The PKU Risk A-Lab adopts the perspective that risk is both fact and value‐laden, thus containing both objective and subjective components. Risk has long been an important research topic in many disciplines of natural and social sciences as well as humanities. The various disciplines include but are not limited to statistics, data science, engineering, psychology, economics, sociology, political science, communication, and philosophy. However, interdisciplinary collaboration is still under-developed for this truly interdisciplinary subject. The PKU Risk A-Lab is devoted to advancing collaborative and innovative research on globalized and politicized risks that characterize today’s world as a complicated system full of deep uncertainties.

　　The lab takes scientific approaches and political-cultural perspectives to trace the whole “life cycle” of global risk politics, including the stages of risk definition, risk politicization, and risk management (as shown in Figure 1). We ask questions of how political and epistemic processes are intertwined at each stage. Powered by computational social science, we develop theories, measurements, databases, and methods to advance understandings of global risks and improve identification, monitoring, prediction, prevention, and management of risks. By scientifically tracing the life cycle of global risk politics, our research contributes to a more effective and just paradigm of global governance.