▪ Abstract Values are often invoked in discussions of how to develop a more sustainable
relationship with the environment. There is a substantial literature on values that spans …

Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer
existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. Synthetic …

Since the first edition of The Psychology of Risk there have been enormous macro-economic
and socio-political changes globally-the chaos in the world banking system and the financial …

BACKGROUND Synthetic biology, nanotechnology, geoengineering, and other innovative
technologies share a property: Their effects must often be inferred long before they are …

Historically, regulations governing chemical use have often focused on widely used
chemicals and acute human health effects of exposure to them, as well as their potential to …

It is now sociological common sense to declare that, in everyday life, large numbers of
people approach matters of work, family life, trust and friendship with'risk'constantly in mind …

Public perceptions of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and other low‐carbon
electricity‐generating technologies may affect the feasibility of their widespread deployment …

Abstract LL Thurstone's (1927) model provides a powerful framework for modeling individual
differences in choice behavior. An overview of Thurstonian models for comparative data is …

Existing cybersecurity vulnerability assessment tools were designed based on the policies
and standards defined by organizations such as the US Department of Energy and the …

Risk ranking offers a potentially powerful means for gathering public input to help set risk‐
management priorities. In most rankings conducted to date, the categories and attributes …