The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Moderated groups where specialists discuss questions in Systems Science and Modelling. Each group is listed here when its moderation, terms and hosting are in place, with its scope and how to join.
Systems science · Subject groups
| Coupling WG | 20 | 9 | Week 29 | Active |
| Teaching WG | 11 | 3 | Week 2 | Chair needed |
| Validation WG | 36 | 10 | Week 4 | Active |
| Scenario library WG | 16 | 11 | Week 17 | Chair needed |
Systems Science and Modelling · Community workspaceCommunity workspace, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.
Systems Science and Modelling subject groups are moderated forums where systems scientists and modellers discuss open questions in the methods and modelling field, such as model intercomparison and uncertainty and validation. Each group is listed once its moderation, terms and hosting are in place, with its scope and how to join. A group informs the platform's work and has no authority over its findings.
Fig.The path from an enquiry to a credited contribution. Design, not a record; no step creates membership.
For subject groups, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on population density, night lights and true-colour imagery with relief in 3D and true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on North America; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.
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For subject groups, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on population density, night lights and true-colour imagery with relief in 3D and true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on North America; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.
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Modelling groups are organised by problem (coupling, validation, deep uncertainty) and include domain modellers from the platforms whose models are being coupled.
Write to contact@therisk.global. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Community of practice | A group of people who share a concern or a craft and learn to do it better by interacting regularly; the term comes from Lave and Wenger's work on situated learning. |
| Chatham House Rule | A rule under which participants may use information received but may not reveal the identity or affiliation of speakers. |
| Validation | Confirming that a system meets its users' needs in its intended use, often summarised as building the right thing. |
| Ensemble | A set of model runs with varied inputs, parameters or structures, whose spread expresses uncertainty. |
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.