“…It is very common in the risk management literature to describe risks as complex, ambiguous, and uncertain in order to differentiate them epistemologically (Brugnach & Ingram, 2012;Cabantous, 2007;Ericson & Doyle, 2004;Ilin & Varga, 2015;Johansen & Rausand, 2015;Knight, 1921;Müller-Mahn et al, 2018;Perrow, 1986Perrow, , 1972. In short, the three characteristics of risk can be distinguished as follows (see also Rosa et al, 2014): Complexity characterizes a condition where it is difficult to identify and quantify exactly the potential causal relationships between aspects of risk and possible adverse effects of decision making on risk.…”