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Harding Center for Risk Literacy
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 "Life with risk - nothing ventured, nothing gained" was the topic of the WDR talk show west.art Talk on May, 8th 2011. The programme's host Holger Notze led the discussion on people's need for security, residual risks and other topics. Gerd Gigerenzer from the Harding Center for Risk Literacy was one of the guests.
(c) wdr.de
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How Better Education of Doctors and Patients Can Improve Health Care at Less Cost
 The Ernst Strüngmann Forum brought together 40 international experts from clinical work, psychology, economy, public health, industry and insurance to analyze systematically the multiple issues involved in health literacy and to delineate concrete ways to improve it. Their work will now appear in a volume edited by Gerd Gigerenzer and Sir Muir Gray.
We offer you a free download of several chapters here!
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In a recent Interview with the Epoch Times Germany, Gerd Gigerenzer talks about the "culture of fear" in German companies when it comes to making decisions.
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 It has often been claimed that nuclear energy is safe and the residual risk very small. In this German television broadcast from 20 March 2011, Gerd Gigerenzer talks about how we deal with risk and stresses the difference between calculable and barely calculable risks.
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 In the German Bundestag's public hearing, media literacy was identified as a key competency. Gigerenzer advocated "digital risk literacy" and self-control rather than bans and stronger regulations. We have provided links to a report and to a video on the hearing, as well as to Gigerenzer's position paper.
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 On 3 February Gerd Gigerenzer gave a public lecture in Heidelberg on "The Illusion Of Certainty: How We Are Fooled By Statistics". If you were not able to attend you can soon follow the talk via videostream on the internet!
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21–23 March 2011
 Gerd Gigerenzer was a keynote speaker at this year's "Global Risk Management Professional Development Forum" taking place from 21 to 23 March in Liverpool. Organised by the Institute for Risk Management (IRM), the forum brought together participants from different fields to advance their risk management skills with the help of expert speakers and workshop sessions.
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 Many scientific publications use misleading numbers to communicate risk. This article examines publications in medical journals and demonstrates how missing transparency constrains the accurate understanding of risks.
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