Risk is an intrinsic part of our lives. In the future, the development and

growth of the Internet of things allows getting a huge amount of data.

Considering this evolution, our research focuses on developing a novel

concept, namely Holistic Risk Assessment (HRA), that takes into

consideration elements outside the direct influence of the individual to

provide a highly personalized risk assessment. The HRA implies

developing a methodology and a model.

This paper is related to the epistemological positioning of this research.

We consider this research as an artificial science under the

constructivism paradigm. We also introduce the positioning of this

research in the complexity science paradigm. We end this paper by

presenting a methodology based on an adapted Design Thinking

Model.