Research Projects
Our research has made major contributions to the development of risk both an academic field of study and a body of policy-relevant know-how. This concern for and impact upon policy and practice is a defining feature of our research, which has benefited from close collaborations with industry and government agencies.
Past research partners and clients include British Energy, UK Food Standards Agency, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, IRSN, US Department of Homeland Security, Pfizer, European Food Safety Authority, and the UK Health & Safety Executive, among others.
Aquamax: Consumer perceptions of farmed fish
2007 - 2010. European Commission, £311,098.
Principal investigator: Prof Ragnar Löfstedt
Research Fellow: Dr Anne Katrin Schlag
Preparing for a nuclear accident in the UK
2006-2010. Study funded by Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Paris, France
Principle Investigator: Ala Pigree
Public Responses to CBRN Terrorism
2006-2009. Home Office: Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Directorate, £927,123
Principle Investigators: Dr Brooke Rogers (KCRM); Simon Wessely and James Rubin (Institute of Psychiatry (IOP) (King's College London); John Simpson and Richard Amlot (Health Protection Agency).
Risk in Policy-Making
2007- 2008. DEFRA, £80,000.
Principal Investigator: Dr Henry Rothstein
Research Fellow: Dr John Downer
Evaluating Hygiene Award Schemes in UK
2006-2007. Food Standards Agency, £140,604.
Principal Investigators: Dr Charlotte Yapp and Dr Chris Day
Research Associate: Carolyn Birch