Davies, Gareth; Kendall, G.; Soane, E.; Li, J.; Charnley, F. and Pollard, S. J. T.
(2010).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2010.486075 |
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Abstract
We critically examine how evidence and knowledge are brokered between the various actors (agents) in regulatory decisions on risk. Following a précis of context and regulatory process, we explore the role power and personality might play as evidence is synthesised and used to inform risk decisions, providing a review of the relevant literature from applied psychology, agent-based simulation and regulatory science. We make a case for the adoption of agent-based tools for addressing the sufficiency of evidence and resolving uncertainty in regulatory decisions. Referring to other environmental applications of agent-based decisionmaking, we propose how an agent model might represent power structures and personality characteristics with the attending implications for the brokering of regulatory science. This critical review has implications for the structuring of evidence that informs environmental decisions and the personal traits required of modern regulators operating in facilitative regulatory settings.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2010 Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 1466-4461 |
| Keywords: | agent-based simulation; personality; power; risk; regulation |
| Academic Unit/School: | Learning and Teaching Innovation (LTI) > Institute of Educational Technology (IET) Learning and Teaching Innovation (LTI) |
| Item ID: | 28414 |
| Depositing User: | Gareth Davies |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Mar 2011 14:59 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2018 09:53 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/28414 |
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