Managing novel technology induced risks via stakeholder cooperation

Risks involved in new technologies or arising from novel new configurations of old technologies recurrently result in major accidents in societies. In many cases, a more comprehensive, multidisciplinary risk assessment process that would combine the knowledge of different stakeholders, authorities and citizens could have helped to avoid the sad outcome. This paper presents a new approach to the proactive risk identification process for authorities. It is a collaborative method base on integrated assessment, which was tested in three stakeholder workshops.