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Brian Wynne
Researcher at Lancaster University
Publications - 171
Citations - 23079
Brian Wynne is an academic researcher from Lancaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sociology of scientific knowledge & Public policy. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 165 publications receiving 22147 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian Wynne include International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis & Carnegie Mellon University.
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Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity.
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Misunderstood misunderstanding: social identities and public uptake of science:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw general insights into the public reception of scientific knowledge from a case study of Cumbrian sheep farmers' responses to scientific advice about the restrictions introduced after the Chernobyl radioactive fallout.
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Misunderstanding science? : the public reconstruction of science and technology
Alan Irwin,Brian Wynne +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the role of social identities and the public uptake of science in the public understanding of science and their role in the understanding of hazard issues in the UK.
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Uncertainty and environmental learning: reconceiving science and policy in the preventive paradigm.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that shifting the normative principles applied to policy use of science is not merely an external shift in relation to the same body of natural knowledge, but also involves the possible reshaping of the natural knowledge itself.