RSI designs and runs workshops that draw out both expert and operational perspectives on emerging or systemic risks. Its approach combines participatory mapping, guided brainstorming, and pre-read materials. RSI ensures that identified risks are captured systematically and translated into inventories, matrices, or models that feed into larger risk processes.

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RSI maps regulatory frameworks to help clients understand the policy landscape around emerging risks or interventions. Its team synthesizes statutory texts, regulatory databases, and institutional roles into accessible formats. RSI’s mapping supports coordinated responses, identifies gaps, and frames technical work within the constraints and opportunities of the regulatory environment.

RSI conducts chemical risk assessments that meet both scientific and regulatory standards. Its multi-disciplinary teams draw on toxicology, exposure science, environmental modeling, and regulatory analysis to produce thorough and defensible assessments. RSI is adept at framing risk outputs to match jurisdictional thresholds or stakeholder expectations, and in navigating uncertainty using structured tools. This method is foundational to many of RSI’s engagements and serves as a platform for both risk communication and risk management strategies.

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RSI’s Dr. Emma Hartnett chaired the recent Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA). The focus of the week-long event held March 11 to 15, 2019, was the update and consolidation of technical guidance documents to allow for a more current and coordinated approach to assessing microbiological hazards in food. For further information…

RSI includes tacit knowledge workshops in its assessments when working with frontline workers, community members, or multi-sectoral collaborators. The firm uses techniques such as journey mapping, moderated storytelling, and artifact elicitation to draw out hidden insights. RSI integrates these insights into decision support tools and qualitative syntheses, enhancing the depth and relevance of its Understanding Risk methods.

Safeguarding air quality is a fundamental objective of health agencies the world over. Improving our understanding of air pollutants and health requires robust evidence on exposures among vulnerable and sensitive populations, expert-based evaluation of diverse types of scientific evidence, scientifically defendable approaches to conducting weight of evidence assessments, and quantitative skills for deriving safe exposure levels.

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The transport of dangerous goods — including chemicals, fuels, explosives, and radioactive materials — is essential to modern economies but carries inherent risks. Accidents involving spills, leaks, fires, or explosions can have devastating consequences for human health, the environment, and infrastructure, while also triggering public concern and media scrutiny. The challenge lies in balancing economic…