Risk and the Public Acceptance of New Technologies

JULIE BARNETT is Senior Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, UKH. DEVINE-WRIGHT is a Research Fellow in Environmental Psychology, University of Manchester, UKP. DEVINE-WRIGHT is a Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester Architecture Research Centre, UKMALCOLM EAMES is Professor of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Brunel Business School, Brunel University, UKARNOUT FISCHER is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group, Wageningen University, The NetherlandsLYNN FREWER is Professor in Food Safety and Consumer Behaviour, Wageningen University, The NetherlandsMIKE HODSON is Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF), University of Salford, UKTOM HORLICK-JONES is an independent researcher and consultant, currently based at Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UKALAN IRWIN is Professor of Science and Technology Policy, University of Liverpool, UKSIMON MARVIN is Professor and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, University of Salford, UKWILL MCDOWALL is a Researcher at the Centre for Health and Environmental Research, University of British Columbia, CanadaALISON MOHR is Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, London, UKSOUSANA MOURATO is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics at Imperial College, London, UKTANYA O'GARRA is currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of the South Pacific in Fiji, and is also a Visiting Research Associate at Imperial College, London, UKPETER PEARSON is Professor of Energy and Environmental Studies, and Director of the Imperial College (London) Centre for Energy Policy and Technology (ICEPT), and also is a director of Imperial College's 'Futures Lab', UKMIRIAM RICCI is a Research Fellow, Institute for Social, Cultural and Policy Research, University of Salford, UKF. SHERRY-BRENNAN is a Doctoral candidate, University of Manchester, UKVICKY SIMPSON was Research Associate and is currently Centre Administrator, Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF), University of Salford, UKLADA TIMOTIJEVIC is a Research Fellow in the Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health Research Centre, University of Surrey, UK

• List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Risk and the Public Acceptance of New Technologies; R.Flynn Public Dialogue and the Scientific Citizen; A.Irwin On the Signature of New Technologies: Materiality, Sociality and Practical Reasoning; T.Horlick-Jones Public Acceptance of New Technologies in Food Products and Production; A.Fischer & L.Frewer Making Sense of Uncertainty and Precaution: The Example of Mobile Telecommunications; J.Barnett & L.Timotijevic Against the Stream: Moving Public Engagement on Nanotechnologies Upstream; A.Mohr Public Acceptability of Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Transport and Associated Refuelling Infrastructure; T.O'Garra, P.Pearson & S.Mourato Social Representations of Hydrogen Technologies: A Community-Owned Wind-Hydrogen Project; F.Sherry-Brennan, H.Devine-Wright & P.Devine-Wright Stakeholders' and Publics' Perceptions of Hydrogen Energy Technologies; M.Ricci, P.Bellaby & R.Flynn Technological Transitions and Public Engagement: Competing Visions of a Hydrogen Fuel Station; M.Hodson, S.Marvin & V.Simpson Towards a Sustainable Energy Future: Participatory Foresight and Appraisal; M.Eames & W.McDowall Conclusions; P.Bellaby Index