The Duke Center on Risk studies the assessment, perception, management, and communication of risks and policy responses. In connection with the Duke Space Initiative, the Duke Center on Risk co-sponsored the first Duke Space Symposium in April 2025, and is pursuing research, education, publications, and public engagement on an array of space risks and responses, including: solar radiation modification (SRM) to address global climate change; planetary defense against asteroids; planetary protection against biological contamination; management of orbital space debris; international conflict in space; space weather; and other space risks. Recent publications include “Interplanetary Risk Regulation” (2025) (with a related story in the Duke Law news); “Multi-Risk Governance of SRM” (2025); and “Practical Paths to Risk-Risk Analysis of SRM” (2025).
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- Jonathan B. Wiener and Chase Hamilton, “Interplanetary Risk Regulation,” Chicago J. International Law 26: 73-106 (June 2025), at Chicago Journal of International Law.
- Jonathan B. Wiener, Tyler Felgenhauer and Mark Borsuk, “Multi-Risk Governance of Solar Radiation Modification,” European J. Risk Regulation (July 2025), at Cambridge University Press.
- Tyler Felgenhauer, Govindasamy Bala, Mark Borsuk, Inés Camilloni, Jonathan Wiener, and Jianhua Xu, “Practical Paths to Risk-Risk Analysis of Solar Radiation Modification,” Oxford Open Climate Change 5(1): kgaf012 (March 2025), at Oxford Open Climate Change.
- Jonathan B. Wiener & Tyler Felgenhauer, “The Evolving International Climate Change Regime: Mitigation, Adaptation, Reflection” Texas A&M Law Review 11: 451-485 (2024), at Texas A&M Law Review.