Professor Henry Rothstein
Professor of Risk and Regulation
Research interests
- Geography
Biography
Dr Henry Rothstein is a Professor of Risk and Regulation and is Deputy Director of the King's Centre for Risk Management.
He has a BSc in natural science from Bristol University and an MSc and DPhil in Science and Technology Policy Studies from the Science Policy Research Unit, Sussex University. Before coming to King’s in 2006, he held a series of Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Fellowships at Brunel University and the ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation at the London School of Economics.
Research
- International and sectoral comparative analysis of risk regulation and governance
- Political economy and philosophy of risk regulation
- Risk-based regulation
- Regulatory transparency, accountability and public participation
Henry has interdisciplinary research interests that have broadly concerned the institutional factors that shape the way that risk governance develops, works and fails within the public and private sectors and across policy domains and countries.
His current research project examines the use of 'big data for improving health care quality regulation across the world' (BMJQ&S 2016) 'Health, risk and society' (2016). This project builds on one aspect of his last research project (HowSAFE), which examined the patterned uptake of risk-based approaches to governance across Europe (Socio-Economic Review (2017); Regulation and Governance (2013)) with a particular focus on the underlying norms and accountability structures of different national polities.
The novelty and potential explanatory power of that insight was recognised by the award in 2012 of a prestigious ESRC-Open Research Area grant with an approximate total value of £1.1 million, shared with collaborators at the universities of Bielefeld, Sciences-Po and Maastricht.
Teaching
PhD supervision
Prospective students interested in working in the areas below should contact Henry with a CV and precis of a research proposal.
- Comparative analysis of risk governance regimes
- Risk as an organising concept of modernity
- Participative risk governance
Principal supervisor
Further details
Research
Risk, Hazard & Society research group
Advancing understanding of risk and perception, as well as communication and regulation in a range of environmental, social and country contexts.
How States Account For Failure in Europe (HOWSAFE)
Exploring the institutional factors driving, shaping and constraining the application of risk-based approaches to governance across Europe.
Project status: Completed
Spotlight
Improving the way big data is used to identify failing hospitals
Researchers use big data to better support hospitals showing a declining quality of care – and ultimately improve their quality and safety.
Research
Risk, Hazard & Society research group
Advancing understanding of risk and perception, as well as communication and regulation in a range of environmental, social and country contexts.
How States Account For Failure in Europe (HOWSAFE)
Exploring the institutional factors driving, shaping and constraining the application of risk-based approaches to governance across Europe.
Project status: Completed
Spotlight
Improving the way big data is used to identify failing hospitals
Researchers use big data to better support hospitals showing a declining quality of care – and ultimately improve their quality and safety.