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Professor Lynn J. Frewer - short CV.                  Current Research Interests Understanding and measuring societal and individual responses to risks and benefits associated with food, health, sustainability and safety, and linking this to governance practices associated with Risk Analysis. Developing and testing risk (benefit) communication strategies and other public health interventions related to food consumption , and policy translation of scientific results Developing qualitative and quantitative methodologies to understand attitudes and behaviors related to food risks and other food related behaviours. Stakeholder analysis and operationalising scientific foresight regarding research agenda setting, policy and governance in the area of emerging food technologies, and food and agricultural risks. Adapting and applying systematic literature review methodologies the area of consumers and food choice. Developing new approaches to assessing social-economic impacts of food risks and other food issues. Grants awarded I have had extensive involvement in transdisciplinary agrifood projects, (having been involved in more than 50 externally funded projects primarily in the area of social science and the (agri) food sector, and have been PI or CI in many of these. Projects currently funed SUPERG (Policy and permanent grassland, H2020) and Sweet (Artificial sweeteners, H2020), Demeter (Emerging Risk Identification, EFSA), DRIER (Drought identification in China, RCUK NERC) Prohealth (Diseases in animal production systems and societal attitudes, H2020), Food Integrity (Food fraud and authenticityH2020), PAFIC (Adoption of sensor technology in Chinese Agriculture, RCUK STFC Newton), INEXTVIR (Mari-Curie , focused on the Virome), RedApple (BBSRC-NEton)   Animal genomics (stakeholder attitudes, 2 projects funded by genome Canada), and the ESRC seminar series on sustainable and healthy foods, just completed).  Recent examples include Pegasus (GM animals and Society), Safefoods (Risk Analysis and risk communication associated with Food Consumer Behaviour), Europrevall (theme leader, socio-economic issues), Qualibra (Risk-benefit analysis and food), Go-global (Emerging risk identification), INNOVA (Pharmaceutical policy and intergovernmental institutional funding) and BROWSE (pesticides and the sustainable Use directive). In addition, I have been PI for funding from, inter alia, the DUTCH NWO and VWA, UK DEFRA and industry bodies such as the Mobile phone industry board, SUSCHEM. Education •                   PhD Applied Psychology, University of Leeds (1987) •                   MSc Ergonomics, University College London, UK (1983)                                                                         •                   BSc Psychology, 2i, Bristol University, UK (1991) Employment History •                   Professor, Food and Society at the Newcastle University (from January 2011). •                   Head of Agrifood and society group 2016 onwards (Food and Society 2011-2016) •                   Professor, Food Safety and Consumer Behaviour, Wageningen University, the Netherlands (2002-2011) •                   Head, Consumer Science Group at the Institute of Food Research, UK (1998-2002). •                   Senior Research Scientist (Institute of Food Research, Reading, UK, 1992-1998) •                   Previous appointments as Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Psychiatry, London, 1990-92) and as a lecturer,                      University of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 1998-1990). Publications I have published over 230 refereed journal articles and edited 5 books. My current H index is 82, i10 is 209, based on over 23700  citations (Google Scholar, 16.11.18). https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=6xaZ3MIAAAAJ&hl=en Publications include those in the area of risk-benefit perception, communication and management in relation to food choice and agri-food technology acceptance, agriculture policy and public/stakeholder engagement, and scientific foresight applied to the food and agriculture area. Examples of Committee Membership •                   Member, Academic Advisory Board, Plant Earth Institute (2017- Member and Interdisciplinary Advisor, REF panel UoA 6 (UK Research Excellence Framework for UKRI), 2018-2021 •                   Member, working group on animal geneomics, Nuffield Council on Bioethics (2018-) •                   Observer, working group on Emerging food Safety Risk, EFSA (2017- 2018) •                   Trustee, ILSI Science foundation (2013-2018) •                   UK FSA government Advisory Committee Social Science Research Committee (2011-2017) •                   Member, Steering committee of the Swiss national initiative on healthy food and sustainable food production (2009-) •                   Member, Scientific Advisory Board, European Joint Programming Initiative, “A Healthy diet for a healthy life” (From 2011-2015). •                   Member, consumer Science Task Force, “Food for Life” Technology platform (from 2011-2013) •                   Member, Scientific Advisory Board, GM and sustainable food production, and refunding review panel member  MISTRA (Swedish Environmental Funding Agency (From 2010, re-evaluation of programme 2015) •                   External Science Advisory Panel, CEFIC Long Rang Research Initiative (expert member since 2001, Chair 2009-2012) •                   Chair, ILSI expert groups, (a) Consumers and food technology (2009-2011) and (b) Food risk communication (from March 2011). •                   WHO invited expert, radiation contamination, food and risk communication (2012- ) •                   FAO invited expert, and trainer, Food safety risk communication (2013- 207) Other Relevant Committee Memberships •                   Think Tank on Food Risk Communication, VWA, Dutch Food and Goods Standards Agency) Invited Expert, 2003-2007. •                   US National Academies Standing Committee on Biotechnology, Food and Fibre Production, and the Environment. Expert member, consumer risk perception, 1998-2003. •                   UK HSE Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification (expert member, 2001-2003) Selected Funding and Research Evaluations I have been involved with numerous evaluation committees for national, international and European research funding. Recent examples include •                   Evaluation, Formas, Sweden 2016 – •                   Evaluation, JPI HDHL •                   Evaluation, Food and health programme, Finnish Academy of Sciences 2016. •                   Evaluation, Genome Canada, Toronto, January 2011. •                   Evaluation, ALIA programme, INRA, PARIS, France April June 2008, 2009, 2010 •                   Evaluation, ALID programme, INRA, PARIS, France, May 2011 •                   Evaluation, Health Research Board, (New Health Centres) Ireland 2007 •                   Evaluation, Swiss National Science Foundation, Benefits and Risks of the Deliberate Release of Genetically    Modified Plants, January 2007, •                   Evaluation and Chair, Elvira, Finland, June 2006 •                   Evaluation, Framework 6, 7, 2005, 2006. •                   Evaluation, BBSRC (UK) 1999-2003