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Governance
Title	Principal	Team	Status
Social and Human Rights Impact Assessment and the Governance of Technology.	Dr Andrew Barry Work undertaken at: Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW Now at: Oxford University Centre for the Environment University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QY andrew.barry@ouce.ox.ac.uk		Ended October 2004


Interdisciplinarity and Society: a critical comparative study	Dr Andrew Barry Oxford University Centre for the Environment University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QY andrew.barry@ouce.ox.ac.uk	Professor M Strathern Department of Social Anthropology University of Cambridge New Museum Site Cambridge CB2 3RF Dr G E M Born Faculty of Social and Political Sciences University of Cambridge New Museum Site Cambridge CB2 3RQ gemb2@cam.ac.uk	Ended December 2006


Using Public Environmental Knowledge in Industry	Dr Kate Burningham, Department of Sociology & Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH k.burningham@surrey.ac.uk	Dr J Barnett Department of Psychology University of Surrey Guildford Surrey GU2 7XH Dr W Wehrmeyer Centre for Environmental Strategy University of Surrey Guildford Surrey GU2 7XH Professor R Clift Centre for Environmental Strategy University of Surrey Guildford Surrey GU2 7XH Dr Anna Carr Centre for Environmental Strategy & Department of Psychology University of Surrey Guildford Surrey GU2 7XH	Ended July 2005


Childhood cancer tissue donations: a gift relationship?	Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, Health Sciences 2nd Floor Adrian Building University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH md11@le.ac.uk	Professor Clive Seale, Brunel University Dr Bridget Young, University of Hull Dr Kathy Pritchard-Jones, Institute of Cancer Research Professor Jean McHale, University of Leicester Dr Martin Tobin, University of Leicester Dr David Heney University of Leicester Dr Joanne Forster, Leicester Royal Infirmary Dr Marwan Habiba, University of Leicester	Ended February 2007


Inside or Outside the Bio-Science Tent?: The presentation of the laboratory-self.	Dr A L Eriksson work undertaken at: School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University now based at: SATSU Department of Sociology University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD le502@york.ac.uk	Dr R Evans, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University The Glamorgan Building, King Edward VIIth Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WT Professor H M Collins, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, The Glamorgan Building, King Edward VIIth Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WT	Ended December 2003


Credibility claims as scientific commodities.	Dr Sally Eden Department of Geography University of Hull Cottingham Road Hull HU6 7RX s.e.eden@hull.ac.uk	Professor G P Walker Department of Geography Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YB g.p.walker@lancaster.ac.uk Dr C Bear Department of Geography University of Hull Hull HU6 7RX c.bear@hull.ac.uk	Ended September 2006


Contesting environmental science: business and environmentalist NGOs	Dr Sally Eden Department of Geography University of Hull Cottingham Road HULL HU6 7RX s.e.eden@hull.ac.uk	Professor G P Walker Department of Geography Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YB g.p.walker@lancaster.ac.uk	Ended October 2003


Caught Between Science and Society: Foot and Mouth disease.	Dr Brigitte Nerlich, Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society, University of Nottigham, Law and Social Sciences Building Nottingham NG7 2RD Brigitte.Nerlich@nottingham.ac.uk	Dr Samantha Hillyard Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society, University of Nottingham, Law and Social Sciences Building Nottingham NG7 2RD Professor Martin F Seabrook School of Biosciences University of Nottingham Sutton Bonington Campus Leicestershire. LE12 5RD Dr Nick Wright, Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society, University of Nottingham, Law and Social Sciences Building Nottingham NG7 2RD Dr Martin Doering Research Fellow (October 2003 - July 2004) Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society, University of Nottingham, Law and Social Sciences Building Nottingham NG7 2RD	Ended March 2005


Public perceptions of risk, science and governance.	Professor Nick Pidgeon Work undertaken at: Centre for Environmental Risk University of East Anglia Norwich Now based at School of Psychology Cardiff University Tower Building Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT PidgeonN@cardiff.ac.uk	Dr I H Langford, Centre for Environmental Risk, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ Dr W Poortinga, Centre for Environmental Risk, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ Professor T O'Riordan, School of Environmental Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ	Ended May 2003


Accountability and the Governance of Expertise: anticipating genetic bioweapons.	Dr. Brian Rappert Department of Sociology University of Exeter Exeter EX4 4QJ B.Rappert@exeter.ac.uk	Professor Malcolm Dando Department of Peace Studies University of Bradford	Ended October 2003


Simulation modelling of contentious scientific knowledge claims in society.	Dr Simon Shackley Manchester Business School University of Manchester Pariser Building H8 PO Box 88 Manchester M60 1QD simon.shackley@mbs.ac.uk	Dr Mercedes Bleda Manchester Business School University of Manchester Harold Hankins Building Booth Street West Manchester M13 9PL mercedes.bleda@mbs.ac.uk Dr Jian-Bo Yang Manchester Business School University of Manchester PO Box 88 Manchester M60 1QD Dr Dennis Bray Manchester Business School University of Manchester PO Box 88 Manchester M60 1QD	Ended March 2004


Resolving conflicts in selecting a programme of fisheries science investigation.	Professor Jonathan Side International Centre for Island Technology Heriot-Watt University The Old Academy Stombness Orkney KW17 j.c.side@hw.ac.uk	Professor Climis Davos UCLA Los Angeles USA	Ended May 2004


Reproducing the centre: performing innovation at Xerox PARC.	Professor Lucy Suchman Centre for Science Studies Department of Sociology Lancaster University Cartmel College Lancaster LA1 4YL l.suchman@lancaster.ac.uk		Ended July 2003


Governance and accountability relations in mundane techno-scientific solutions to public problems.	Professor Steve Woolgar, Said Business School, University of Oxford, Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HP steve.woolgar@sbs.ox.ac.uk	Dr D R Neyland, Said Business School, University of Oxford, Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HP daniel.neyland@sbs.ox.ac.uk	Ended November 2006



Communication
Title	Principal	Team	Status
Deliberating the Environment: Scientists and the Socially Excluded in Dialogue	Dr Derek Bell, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle NE1 7RU derek.bell@ncl.ac.uk	Professor Tim Gray, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle NE1 7RU Dr Jan Deckers, School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle Newcastle NE2 4HH Ms Mary Brennan, School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, University of Newcastle Newcastle NE1 7RU Dr Nicola Thompson, School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, University of Newcastle Newcastle NE1 7RU nicola.thompson@ncl.ac.uk	Ended September 2004


Spinning Science: the Nanotech Industry and Financial News	Mary Ebeling work undertaken at: Department of Sociology University of Surrey Guildford GU2 7XH Now at Drexel University , Philadelphia, USA mfe@drexel.edu	Dr Geoff Cooper Department of Sociology University of Surrey Guildford GU2 7XH g.cooper@surrey.ac.uk	Ended December 2006


Public Involvement, Environment and Health: Evaluating GIS for Participation	Dr John Forrester, Department of Sociology University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD jf11@york.ac.uk	Mr Steve Cinderby, Stockholm Environment Institute -York, Department of Biology, University of York York YO10 5DD Ms Laura Potts, School of Management Community and Communication, York St John College Lord Mayor's Walk York YO31 7EX Dr Paul Rosen, Science and Technology Studies Unit, Department of Sociology, University of York York YO10 5DD	Ended January 2003


Communicating Science through Novel Exhibits and Exhibitions	Professor Christian Heath, The Management Centre, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 christian.heath@kcl.ac.uk	Dr J Bradburne, The Next Generation Foundation Dr Dirk vom Lehn, The Management Centre, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 dirk.vom_lehn@kcl.ac.uk	Ended September 2006


Experiments In Science Communication: A Pilot Study With A Digital TV Channel	Dr Richard Hull The Business School University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle NE1 7RU	Prof Jenny Kitzinger, School of Journalism, Media & Cultural Studies Cardiff University Room 0.55a The Bute Building King Edward VII Avenue CARDIFF CF10 3NB 029 2087 4571 KitzingerJ@cardiff.ac.uk	Ended February 2003


The New Zoos: Science, Media and Culture	Dr Nils Lindhal-Elliot work undertaken at: School of Cultural Studies, University of the West of England, St Matthias Campus, Oldbury Court Road, Bristol BS16 2JP now at Centre for Media, Culture and Environmental Education Bristol, UK nils.lindahl-elliot@cmcee.org		Ended September 2004


Consultation as Science Communication? The Case of Local Air Quality Management	Professor James Longhurst, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of the West of England Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS161QY james.longhurst@uwe.ac.uk	Professor Frank Burnet, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of the West of England Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS161QY Professor David Gibbs, Department of Geography, University of Hull Dr Emma Weitkamp, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of the West of England Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS161QY	Ended December 2006


Divided We Stand: Bridging Differential Understanding of Environmental Risk	Ms Laura Potts School of Management, Community and Communication, York St John College, Lord Mayor's Walk, York YO31 7EX l.potts@yorksj.ac.uk	Dr. Sarah Nettleton Senior Lecturer in Social Policy Department of Social Policy and Social Work University of York York YO10 5DD sjn2@york.ac.uk Dr. Rachael Dixey Senior and Principal Lecturer Centre for Health Promotion Research Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds LS1 R.Dixey@lmu.ac.uk Mr. Steve Cinderby Research Associate (Deputy Director) Stockholm Environment Institute University of York York YO10 5DD sc9@york.ac.uk Dee Barron, Research Associate, School of Management, Community and Communication York St John College Lord Mayor’s Walk York YO31 7EX deebarron@hotmail.com	Ended December 2004


What does social change mean in the context of Engineering education?	Dr Jane Pritchard Teaching and Learning Service University of Glasgow Florentine House 53 Hillhead Street Glasgow j.pritchard@admin.gla.ac.uk		Ended December 2006



Economics
Title	Principal	Team	Status
Mobility and Excellence in Scientific Labour Markets: The question of balanced growth	Professor Louise Ackers Chair in Socio-Legal Studies Liverpool Law School University of Liverpool L69 7ZS louise.ackers@liv.ac.uk	Dr Ian Turton, Department of Geography, University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT Ms.Sonia Morano Foadi, Department of Law, University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT (now at Oxford Brookes)	Ended September 2003


The Impact of Enlargement of Scientific Labour Markets	Professor Louise Ackers Chair in Socio-Legal Studies Liverpool Law School University of Liverpool L69 7ZS louise.ackers@liv.ac.uk	Dr Helen Stalford Liverpool Law School University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZS stalford@liverpool.ac.uk Bryony Gill European Law and Policy Research Group Liverpool Law School University of Liverpool L69 7ZS b.gill@liv.ac.uk	Ended November 2006


Work roles and careers of academic scientists in University-Industry collaboration	Professor Alice Lam School of Management Royal Holloway University of London Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX alice.lam@rhul.ac.uk	Mr Andre de Campos School of Management Royal Holloway University of London Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX andre.campos@rhul.ac.uk	Ended December 2006


'Making Science History’: The Regionalisation of Science Policy?	Professor Simon Marvin, Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF) University of Salford 113-115 Portland Street Manchester M1 6FB s.marvin@salford.ac.uk	Professor Tim May Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF) University of Salford 113-115 Portland Street Manchester M1 6FB t.may@salford.ac.uk Beth Perry Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF) University of Salford 113-115 Portland Street Manchester M1 6FB b.perry@salford.ac.uk	Ended May 2003


Labour markets and knowledge flows in the Chinese national system of innovation	Dr Matias Ramirez SPRU University of Sussex Freeman Centre, Falmer Brighton East Sussex BN1 9QE matias.ramirez@sussex.ac.uk	Dr Peter Dickenson BRESE, Brunel Business School Brunel University Uxbridge, West London UB8 3PH	Ended July 2006


Building Science Regions in the ERA: Governance in the Territorial Agora	Ms Beth Perry Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures University of Salford 113-115 Portland Street Manchester M1 6DW b.perry@salford.ac.uk	Professor Tim May Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures University of Salford 113-115 Portland Street Manchester M1 6DW t.may@salford.ac.uk Professor D R Charles Business School, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, University of Newcastle Newcastle NE1 7RU d.r.charles@newcastle.ac.uk	Ended May 2006


Diffusion of knowledge through migration of scientific labour in India: issues, challenges and implications	Professor David Wield Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA d.v.wield@open.ac.uk	Professor Paul Quintas Open University Business School Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA p.quintas@open.ac.uk Dr Steve Little Open University Business School Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA s.e.little@open.ac.uk Research Assistant Dinar Kale Open University Business School Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA d.kane@open.ac.uk	Ended March 2006


The Impact of Gender Innovation on Regional Technology, Economy and Society	Professor Pooran Wynarczyk Director, Small Enterprise Research Unit (SERU) School of Geography, Politics and Sociology Newcastle University 1^st Floor, Porter Building St Thomas Street Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU, UK Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 7739 Fax: +44 (0) 191 283776 e-mail: pooran.wynarczyk@ncl.ac.uk web: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/seru	Professor Barry Clarke Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering Stephenson Centre Newcastle University Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU Tel. +44(0) 191 222 6419 Fax: + 44 (0) 191 222 5950 e-mail: B.G.Clarke@newcastle.ac.uk Jonathan Brown Project Manager Small Enterprise Research Unit (SERU) School of Geography, Politics and Sociology Newcastle University 1^st Floor, Porter Building St Thomas Street Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU, UK Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 5661 Fax: +44 (0) 191 283776 e-mail: j.w.j.brown@ncl.ac.uk web: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/seru	Ended November 2006



Globalization
Title	Principal	Team	Status
Regulatory practices and challenges of the African crop biotechnology sector	Dr Joanna Chataway Development Policy and Practice Technology Faculty The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Tel. No.: +44 (0) 1908 655119/654782 Email: j.c.chataway@open.ac.uk	Professor David Wield Development Policy and Practice Technology Faculty The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Tel. No.: + 44 (0) 1908 652475/653651 Email: d.v.wield@open.ac.uk Dr Seife Ayele Development Policy and Practice Technology Faculty The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Tel. No.: +44 (0) 1908 655534/654782 Email: s.ayele@open.ac.uk	Ended August 2006


Institutional Impacts of North-South Partnerships in Agricultural Biotechnology	Dr Joanna Chataway Development Policy and Practice Technology Faculty The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA j.c.chataway@open.ac.uk	Professor David Wield Development Policy and Practice Technology Faculty The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA d.v.wield@open.ac.uk Dr Helen Yanacopulos Development Policy and Practice Technology Faculty The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA h.yanacopulos@open.ac.uk Dr Seife Ayele Research Fellow Development Policy and Practice Technology Faculty The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA s.ayele@open.ac.uk	Ended August 2004


Childhood vaccination: science and public engagement in international perspective	Professor James Fairhead Department of Anthroplogy University of Sussex Falmer Brighton BN1 9SJ j.r.fairhead@sussex.ac.uk	Professor Melissa Leach Institute of Development Studies University of Sussex Falmer Brighton BN1 9RE qdff6@central.susx.ac.uk	Ended September 2004


Science, Technology and Water Scarcity: Investigating the 'Solutions'	Dr Lyla Mehta, Environment Group, Institute of Development Studies, at the University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RE l.mehta@ids.ac.uk		Ended November 2005


The World Wide Web of Science: Emerging Global Scources of Expertise	Dr Ralph Schroeder Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St.Giles Oxford OX1 3JS Ralph.Schroeder@oii.ox.ac.uk	William Dutton Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St.Giles Oxford OX1 3JS william.dutton@oii.ox.ac.uk	Ended March 2006


Databases, naturalists and the global biodiversity convention	Claire Waterton Department of Sociology County College South Lancaster University LA1 4YD c.waterton@lancs.ac.uk	Rebecca Ellis Department of Sociology County College South Lancaster University LA1 4YD r.ellis@lancaster.ac.uk Researcher Maria Pacha Department of Sociology County College South Lancaster University LA1 4YD m.pacha@lancaster.ac.uk	Ended June 2006



Identity
Title	Principal	Team	Status
Public perceptions of gamete donations in British South Asian Communities	Professor Lorraine Culley Associate Director, Mary Seacole Research Centre Faculty of Health & Life Sciences De Montfort University lac@dmu.ac.uk	Research team Prof. Mark Johnson Professor of Diversity in Health and Social Care Director, Mary Seacole Research Centre De Montfort University mrdj@dmu.ac.uk Dr Frances Rapport Julian Tudor Hart Senior Research Fellow School of Postgraduate studies University of Wales Swansea F.L.Rapport@swansea.ac.uk Dr Aditya Baradwaj Research Fellow ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen) Cardiff University BharadwajA@cardiff.ac.uk Ms Nicky Hudson Research Fellow Faculty of Health & Life Sciences De Montfort University nhudson@dmu.ac.uk	Ended March 2006


Gender theories and risk perception: a secondary analysis	Professor Nick Pidgeon School of Psychology Cardiff University Tower Building Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT 029 20 87 48 58 PidgeonN@cardiff.ac.uk	Dr Karen Henwood School of Social Sciences Cardiff University Glamorgan Building King Edward VII Avenue Cardiff CF10 3WT HenwoodK@cardiff.ac.uk Professor Alan Irwin University of Liverpool Management School Chatham Street Liverpool L69 7ZH Alan.Irwin@liverpool.ac.uk	Ended March 2007


Asbestos Diseases: Scientific Definitions and Gendered Identities	Linda Waldman Fellow, Environment Team Institute of Development Studies University of Sussex BN1 9RE Tel: 01273 678516 L.Waldman@ids.ac.uk		Ended December 2006


Boundary Work, Normal Ageing and Brain Pathology	Professor John Bond, Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle NE2 4AA john.bond@ncl.ac.uk	Professor Carl May, Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle NE2 4AA c.r.may@newcastle.ac.uk Dr J Francis, Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle NE2 4AA Dr T Moreira, Research Associate, Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle NE2 4AA t.e.moreira@newcastle.ac.uk Professor T Kirkwood, Institute for Aeging and Health, Newcastle General Hospital Newcastle NE4 6BE tom.kirkwood@newcastle.ac.uk Professor IG McKeith, School of Neurology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, University of Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary Queen Victoria Road Newcastle NE1 4LP i.g.mckeith@newcastle.ac.uk Dr J Hughes, Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust, Newcastle General Hospital Newcastle NE4 6BE.	Ended April 2006



Genomics
Title	Principal	Team	Status
Doing Embryo Ethics: Safety and Efficacy in Research and Practice	Professor Anne Kerr School of Sociology and Social Policy University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT E.A.Kerr@leeds.ac.uk 0113 3437380	Professor Henry Leese Department of Biology University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD	Start date - May 2004


Farmers’ Understandings of Genetically Modified Crops within Local Communities	Dr Andy Lane, Department of Development Policy and Practice, The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA a.b.lane@open.ac.uk	Dr S M Oreszczyn, Department of Development Policy and Practice, The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA Dr S Carr, Centre for Complexity and Change, The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA	Ended April 2007


Pharmacogenomics, Diagnostic Tests and Clinician Acceptance	Dr Graham Lewis, Science and Technology Studies Unit, Department of Sociology, University of York, Heslington, Yo10 5DD gl12@york.ac.uk		Ended November 2006


Dual Use Controls and Genomic Research	Dr Paul Nightingale SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RE p.nightingale@sussex.ac.uk	Dr Caitriona McLeish, SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RE c.a.mcleish@sussex.ac.uk	Ended September 2004


Science, Security and Regulation: How effective are export controls?	Dr Jez Littlewood Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ j.littlewood@soton.ac.uk		Ended December 2005