Uncertainty

Uncertainty refers to epistemic situations involving imperfect or unknown information. It applies to predictions of future events, to physical measurements that are already made, or to the unknown. Uncertainty arises in partially observable and/or stochastic environments, as well as due to ignorance, indolence, or both. It arises in any number of fields, including insurance, philosophy, physics, statistics, economics, finance, psychology, sociology, engineering, metrology, meteorology, ecology and information science.

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UN: The United Nations · 6 December 2024 English

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disasters due to climate change and economic uncertainty. It is essential that UNICEF risk management disasters due to climate change and economic uncertainty. It is essential that UNICEF risk management


GTI: Grenfell Tower Inquiry · 4 September 2024 English

This is the Overview and Executive Summary of the Phase 2 report. The UK Prime Minister announced on 15 June 2017 a public Inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower …

cases there is inevitably a large measure of uncertainty. In the light of the expert evidence we are


GTI: Grenfell Tower Inquiry · 4 September 2024 English

Volume 7 of the Phase 2 report is in five parts: Part 10 – Response and recovery; Part 11 – Matters outstanding from Phase 1; Part 12 – The fire …

with emergency accommodation. They included uncertainty about how long they might have to stay in hotels were booked in for only one night and had the uncertainty of not knowing whether the booking was going it particularly vividly. She told us that the uncertainty was “really stressful and made us really angry there was a general state of confusion and uncertainty about whether it was safe to return to their workers.282 That led to increased stress and uncertainty for many.283 Some key workers failed to respond


GTI: Grenfell Tower Inquiry · 4 September 2024 English

Volume 3 of the Phase 2 report is in one part: – The refurbishment of Grenfell Tower. The UK Prime Minister announced on 15 June 2017 a public Inquiry into …

itself support the spread of fire. 48.36 Some uncertainty has arisen from the fact that functional requirement


Centre for Cities · 3 September 2024 English

The report explores the post-pandemic shift back to office-based work in central London, comparing it to five other global cities: Paris, New York, Singapore, Sydney, and Toronto. The study finds …

in London These mismatches mean there is some uncertainty in how the return to the office may continue


AWRAD: Arab World for Research and Development · 2 September 2024 English

A man in Deir al of the Special Rapporteur on the situation Balah pleads: “The Palestinians in general, especially in the Gaza strip, should of human rights in the Palestinian …

Gaza is living in fear, their lives racked with uncertainty amid a constant barrage of attacks that have


2 September 2024 English

This report, produced by over 100 council landlords from across England, outlines a comprehensive plan to secure the future of council housing. It identifies the challenges facing council housing, including …

mechanisms, introducing unnecessarily cost and uncertainty into council landlords’ business models. Since continued to generate additional complexity, uncertainty and repeated calls for reform. As interest rates


RSF: Russell Sage Foundation · 1 September 2024 English

We investigate the contrasting realities of the pandemic on psychosocial experiences and ways of coping among American Voices Project respondent surveys (N = 720) and interviews (N = 172). Despite …

For example, in meeting the challenges of uncertainty, hard- ship, or loss, people may try to directly everyone ev- erywhere had to cope with some uncertainty, fear, and changed life circumstances. This


RSF: Russell Sage Foundation · 1 September 2024 English

This article develops a cultural and contextual approach to studying agency that attends to variation in how people narrate their experiences. Drawing on the large-scale, nationally representative American Voices Project …

2012. “Constructing Adulthood in an Age of Uncertainty.” American Sociological Review 77(4): 505–22


RSF: Russell Sage Foundation · 1 September 2024 English

This article examines how workers describe their motivations for participation in the platform-based gig economy, particularly as rideshare and delivery drivers. I investigate how these accounts vary by socioeconomic class, …

Moreover, some men may find the fi- nancial uncertainty associated with platform work unappealing. In to cir- cumvent discrimination and financial uncertainty. It is impossible to understand the gig econ-


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