Professor Emeritus Karlene H. Roberts
Profile
Director, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management
Haas School of Business
University of California, Berkeley
Education
- BA, Psychology, Stanford University
- PhD, Psychology, UC Berkeley
Current Research and Interests
The design and management of organizations and systems of organizations in which errors can have catastrophic consequences. The results of this research have been applied to U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations, the U.S. Coast Guard, The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), The Federal Aviation’s Air Traffic Control System, Gard Services, British Petroleum, NASA, and the medical industry.