt S.; Rantanen, J. and Renn, O.: Governance of Occupational Safety and Health and Environmental Risks. In: H.-J. Bischof (ed.): Risks in Modern Society. Berlin and Heidelberg (Springer 2008), pp. 127-258
  • Renn, O. Risk Governance: Combining Facts and Values in Risk Management. In: H.-J. Bischof (ed.): Risks in Modern Society. Berlin and Heidelberg (Springer 2008), pp. 61-126
  • Renn, O.: Concepts of Risk- Part 1. GAIA Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Vol. 17, No. 1 (2008), 50-66
  • Renn, O.: Concepts of Risk- Part 2. GAIA Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Vol. 17, No. 2 (2008), 196-204
  • Renn, O.: Food Safety Through Risk Analysis: the Role of Private and Public Governance. In: Th. Sikor (ed.): Public and Private in Natural Resource Governance. A False Dichotomy. London (Earthscan 2008), pp. 189-204
  • Sellke, P. And Renn, O.: Risk Governance of Pervasive Computing Technologies. The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2008), 215-224
  • Renn, O.: Three Decades of Risk Research: Accomplishments and New Challenges. Journal of Risk Research, Vol.1, No. 1 (1997), 49-71
  • Renn, O.: The Social Arena Concept of Risk Debates. In: S. Krimsky and D. Golding (eds.): Social Theories of Risk. Westport, CT (Praeger 1992), pp. 179-197
  • Renn, O.: Concepts of Risk: A Classification. In: S. Krimsky and D. Golding (eds.): Social Theories of Risk. Westport, CT (Praeger 1992), pp. 53-79

Risk Evaluation and Management

Monographs

  • Renn, O.; Schweizer, J.-P.; Müller-Herold, U. and Stirling, A. (Eds.): Precautionary Risk Appraisal and Management. An Orientation for Meeting the Precautionary Principle in the European Union. Bremen (Europäischer Hochschulverlag: Bremen 2009)
  • Streffer, C.; Bücker, J.; Cansier, A.; Cansier, D.; Gethmann, C.F.; Guderian, R.; Hanekamp, G.; Henschler, D.; Pöch, G.; Rehbinder, E.; Renn, O.; Slesina, M. and Wuttke, K.: Environmental Standards. Combined Exposures and Their Effects on Human Beings and Their Environment. Berlin (Springer 2003)
  • Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen (WBGU): World in Transition: Strategies for Managing Global Environmental Risks. Berlin (Springer 2000)
  • Pinkau, K. and Renn, O. (eds.): Environmental Standards. Scientific Foundations and Rational Procedures of Regulation with Emphasis on Radiological Risk Management. Dordrecht and Boston (Kluwer 1998)

Articles

  • Cope, S., Frewer, L.J., Renn, O. and Dreyer, M.: Potential Methods and Approaches to Assess Social Impacts Associated with Food Safety Issues. Food Control, Vol. 4 (2009)
  • Dreyer, M.; Renn, O.; Cope, S. and Frewer, L.: Including Social Impact Assessment in Food Safety Governance. Food Control, Vol. 4 (2009)
  • Renn, O.: Precaution and the Governance of Risk. In: N. Adger and A. Jordan (eds.): Governing Sustainability. Cambridge (Cambridge University Press 2009), pp. 226-258
  • Renn, O.: Precaution and Ecological Risk. In: S. E. Jörgensen and B.D. Fath (eds.): Human Ecology. Volume 4 of the Encyclopedia of Ecology, 5 Volumes. Oxford (Elsevier 2008), pp. 2909-2916
  • Renn, O.: An Ethical Appraisal of Hormesis: Toward a Rational Discourse on the Acceptability of Risks and Benefits. Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 27 (2008), 627-642
  • Dreyer, M. and Renn, O.: Developing a Coherent European Food Safety Policy: The Challenge of Value-Based Conflicts to EU Food Safety Governance. In: L. Frewer and H. van Trijp (eds.): Understanding Consumers of Food Products. Cambridge (Woodhead 2007), pp. 534-557
  • Dreyer, M.; Renn, O.; Borkhart, K. und Ortleb, J.: Institutional Re-arrangements in European Food Safety Governance: A Comparative Perspective. In: E. Vos & F. Wendler (eds.): Food Safety Regulation in Europe: A Comparative Institutional Analysis. Maastricht (Intersentia Publishing: 2007), pp. 9-64
  • Renn, O.: Precaution and Analysis: Two Sides of the Same Coin? EMBO Reports, Volume 8 (April 2007), 303-305
  • Klinke, A.; Dreyer, M.; Renn, O.; Stirling, A. and van Zwanenberg, P.: Precautionary Risk Regulation in European Governance. In: Journal of Risk Research, Vol. 9. Issue 4 (June 2006), 373-392
  • Stirling, A.; Renn, O. and van Zwanenberg, P.: A Framework for the Precautionary Governance of Food Safety: Integrating Science and Participation in the Social Appraisal of Risk. In: E. Fisher, J. Jones and R. von Schomberg (eds.): Implementing the Precautionary Principle. Perspectives and Prospects (Edwar Elgar: Cheltenham 2006), pp. 284-315
  • Renn, O. and Klinke, A.: Systemic Risks: A New Challenge for Risk Management. EMBO Reports, Special Issue, Vol. 5 (October 2004), 541-546
  • Klinke; A. and Renn, O.: A New Approach to Risk Evaluation and Management: Risk-Based, Precaution-Based and Discourse-Based Management. Risk Analysis, Vol. 22, No. 6 (December 2002), 1071-1994
  • Klinke, A. and Renn, O.: Precautionary Principle and Discursive Strategies: Classifying and Managing Risks. Journal of Risk Research, Vol. 4, Issue 2 (April 2001), 159-174
  • Renn, O.: The Need for Integration: Risk Policies Require the Input from Experts, Stakeholders and the Public At Large. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 72 (2001), 131-135
  • Renn, O.: The Changing Character of Regulation: A Comparison of Europe and the United States. A Comment. Risk Analysis, Vol. 21, No. 3 (2001), 406-410
  • Renn, O. and Klinke; A.: Public Participation Across Borders. In: J. Linnerooth-Bayer, R. E. Löfstedt and G. Sjöstedt (eds.): Transboundary Risk Management. London (Earthscan 2001), pp. 245-278
  • Renn, O. and Klinke, A.: Environmental Risk – Perception, Evaluation and Management: Epilogue. In: G. Böhm; J. Nerb; T. McDaniels and H. Spada (eds.): Environmental Risks: Perception, Evaluation and Management. Amsterdam et al. (Elsevier Science 2001), pp. 275-299
  • Klinke, A. and Renn, O.: Managing Natural Disasters. In: M.P. Cottam; D.W. Harvey; R.P. Pape and J. Tait (eds.): Foresight and Precaution. Rotterdam (A.A. Balkema 2000), Vol. 1, pp. 83-87
  • Renn, O.: A Model for an Analytic Deliberative Process in Risk Management. Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 33. No. 18 (1999), 3049-3055
  • Renn, O.: Risk Management: The Need to Integrate Risk Assessment and Perception. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 59 (1998), 49-62

Scientific Reports

  • Klinke, A. and Renn, O.: Prometheus Unbound. Challenges of Risk Evaluation, Risk Classification, and Risk Management. Working Report No-.153. Center of Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart 1999)
  • Stirling, A. (main author); Renn, O.; Klinke, A.; Rip, A. und Salo, A.: On Science and Precaution in the Management of Technological Risk. An ESRO Project Report. Prepared for the European Commission, No. EUR 19056 EN. Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS). (Sevilla, May 1999)

Risk Perception

Monographs

  • Renn, O. and Rohrmann, B. (eds.): Cross-Cultural Risk Perception. A Survey of Empirical Studies. Dordrecht and Boston (Kluwer 2000)

Articles

  • De Jonge, J.; van Kleef, E.; Frewer, L. and Renn, O.: Perception of Risk, Benefit and Trust Associated with Consumer Food Choice. In: L. Frewer and H. van Trijp (eds.): Understanding Consumers of Food Products. Cambridge (Woodhead 2007), pp. 534-557
  • Renn, O.: Risk Perception and Communication: Lessons for the Food and Food Packaging Industry. Food Additives and Contaminants, Vol. 22, No. 10 (October 2005), S. 1061-1071
  • Renn, O.: Perception of Risks. In: The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Vol. 29, No. 1 (2004), pp. 102-114
  • Renn, O.: Hormesis and Risk Communication. Belle Newsletter. Biological Effects of Low Level Exposures. Special Edition on Risk Communication and the Challenge of Hormesis, Vol. 11, No. 1 (October 2002), 2-23
  • Renn, O.: Implications of the Hormesis Hypothesis for Risk Perception and Communication. Human & Environmental Toxicology, 17 (1998), 431-438
  • Renn, O.: The Role of Risk Perception for Risk Management. In: P.E.T. Douben (ed.): Pollution Risk Assessment and Management. Chichester et. al (John Wiley & Sons 1998), pp. 429-450
  • Renn, O.: Mental Health, Stress and Risk Perception: Insights from Psychological Research. In: J.V. Lake, G.R. Bock and G. Cardew (eds.): Health Impacts of Large Releases of Radionuclides. Ciba Foundation Symposium 203. London (Wiley 1997), pp. 205-231
  • Renn, O.; Webler, Th. and Kastenholz, H.: Perception of Uncertainty: Lessons for Risk Management and Communication. In: V.H. Sublet, V.T. Covello and T.L. Tinker (eds.): Scientific Uncertainty and Its Influence on the Public Communication Process. Dordrecht (Kluwer 1996), pp. 163-182

Scientific Reports

  • Zwick, M. and Renn, O.: Perception and Evaluation of Risks. Findings of the Baden-Württemberg Risk Survey 2001. Report No. 203. Center of Technology Assesssment in Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart (TA-Center May 2002)

Risk Communication

Monographs

  • Benighaus, C. and Renn, O.: Communicating Chemical Risks. Stuttgart Contributions to Risk and Sustainability Research, No. 10. Stuttgart (University of Stuttgart: March 2008)
  • OECD: Guidance Document on Risk Communication for Chemical Risk Management. Authors: O. Renn, H. Kastenholz and W. Leiss. Paris (OECD 2002)

Articles

  • Renn, O.: Risk Communication: Insights and Requirements for Designing Successful Communication Programs on Health and Environmental Hazards. In: R.L. Heath and H. Dan O’Hair (eds.): Handbook of Risk and Crisis Communication. London (Taylor and Francis 2008), pp. 80-98
  • Renn, O.: Risk Communication – Consumers between Information and Irritation. Journal of Risk Research, Vol. 9, Issue 8 (December 2006), 833-850
  • Renn, O.: Risk Communication Insights and Experiences in the EMF Debate. In: M. Nishizawa (ed.): Mobile EMF and Communication- International Perspectives.: Tokyo and Tsukuba (National Institute for Earth Science and Disaster: 2006), pp. 87-101
  • Renn, O.: Risk Perception and Communication: Lessons for the Food and Food Packaging Industry. In: Food Additives and Contaminants, 22, No. 10 (October 2005), S. 1061-1071
  • Renn, O.: The Role of Stakeholder Involvement in Risk Communication. In. ATW International Journal for Nuclear Power, Vol. 10, No. 49 (October 2004), 602-607
  • Renn, O.: Acrylamide. Lessons for Risk Management and Communication. In: Health Communication, Vol. 8, No. 5 (2003), pp. 435-441
  • Renn, O.: Hormesis and Risk Communication. Belle Newsletter. Biological Effects of Low Level Exposures. Special Edition on Risk Communication and the Challenge of Hormesis, Vol. 11, No. 1 (October 2002), 2-23
  • Renn, O.: Implications of the Hormesis Hypothesis for Risk Perception and Communication. Human & Environmental Toxicology, 17 (1998), 431-438
  • Renn, O.: The Role of Risk Communication and Public Dialogue for Improving Risk Management. Risk Decision and Policy, Vol. 3, No. 1 (1998), 5-30
  • Löfstedt, R.E. and Renn, O.: The Brent Spar Controversy: An Example of Risk Communication Gone Wrong, Risk Analysis, Vol. 17, No. 2 (1997), 131-136
  • Renn, O.: Risk Communication: Towards a Rational Dialogue with the Public. Journal of Hazardous Materials. Vol. 29, No. 3 (1992), 465-519
  • Renn, O. and Levine, D.: Trust and Credibility in Risk Communication. In: R. E. Kasperson and P.J. Stallen (eds.): Communicating Risks to the Public: International Perspectives. Amsterdam und New York (Kluwer Academic 1991), pp. 175-218

Scientific Reports

  • Hertel, R. and Henserler, G. (eds.): ERiK – Development of a Multi-Stage Risk
    Communication Process. Authors: O. Renn, R. Carius, H. Kastenholz and M. Schulze. Report 201 61 218/05. Berlin (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment 2007)
  • Renn, O. and Kastenholz, H. in cooperation with A. Brüggemann, P. Gray, C. Henschel. B. Rohrmann and P. Wiedemann: Risk Communication of Chemical Product Risks. An OECD Background Paper. Document for the OECD. Printed by the Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin (Berlin 2000)
  • Renn, O.; Covello,V. and Brüggemann, A.: Results of an International Survey on Risk Communication Needs. Report for the OECD. Manuscript. Center of Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart 1999)

Social Amplification of Risk

Articles

  • Renn, O.: Social Amplification of Risk in Participation: Two Case Studies. In: N. Pidgeon, R.E. Kasperson and P. Slovic (eds.): The Social Amplification of Risk. Cambridge, UK (Cambridge University Press 2003), pp. 374-401
  • Kasperson, R E., Renn, O., Slovic P., Brown, H.S., Emel, J., Goble, R., Kasperson, J.X. and Ratick, S.: The Social Amplification of Risk. A Conceptual Framework. In: R. Löfstedt and L. Frewer (eds.): The Earthscan Reader in Risk & Modern Society. London (Earthscan 1998), pp. 149-162 (Reprint from 1988 Journal of Risk Analysis)
  • Burns, W.J., Slovic, P., Kasperson, R.E., Kasperson, J.X., Renn, O., and Emani, S.: Incorporating Structural Models into Research on the Social Amplification of Risk: Implications for Theory Construction and Decision Making. Risk Analysis, Vol. 13, No. 6 (1993), 611-623
  • Renn, O., Burns, W., Kasperson, R.E., Kasperson, J.X. and Slovic, P.: The Social Amplification of Risk: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Application. Social Issues, Vol. 48, No. 4, Special Issue: Public Responses to Environmental Hazards (1992), 137-160
  • Renn, O.: Risk Communication and the Social Amplification of Risk. In: R. E. Kasperson and P.J. Stallen (eds.): Communicating Risks to the Public: International Perspectives. Amsterdam and New York (Kluwer Academic 1991), pp. 287-324

Participation and Public Discourse

Monographs

  • Goldschmidt, R.; Renn, O. and Köppel, S.: European Citizens‘ Consultation Project. Final Evaluation Report. Stuttgart Contributions to Risk and Sustainability Research. Vol. 8. Stuttgart (Stuttgart University Press: March 2008)
  • US-National Research Council of the National Academies: Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making. Washington, D.C. (The National Academies Press)
  • Sellke, P.; Renn, O.; Cornelisse, C. in cooperation with A. Windhaus: European Citizens’ Panels. Final Report of the Evaluation. Stuttgart Contributions to Risk and Sustainability Research. Vol. 7. Stuttgart (Stuttgart University Press: November 2007)
  • Goldschmidt, R. und Renn, O.: Meeting of Minds – European Citizens’ Deliberation on Brain Sciences. Final Report of the External Evaluation. Stuttgart Contributions to Risk and Sustainability Research. Vol 5. Stuttgart (Stuttgart University Press: December 2006)
  • Renn, O., Webler, Th., Wiedemann, P. (eds.): Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation. Evaluating New Models for Environmental Discourse. Dordrecht and Boston (Kluwer 1995)

Articles

  • Dreyer, M. and Renn, O.: Some Suggestions for a Structured Approach to Participation in Food Risk Governance with a Special Emphasis on the Assessment-Management Interface. In Vos, E. (ed.): European Risk Governance. Its Science, its Inclusiveness and its Effectiveness. Connex Report Series No. 6. Mannheim (University of Mannheim 2008), pp. 89-121
  • Renn, O.: Participatory Processes for Natural Resource Management. In: S. Stoll-Kleemann and M. Welp (eds.): Stakeholder Dialogues in Natural Resources Management. Theory and Practice. Heidelberg (Springer: 2006), pp. 3-13
  • Renn, O.: Participatory Processes for Designing Environmental Policies. Land Use Policy, Vol. 23 (2006), 123-248
  • Renn, O.: The Challenge of Integrating Deliberation and Expertise: Participation and Discourse in Risk Management. In: T. McDaniels and M.J. Small (eds.): Risk Analysis and Society. An Interdisciplinary Characterization of the Field. Cambridge, Mass. (Cambridge University Press 2004), pp. 289-366
  • Renn, O.; Schneider, E. and Kastenholz; H.: Public Participation for a Waste Management Plan in Germany. In: Ch. Ludwig, S. Hellweg and S. Stucki (eds.): Municipal Waste Management. Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Solutions. Berlin and Heidelberg (Springer 2002), pp. 445-452
  • Renn, O.: The Role of Risk Communication and Public Dialogue for Improving Risk Management. Risk Decision and Policy, Vol. 3, No. 1 (1998), 5-30
  • Renn, O.; Webler, Th. and Kastenholz, H.: Procedural and Substantive Fairness in Landfill Siting. In: R. Löfstedt and L. Frewer (eds.): The Earthscan Reader in Risk & Modern Society. London (Earthscan: 1998), pp. 253-270 (Reprint from 1996 Journal of Risk - Health, Safety & Environment)
  • Webler, Th.; Kastenholz, H. and Renn, O.: Public Participation in Impact Assessment: A Social Learning Perspective. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 15 (1995), 443-463
  • Webler, Th.; Rakel. H.; Renn, O. and Johnson, B,: Eliciting and Classifying Concerns: A Methodological Critique. Risk Analysis, Vol. 15, No. 3 (June 1995), 421-436

The Model of Cooperative Discourse

Articles

  • Schneider, E.; Oppermann, B. and Renn, O.: Implementing Structured Participation for Regional Level Waste Management Planning. In: Lesbirel, H. S. and Daigee, S. (eds.): Managing Conflict in Facility Siting. An International Comparison. Cheltenham and Northampton (Edward Elgar 2005), pp. 135-154
  • Renn, O.: A Model for an Analytic Deliberative Process in Risk Management. Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 33, No. 18 (1999), 3049-3055
  • Schneider, E.; Oppermann, B. and Renn, O.: Experiences from Germany: Application of a Structured Model of Public Participation in Waste Management Planning. Interact. Journal of Public Participation, Vol. 4, No. 1 (July 1998), 63-72
  • Schneider, E,: Oppermann, B. and Renn, O.: Implementing Structured Participation for Regional Level Waste Management Planning. Risk: Health, Safety & Environment, Vol. 9 (Fall 1998), 379-395
  • Renn, O.; Webler, Th. and Kastenholz, H.: Procedural and Substantive Fairness in Landfill Siting. Risk - Health, Safety & Environment, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring 1996), 145-168
  • Renn, O., Webler, Th., Rakel. H., Dienel, P.C. and Johnson, B.: Public Participation in Decision Making: A Three-Step-Procedure. Policy Sciences, Vol. 26 (1993), 189-214
  • Renn, O. and Webler, Th.: Anticipating Conflicts: Public Participation in Managing the Solid Waste Crisis. GAIA Ecological Perspectives in Science, Humanities, and Economics, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1992), 84-94
  • Renn, O., Webler, Th. and Johnson, B.: Public Participation in Hazard Management: The Use of Citizen Panels. Risk - Issues in Health and Safety. Vol. 2, No. 3 (1991), 197-226
  • Webler Th., Levine, D., Rakel, H. and Renn, O.: A Novel Approach to Reducing Uncertainty: The Group Delphi. Technological Forecasting and Social Change.Vol. 39, No. 3 (1991), 253-263

Technology Assessment

Articles

  • Hocke, P. and Renn, O.: Concerned Public and the Paralysis of Decision-Making: Nuclear Waste Management Policy in Germany. Journal of Risk Research, Vol. 12, No. 7-8 (2009), 921-940
  • Nishizawa, M. and Renn, O.: Responding Public Demand for Assurance of Genetically Modified Crops: Case from Japan. Journal of Risk Research, Vol. 9, Issue 1 (January 2006), 41-56
  • Renn, O. und Roco, M.: Nanotechnology and the Need for Risk Governance. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Vol. 8, Nos. 2-3 (April 2006), 23-45
  • Renn, O.: Social Assessment of Waste Energy Utilization Scenarios. In. Energy, Vol. 28 (2003), pp. 1345-1367
  • Renn, O.: „What are we fighting about?“ The Dispute on Cloning. In: L. Honnefelder and D. Lanzerath (eds.): Cloning in Biomedical Research and Reproduction. Bonn (Bonn University Press 2003), pp. 709-718
  • Renn, O. and Meirion, Th.: The Potential of Regional Foresight. Final Report of the STRATA-ETAN Group: „Mobilising the regional foresight potential for an enlarged European Union. Brussels (Directorate-General for Research; 2003)
  • Renn, O.: The Role of Social Science in Environmental Policy Making: Experiences and Outlook. Science and Public Policy, Vol. 28, No. 6 (2001), 427-437
  • Renn, O.: The Role of Scientific Input and Public Participation for Technology Assessment. In: M. Decker (eds.): Interdisciplinarity in Technology Assessment. Implementation and its Chances and Limits. Berlin und Heidelberg (Springer 2001), pp. 123-143
  • Hampel, J.; Klinke, A. and Renn, O.: Beyond ”Red” Hope and ”Green” Distrust. Public Perception of Genetic Engineering in Germany. Politeia, Vol. 16, No. 60 (2000), 68-82
  • Renn, O.: Participative Technology Assessment: Meeting the Challenges of Uncertainty and Ambivalence. Futures Research Quarterly, Volume 15, No. 3 (Fall 1999), 81-97
  • Renn, O.: Style of Using Scientific Expertise: A Comparative Framework. Science and Public Policy, Vol. 22 (June 1995), 147-156

Sustainable Development

Articles

  • Renn, O.; Jaeger, A.; Deuschle, J. and Weimer-Jehle, W.: A Normative-Functional Concept of Sustainability and its Indicators. Int. J. Global Environmental Issues, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2009, 291-317
  • Renn, O.: Sustainable Development. Exploring the Cross-Cultural Dimension. In: P.A. Wilderer, E.D. Schroeder and H. Kopp (eds.): Global Sustainability. A New Perspective for Science and Engineering, Economics and Politics. Weinheim (Wiley Verlag 2004), pp. 21-42
  • Renn, O. and Kastenholz, H.: Achieving Sustainability at the Regional Level with Particular Reference to the German State of Baden-Württemberg. In: Our Fragile World. Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development. Encyclopedia and CD-Disk. Oxford, U.K. (Eolss Publishers 2001), Vol. 4, pp. 680-698
  • Renn, O.; Goble, R. and Kastenholz, H.: How to Apply the Concept of Sustainability to a Region, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 58 (1998), 63-81
  • Renn, O. and Goble, R.: A Regional Concept of Qualitative Growth and Sustainability: Underpinnings for a Case Study in the State of Baden-Württemberg. Sustainable Development, Vol. 6 (December 1996), 34-56

Scientific Reports

  • Renn, O., A Regional Concept of Qualitative Growth and Sustainability - A Pilot Project for the German State of Baden-Württemberg. Working Report No. 2. Center of Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, April 1994)

Environmental Politics

Monographs

  • Commission for Society and Social Affairs of the German Bishops: Climate Change. A Focal Point of Global, Intergenerational and Ecological Justice. An Expert Report on the Challenges of Global Climate Change. No. 29en. Bonn (Secretariat of the German Bishops: September 2006)
  • Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Umweltveränderungen (WBGU): World in Transition: New Structures for Global Environmental Policy. London and Boston (Earthscan 2001)
  • Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen (WBGU): World in Transition: Ways Towards Sustainable Management of Freshwater Resources. Annual Report 1997. Berlin (Springer 1999)
  • Brown, H..S., Derr, P., Renn, O. and White, A.L.: Corporate Environmentalism in a Global Economy. Societal Values in International Technology Transfer. Westport (Quorum Books: 1993)

Articles

  • Renn, O.: The Role of Social Science in Environmental Policy Making: Experiences and Outlook. Science and Public Policy, Vol. 28, No. 6 (2001), 427-437
  • Renn, O., Brown, H.S. und White, A.L., Doing the Right Thing in Exporting Hazardous Technologies. Environment, Technology, and Science, Vol. 25, No. 12 (1991), 1964-1971

Environmental Sociology

Books

  • Renn, O.: Risk Governance: Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World. London (Earthscan 2008)
  • Jaeger, C.C.; Renn, O.; Rosa, E.A. and Webler, Th.: Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action. London (Earthscan 2001)

Articles

  • Renn, O.: Science and Technology Studies: Experts and Expertise. In: N. J. Smelser and P. B. Baltes (eds.): International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Cambridge, US (Cambridge University Press 2001), Volume 20, pp. 13647-13654
  • Renn, O.: The Role of Social Science in Environmental Policy Making: Experiences and Outlook. Science and Public Policy, Vol. 28, No. 6 (2001), 427-437
  • Renn, O.; Jaeger, C.C.; Rosa, E.A. and Webler, Th.: The Rational Actor Paradigm in Risk Theories: Analysis and Critique. In: M. J. Cohen (ed.): Risk in the Modern Age. Social Theory, Science and Environmental Decision-Making. London (MacMillan 1999), pp. 35-61
  • Jaeger, C.; Renn, O.: Rosa, E.A. and Webler, Th.: Decision Analysis and Rational Action. In: S. Rayner and E.L. Malone (eds.): Human Choice and Climate Change. Columbus, Ohio (Battelle Press 1998), pp. 141-216
  • Renn, O.: The Social Arena Concept of Risk Debates. In: S. Krimsky and D. Golding (eds.): Social Theories of Risk. Westport, CT (Praeger 1992), pp. 179-197

Analysis of Social Conflict

Book

  • Klinke, A.; Renn, O. and Lehners, J.-P. (eds.): Ethnic Conflicts and Civil Society. Proposals for a New Era in Eastern Europe. Aldershot et al. (Ashgate 1998)

Articles

  • Renn, O.: The Social Arena Concept of Risk Debates. In: S. Krimsky and D. Golding (eds.): Social Theories of Risk. Westport, CT (Praeger 1992), pp. 179-197