Marie-Valentine Florin
EPFL IRGC
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Biography
Marie-Valentine Florin is the executive director of the International Risk Governance Center.She organises IRGC collaborative activities, focusing in particular on the role of IRGC as a multi-stakeholder platform and a convening place at the interface between science and public policy.
She joined the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC Foundation) www.irgc.org in 2006.
From 2000-2006, she worked for local authorities, helping them develop and implement strategies for sustainable development, and for philanthropic and humanitarian organisations. She spent the first part of her career (1984-1999) in an international socio-cultural research and marketing consulting firm. Marie-Valentine graduated from Science Po in Paris (public policy and management), and then earned post-graduate diplomas in marketing strategy, sustainable development and environmental diplomacy.
Her current involvement in IRGC activities is mostly related to:
- systemic risks and transitions, governance of risks related to emerging and converging technologies
- digital policy, specific risks related to machine learning
- nanotechnology
- climate engineering
Member of Advisory Committee to the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2015-2022; Fellow of the Society of Risk Analysis (SRA).
Publications
Selected publications
| Buchs, R., Florin, M.-V., David, E., & Kneib, J.-P. 11th IAASS Conference - Managing Risk in Space, 19-21 October 2021 |
Governing collision risk from space debris in low Earth orbit |
| David, E., Buchs, R., Florin, M.-V., & Kneib, J.-P. 72nd International Astronautical Congress, Dubai, U.A.E., 25-29 October 2021 |
Space Debris Risk Governance: Proceedings from a workshop held at EPFL in 2021 |
| Trump B., Florin M.-V.,Perkins E., Linkov I. Springer NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, ISBN 978-94-024-2085-2, 2021 |
Emerging Threats of Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology |
| Buchs R., Florin M.-V. IRGC report, 2021 |
Collision risk from space debris: Current status, challenges and response strategies |
| Florin M.-V. IRGC Spotlight on risk, 2021 |
Combatting climate Change through a Portfolio of approaches |
| Collins A.; Florin M.-V. ; Sachs R. IRGC, 2021 |
Risk governance and the low-carbon transition |
| Florin M-V.; Parker S. IRGC, 2020 |
Involving Stakeholders in the Risk Governance Process |
| Florin M.-V. IMDR Lambda Mu 22 congress, « les risques au cœur des transitions », 2020 |
Gouvernance des risques systémiques dans les transitions au sein de systèmes complexes et adaptatifs |
| Florin M.-V.,; Rouse, P., Hubert, A.-M., Honegger, M., Reynolds, J. IRGC report, 2020 |
lnternational governance issues on climate engineering - Information for policymakers |
| Viscusi G., Rusu A., Florin M.-V. Computer. 2020-10-01. DOI : 10.1109/MC.2020.2995517. |
Public Strategies for Artificial Intelligence: Which Value Drivers? |
| Collins, A., Florin, M.-V., Renn, O. Journal of Risk Research, May 2020 |
COVID-19 risk governance: drivers, responses and lessons to be learned |
| Trump, Benjamin D. ; Galaitsi, S. E. ; Appleton, Evan ; Bleijs, Diederik A. ; Florin, Marie-Valentine ; Gollihar, Jimmy D. ; Hamilton, R. Alexander ; Kuiken, Todd ; Lentzos, Filippa ; Mampuys, Ruth ; Merad, Myriam ; Novossiolova, Tatyana ; Oye, Kenneth ; Perkins, Edward ; Garcia-Reyero, Natalia ; Rhodes, Catherine ; Linkov, Igor Molecular Systems Biology, 2020 |
Building biosecurity for synthetic biology |
| Florin M.-V. Journal of Risk Research, September 2019 |
Risk governance and 'responsible research and innovation' can be mutually supportive |
| Linkov I., Baiardi F., Florin M.-V. et al. IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine 17(5), September 2019 |
Applying Resilience to Hybrid Threats |
| Florin M.-V., Sachs R. IRGC report, 2019 |
Critical Infrastructure Resilience: Lessons from Insurance |
| Linkov, I., Florin, M.-V. et al. Environ Syst Decis (2018) 38: 170. |
Comparative, collaborative and integrative risk governance for emerging technologies |
| Linkov, Igor ; Trump, D. Benjamin ; Anklam, Elke ; Berube, David ; Boisseasu, Patrick ; Cummings, Christopher ; Ferson, Scott ; Florin, Marie-Valentine ; Goldstein, Bernard ; Hristozov, Danail ; Jensen, Alstrup Keld ; Katalagarianakis, Georgios ; Kuzma, Jennifer ; Lambert, H. James ; Malloy, Timothy ; Malsch, Ineke ; Marcomini, Antonio ; Merad, Myriam ; Palma‑Oliveira, José ; Perkins, Edward ; Renn, Ortwin ; Seager, Thomas ; Stone, Vicki ; Vallero, Daniel ; Vermeire, Theo Environment Systems and Decisions, 2018 |
Comparative, collaborative, and integrative risk governance for emerging technologies |
| I. Linkov; C. Fox-Lent; L. Read; C. R. Allen; J. C. Arnott; Florin, M.-V. et al. Risk Analysis. 2018-04-25. |
Tiered Approach to Resilience Assessment |
| Florin M.-V,, Nursimulu A. IRGC report, 2018 |
IRGC Guidelines for the Governance of Systemic Risks |
| Trump, B.; Florin, M.-V.; Matthews, S.; Sicker, D.; Linkov, I. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 2018 |
Governing the Use of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies: Not One-Size-Fits-All |
| Linkov I.; Trump B.,Poinsatte-Jones K., Florin M.-V. Sustainability. 2018-02-08. |
Governance Strategies for a Sustainable Digital World |
| Trump, B. D.; Florin, Marie-Valentine; Linkov, I. IRGC resource guide, 2018 |
IRGC Resource Guide on Resilience (Volume 2) |
| E. P. Roege; A. Z. Collier; V. Chevardin; P. Chouinard; M.-V. Florin et al. in Resilience and Risk; Springer, p. 383-414, 2017 |
Bridging the Gap from Cyber Security to Resilience |
| Florin, M.-V.; Bürkler, M. IRGC report, 2017 |
Introduction to the IRGC Risk Governance Framework |
| Florin, M.-V. IRGC report, 2016 |
Governing Cyber Security Risks and Benefits of the Internet of Things: Application to Connected Vehicles and Medical Devices |
| Nursimulu A., Florin M.-V. IRGC workshop report, 2016 |
The Economics of Precision Medicine |
| Trump, B. D.; Florin, M.-V.; Linkov, I. IRGC resource guide, 2016 |
IRGC Resource Guide on Resilience (Volume 1) |
| Florin, M.-V., Renn, O. Improving risk regulation, International Risk Governance Council, 2015 |
Potential scope and challenges of behaviourally informed regulation: implications for modern regulatory risk management |
| Müller-Grabherr, D., Florin, M.-V., Harris, B., Crilly, D., Gugic, G., Vegter, J. Slob, A., Borowski, I., Brils, J. In J. Brils, W. Brack, D. Müller-Grabherr, P. Negrel & J. E. Vermaat (Eds.), Risk-informed management of European river basins (pp. 241-2649, Heidelberg: Springer, 2014 |
Integrated river basin management and risk governance |
| Florin, M.-V., Xu, J. Input paper prepared for the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2015, 2014 |
Risk governance: An overview of drivers and success factors |
| Florin M.-V. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 3, 303-308, 2014 |
Dealing with the challenge of evidence-based decision-making in situations of uncertainty and emergency |
| Florin, M.-V. Journal of Risk Research, 16(3-4), 315-322, 2012 |
IRGCs approach to emerging risks |
| Florin, M.-V. The Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting, February 2011 |
Risk governance by governments |
| Florin, M.-V. & Bunting, C. Journal of Cleaner Production, 17(Supplement 1), S106-S108, 2009 |
Risk Governance guidelines for bioenergy policies. |
| Bunting C., Renn, O., Florin, M.-V. The John Liner Review, 21(2), 7, 2007 |
Introduction to the IRGC risk governance Framework |
Other publications
IRGC @ EPFL publications
https://infoscience-exports.epfl.ch/352/?ln=enPublications of the IRGC Foundation (before 2016)
http://www.irgc.org/publications/Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Humanities and Social Sciences Program
Courses
Producing evidence that makes sense to policy
The course offers an opportunity for students to meet the challenge of producing and communicating scientific evidence to an international policy making audience by participating in an International Risk Governance Center (IRGC) expert workshop and contributing to the writing of a policy brief.