Introduction to Special Issue on Risk Assessment, Economic Evaluation, and Decisions

Integrating risk assessment, economic evaluation, and uncertainty to inform policy decisions is a core challenge to risk analysis. In September 2019, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, with support from the Society for Risk Analysis Economics and Benefits Analysis Specialty Group and others, convened a workshop to address this issue. The workshop built in part on the recommendations of the 2009 National Research Council report, Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment. It honored John S. Evans, whose thoughtful and innovative teaching and scholarship have significantly advanced thinking on these issues. This special issue features a profile of Dr. Evans and nine articles that build on work presented at the workshop.

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Integrating risk assessment, economic evaluation, and uncertainty to inform policy decisions is a core challenge to risk analysis. A workshop convened by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis in 2019 addressed this issue and the articles in this special issue summarize and further develop the work presented at the workshop.