Program Overview

Systemic Risk Management Course

The Systemic Risk Management course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of how to develop and implement systemic risk management in organisations. This fully online six-week course will cover the principles and practices of systemic risk management, including the analysis and management of sources of risk, the role of data and data analytics in generating evidence, and the development of a joined-up strategic risk management capability.

Course Overview

The course will be of interest to those who have experience of managing safety, risk, change, or are responsible for operational performance, in any industry or service that carries operational risk, and who want to explore how to move to a new level of systemic risk management.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Develop a systems understanding of operations and risk, particularly in relation to complex operational problems.
• Understand monitoring and measurement in safety management, safety assurance and managing safety performance.
• Recognise the role of data and data analytics in generating evidence.
• Understand and support processes of improvement and change.
• Develop a joined-up strategic risk management capability.

Course Team

The course team includes:

• Assistant Professor Siobhán Corrigan, Course Coordinator
• Dr. Nick McDonald, Emeritus Fellow, TCD
• Professor Pernilla Ulfvengren, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
• Dr. Daniele Baranzini, AI Services, Deepblue, Rome
• Mr. Brian Doyle, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Former Paramedic / firefighter with Dublin Fire Brigade
• Prof. Marie Ward PhD - Health Systems Research and Learning Facilitator, Quality and Safety Improvement Directorate - St. James's Hospital

Course Structure

The course is a fully online six-week course divided into six live webinar sessions. Each session will comprise several offline learning elements, such as watching introduction videos or preparing some questions for discussion, complemented with a weekly 1.5-hour live webinar. The webinar and study material will be accessed via the student learning platform, Blackboard. Study materials include:

• Recorded sessions for home study.
• Interactive tutorial sessions with experts and practitioners.
• Panel discussion with academic and industry professionals.
• Access to ARK risk management platform to explore key methodologies.

Course Schedule

The live webinars will take place from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm (Irish time) on Wednesdays and one Thursday in 2025:

• Wednesday, March 5th
• Wednesday, March 12th
• Wednesday, March 19th
• Wednesday, March 26th
• Wednesday, April 2nd
• Thursday, April 10th

Course Fees

The course fee is €950.

Certificate of Completion

On successful completion of the programme, participants will be provided with a Certificate of Completion.

CPD Approval

Trinity College Dublin is an Engineers Ireland Registered Training Provider. This course is CPD Approved by Engineers Ireland.