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Gene Rowe

Visiting Worker

Research Area: IFR Extra

Contact Details:

Institute of Food Research,
Norwich Research Park,
Colney, Norwich,
NR4 7UA
UK
gene.rowe@bbsrc.ac.uk

Research interests

Risk communication; risk perception; risk analysis; public engagement; science-in-society; forecasting; Delphi technique; nominal group processes; cognitive psychology; social psychology; human judgment and decision making; evolutionary psychology.

Selected Publications

Hawkes G., Houghton J., Rowe G. (2009)
Risk and worry in everyday life: comparing diaries and interviews as tools in risk perception research
Health, Risk and Society 11 (3) 209-230
Sora B., Boulay A., Sala R., Houghton J., Gancheva V., Strada A., Schlegel-Zawadzka M., Rowe G. (2009)
A characterisation of peanut consumption in four countries: results from focus groups and their implications for peanut allergy prevalence
International Journal of Consumer Studies 33 676-683
DOI:doi: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00810.x
van Kleef E., Ueland O., Theodoridis G., Rowe G., Pfenning U., Houghton J., van Dijk H., Chryssochoidis G., Frewer L. (2009)
Food risk management quality: consumer evaluations of past and emerging food safety incidents
Health, Risk and Society 11 (2) 137-163
DOI:10.1080/13698570902784265

Recent Publications

Rowe G., Rawsthorne D., Scarpello T., Dainty J. R. (2010)
Public engagement in research funding: A study of public capabilities and engagement methodology
Public Understanding of Science 19 (2) 225-239
Marvin H. J. P., Kleter G. A., Frewer L., Cope S., Wentholt M., Rowe G. (2009)
A working procedure for identifying emerging food safety issues at an early stage: implications for European and international risk management practices
Food Control 20 (4) 345-356
Wentholt M., Rowe G., Konig A., Marvin H. J. P., Frewer L. J. (2009)
The views of key stakeholders on an evolving food risk governance framework: results from a Delphi study
Food Policy 34 (6) 539-548
Boulay A., Houghton J., Gancheva V., Sterk Y., Strada A., Schlegel-Zawadzka M., Sora B., Sala R., van Ree R., Rowe G. (2008)
A EuroPrevall review of factors affecting incidence of peanut allergy: Priorities for research and policy
Allergy 63 (7) 797-809
Bowling A., Culliford L., Smith D., Rowe G., Reeves B. (2008)
What do patients really want? Patients' preferences for treatment for angina
Health Expectations 11 (2) 137-147
Bowling A., Reeves B., Rowe G. (2008)
Patient preferences for treatment for angina: an overview of findings from three studies
Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 13 (supp) 104-108
Hawkes G. R. M., Rowe G. (2008)
A characterisation of the methodology of qualitative research on the nature of perceived risk: trends and omissions
Journal of Risk Research 11 (5) 617-643
Houghton J., Rowe G., Frewer L., van Kleef E., Chryssochoidis G., Kehagia O., Korzen-Bohr S., Lassen J., Pfenning U., Strada A. (2008)
The quality of food risk management in Europe: perspectives and priorities
Food Policy 33 13-26
Rowe G., Hawkes G., Houghton J. (2008)
Initial UK public reaction to avian influenza: analysis of opinions posted on the BBC website
Health, Risk & Society 10 (4) 361-384
Rowe G., Horlick-Jones T., Walls J., Poortinga W., Pidgeon N. (2008)
Analysis of a normative framework for evaluating public engagement exercises: reliability, validity and limitations
Public Understanding of Science 17 (4) 419-441
van Dijk H., Houghton J., van Kleef E., van der Lans I., Rowe G., Frewer L. (2008)
Consumer responses to communication about food risk management
Appetite 50 340-352

Dr Gene Rowe