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dc.contributor.authorEbert, Philip
dc.contributor.authorMorreau, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-11T08:23:46Z
dc.date.available2022-03-11T08:23:46Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-21
dc.description.abstractAvalanche studies have undergone a transition in recent years. Early research focused mainly on environmental factors. More recently, attention has turned to human factors in decision making, such as behavioural and cognitive biases. This article adds a social component to this human turn in avalanche studies. It identifies lessons for decision making by groups of skiers from the perspective of social choice theory, a sub-field of economics, decision theory, philosophy and political science that investigates voting methods and other forms of collective decision making. In the first part, we outline the phenomenon of wisdom of crowds, where groups make better decisions than their individual members. Drawing on the conceptual apparatus of social choice theory and using idealised scenarios, we identify conditions under which wisdom of crowds arises and also explain how and when deciding together can instead result in worse decisions than may be expected from individual group members. In the second part, we use this theoretical understanding to offer practical suggestions for decision making in avalanche terrain. Finally, we make several suggestions for risk management in other outdoor and adventure sports and for outdoor sports education.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEbert E, Morreau M. Safety in numbers: how social choice theory can inform avalanche risk management. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. 2021en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1960373
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14729679.2021.2012216
dc.identifier.issn1472-9679
dc.identifier.issn1754-0402
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/24380
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleSafety in numbers: how social choice theory can inform avalanche risk managementen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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