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Entity practice inside, the nexus outside: the scope ladder and the method cycle

Nexus-Based Risk Management (NRM)

Nexus-Based Risk Management (NRM) is the Academy's encompassing frame for interconnected, systemic risk.

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Nexus-Based Risk Management (NRM), drawn as coupled loops: 1 primary courses open, 10 in preparation, 0 approved for authoring and 1 also taught here, across 9 subtopics. Courses: RAN-308 L4 open, RAX-501 L1 in preparation, RAX-502 L2 in preparation, RAX-503 L2 in preparation, RAX-504 L3 in preparation, RAX-505 L3 in preparation, RAX-506 L3 in preparation, RAX-507 L3 in preparation, RAX-508 L2 in preparation, RAX-509 L4 in preparation, RAX-510 L3 in preparation, RAS-415 L4 also taught here.
Nexus-Based Risk Management (NRM) at a glance. Drawn as coupled loops.
  • Open, 1
  • In preparation, 10
  • Also taught here, 1
  • Subtopics, 9
Course codes from the curriculum; study levels L1 to L4.
Twin builder and simulatorThe Tonle Sap and the Lower Mekong at Phnom Penh5 twin generators, 14 layers, 2 instruments
course open now
1
in preparation
10
subtopics in its scope
9
dams
14

Twin figures for the Tonle Sap and the Lower Mekong at Phnom Penh, counted from its layers at their stated dates.

Twin builder and simulator.

For Nexus-Based Risk Management (NRM): the faculty's twin of Tonle Sap on the planet map, the globe and in 3D. Pick a generator, switch layers, run the instruments; every layer prints its provider and date.

The Tonle Sap and the Lower Mekong at Phnom Penh: a flat plan of the faculty twin. Terrain 0 to 1,700 m; River 2,956 km; 14 dams; 6 power plants, 88 MW; Tree cover 37.8 percent of the box; Cropland 39.9 percent of the box; Built-up 0.9 percent of the box; Permanent water 4.7 percent of the box; River discharge, GloFAS via Open-Meteo: live, loads in the twin; Vegetation index, MODIS Terra NDVI 8-day: live, loads in the twin; Surface water extent, OPERA DSWx (HLS): the flood pulse: live, loads in the twin; Land cover classes, MODIS IGBP (annual): live, loads in the twin. Contours every 250 metres from the elevation grid; named rivers by class; cropland, tree cover, water and built-up shares (esa worldcover 2021) as the class holding a quarter or more of each cell; dams as marks; power plants as marks.
The Tonle Sap and the Lower Mekong at Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Flat plan of the same data: the lake and rivers, the dams, the plants by capacity, the cropland and tree cover cells and the numbers below. The 3D twin opens on devices with WebGL once its data and library have been checked; discharge, vegetation, surface water and the annual land cover load in the twin on request, each with its data date.
  • Terrain 0 to 1,700 m
  • River 2,956 km
  • 14 dams
  • 6 power plants, 88 MW
  • Tree cover 37.8 percent of the box
  • Cropland 39.9 percent of the box
  • Built-up 0.9 percent of the box
  • Permanent water 4.7 percent of the box
  • River discharge, GloFAS via Open-Meteo: live, loads in the twin
  • Vegetation index, MODIS Terra NDVI 8-day: live, loads in the twin
  • Surface water extent, OPERA DSWx (HLS): the flood pulse: live, loads in the twin
  • Land cover classes, MODIS IGBP (annual): live, loads in the twin
Credits and dates per layer are listed under the stage. Relief in the twin is exaggerated ×1.5 for legibility.

Drag to move, right drag or Shift with a drag to turn and tilt, Ctrl with the wheel to zoom. Keyboard: arrows move, Shift with arrows turn and tilt, + and - zoom, 0 resets, V steps through the views, Escape clears.

Flat plan of the same data: the lake and rivers, the dams, the plants by capacity, the cropland and tree cover cells and the numbers below. The 3D twin opens on devices with WebGL once its data and library have been checked; discharge, vegetation, surface water and the annual land cover load in the twin on request, each with its data date.

The map loads from this site as it nears the view (MapLibre 6.9.1, checked by hash).

The discipline in brief.

It does not replace enterprise risk management: entity-level practice under ISO 31000 and COSO, the discipline tracks and disaster risk reduction under the Sendai Framework each keep their own scope, and NRM nests them on a scope ladder from entity to sector, system of systems, region and planet and governs the interdependencies, cascades, compound events and shared exposures between them. The discipline teaches the eight-step method cycle: scope the nexus system, map interdependencies as a typed and sourced graph, build compound and cascade scenarios, stress test the system, appraise a portfolio of options across levels, design anticipatory triggers and finance, govern shared exposure and hand off to the actor with authority, and monitor, learn and correct; the upward flow of register dependency fields into the nexus layer and the downward flow of systemic notices, tolerances and scenario packs; evidence grades from not bound to validated, kept separate from any single score; and NRM profiles as the form a nexus system is written in. The faculty's twin is its first case: the Tonle Sap loop and the cascade matrix are steps two to four of the cycle on real data, with every coupling labelled as a teaching sensitivity. A graduate can place an entity register on the ladder, run the cycle on a basin and write the systemic notice that goes back down, graded by its evidence.

Nexus-Based Risk Management is the Academy's encompassing frame for interconnected, systemic risk. It is taught in the department of Nexus-Based Risk Management, Faculty of Systems and Nexus Studies, through 11 courses with it as primary discipline and 1 more that also teach it.

What the discipline covers.

9 subtopics, taught across its courses and labs.

Courses
1 open, 10 in preparation
Levels
L1 Introductory, L2 Intermediate, L3 Advanced, L4 Integrative
Labs
Network lab
  • The scope ladder from entity to planet
  • Interdependency and coupling types
  • Shared exposures
  • Compound and cascade scenarios
  • Systemic stress testing
  • Cross-scale options and decisions
  • Anticipatory governance across systems
  • Evidence, monitoring and learning
  • NRM profiles

What is changing now.

Recent developments in nexus-Based Risk Management (NRM), each with its source; sources checked on 16 October 2026. Summaries are short readings of the source; follow the link for the full account.

The faculty hub.

News and research as they are published, per discipline, with the faculty's other tools.

The newest research, preprints, news and humanitarian reports for Nexus-Based Risk Management (NRM), each with its source and date, load here. Open the research and news hub

1 open, 10 in preparation.

Courses with this as their primary discipline. Open courses link to the catalogue.

Courses from other disciplines.

These courses count in their own primary discipline and also teach this one; they do not count towards its achievement as primary courses.

Also taught here1 courses that count in another discipline

  1. RAS-415Risk Leadership Capstone: From Entity to SystemIn preparationSystems, L4 Integrative, 12 hours (estimate), primary in Enterprise risk management and risk frameworks

What you can earn here.

Methods, frameworks and hazards.

From the Academy's risk taxonomy: the discipline's own entries and those of its primary courses, with how many courses teach each.

Methods and practice

  1. Hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity assessment1 course
  2. Scenario analysis and stress testing1 course

Pathways that teach it.

  1. Academy flagshipNexus-Based Risk Management flagship pathway2 of its 20 courses are taught here.
  2. Role pathwayEnterprise risk manager1 of its 12 courses are taught here.

How the subject is practised in labs.

LabWhat you do in itCourses using it
Network labBuild dependency graphs, find critical nodes, trace cascades1

Where the subject is worked on.

Cited as places where the subject is practised; the institutions named are sources here, and Risk Academy hosts every course.

The three Foundry systems where it is practised.

  • Nexus FoundryNexus systemDependencies across a portfolioPortfolios room
  • GRIx systemCascades across systemsCascades room
  • DSS systemDecisions on interdependent riskDecisions room

Nexus Foundry system pages describe what each system and its rooms are designed to do; they are not a service on offer, and studying here gives no access to them.

Terms used on this page.

Around Nexus-Based Risk Management (NRM).

Nexus-Based Risk Management (NRM)

Start with an open course.

The catalogue lists each course with its outcomes, labs, hours and level.

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