Navigating Risk and Uncertainty
ENG-809 / 2 credits
Teacher: Salathé Marcel
Language: English
Remark: August 24-28, 2026. Registration via https://navigating-uncertainty-2026.ethz.ch
Frequency
Only this year
Summary
In a time of pandemics, climate crises, economic instability, and AI disruption, effective policymaking is essential. This summer school examines how science informs high-stakes decisions through expert lectures and workshops on negotiation, governance, scenario planning, and science communication
Content
In an era where pandemics, climate disasters, energy shocks, economic instability, and AI-driven disruptions are becoming the new normal, effective policymaking under uncertainty is more crucial than ever. The EPFL-ETH Zurich Summer School 2026, Science, Policy & Global Crises: Navigating Risk and Uncertainty, explores how scientific evidence informs high-stakes decisions when time is short and stakes are high. Through expert lectures and interactive workshops - from pandemic negotiations to climate, energy, and AI governance challenges - participants gain practical skills in policy writing, negotiation, scenario planning, and science communication, while critically examining the ethical, political, and social dimensions of global crises.
Fees: 250 CHF
Note
Contact: navigating-uncertainties@hest.ethz.ch
Keywords
Resilience, Risk, Crisis, Policy, Knowledge, Communication, Pandemic, Health, Energy, Transition, Sustainability, AI, Degrowth, UN, Climate, PhD, Summer School
Resources
Websites
Moodle Link
In the programs
- Number of places: 30
- Exam form: Project report (session free)
- Subject examined: Navigating Risk and Uncertainty
- Courses: 25 Hour(s)
- Exercises: 25 Hour(s)
- TP: 5 Hour(s)
- Type: optional