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George Gaskell

April 18, 2024

George Gaskell is a British Emeritus Professor of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).[2] Formerly Director of the Methodology Institute, which he established with Colm O’Muircheartaigh, he was Pro-director for Planning and Resources and a member of the LSE Council and Court of Governors.

George Gaskell
George Gaskell in 1983
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity College London
Known fortoblerone model of social representations
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsInstitute of Social Psychology, London School of Economics
ThesisAn empirical investigation of social and individual factors influencing decisions on risk related items
Doctoral advisorRob Farr
Doctoral studentsNicola Morant, Gordon Sammut[1]

He is a member of the Advisory Group on Risk Communication of the European Food Safety Authority and Chair of the International Advisory Committee of the Centre for Society and Genomics in the Netherlands. He was vice-chair of the European Commission’s Science and Society Advisory Committee for FP6 and a member of the Science in Society Committee of the Royal Society and the Economic and Social Research Council’s Evaluation Committee.

Biography edit

George Gaskell graduated from University College London in 1969, and completed his PhD in social psychology under the supervision of Professor Rob Farr in 1973. He joined the Institute of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics in 1971.

Research and Intellectual Interests edit

George Gaskell’s research interests fall under the rubric of societal psychology, an approach he developed with the late Hilde Himmelweit, which suggests that a neglected focus in social psychology is the study of social phenomena and cultural forces that both shape, and in turn are shaped by, people's outlooks and actions. Past research projects include the study of energy use and conservation, the crowd in contemporary Britain, youth and unemployment, and social and cognitive aspects of survey methodology.

George Gaskell is well known for developing the toblerone model of social representations with Martin Bauer, for his edited handbook with Martin Bauer, Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and Sound: A Practical Handbook (2000), which provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to a broad range of research methods with the objective of clarifying procedures, good practice and public accountability – now translated into Portuguese, Hebrew and Chinese.

His current research, drawing on social representations theory, focuses on science, technology and society, in particular the issues of risk and trust; how values influence people’s views about technological innovation, and the governance of science and technology. Since 1996 he has coordinated the series of Eurobarometer surveys on ‘Biotechnology and the Life Sciences’ for DG Research. He was principal investigator of ‘Life Sciences in European Society’ (LSES), a European comparative study of biotechnology in the public sphere funded by FP6 of the European Commission and more recently ‘Sensitive technologies and European Public Ethics’ (STEPE).

Publications edit

Edited books and monographs

Gaskell, G., and Bauer, M. (Eds). (2001). Biotechnology 1996-2000: The years of controversy. London: Science Museum Press.

Bauer, M., and Gaskell, G. (Eds). (2000). Qualitative researching with text, image and sound. London: Sage.

Durant, J., Bauer, M., and Gaskell, G. (1998). Biotechnology in the Public Sphere: a European Source Book. London: Science Museum Publications.

Wright, D.B., and Gaskell, G. (Eds). (1998). Surveying memory processes. Hove, Psychology Press

Himmelweit, H., and Gaskell, G. (Eds). (1990). Societal Psychology. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Fraser, C., and Gaskell, G. (Eds). (1990). The Social Psychological Study of Widespread Beliefs. Oxford University Press.

Gaskell, G., and Benewick, R. (1987). The Crowd in Contemporary Britain. London: Sage.

Gaskell, G., and Joerges, B. (Eds). (1987) Public Policies and Private Actions. Aldershot: Avebury WZB

Monnier, E., Gaskell, G., Ester, P., Joerges, B., LaPillone, C.J.H., Midden, C., and Puiseux, L. (Eds). (1986). Consumer Behavior and Energy Policy. New York: Praeger.

Hutton, S., Gaskell, G., Corden, A, Pike, R, and Bradshaw, J. (1985). Energy efficiency in low income households: An evaluation of local insulation projects. Department of Energy, HMSO, London.

Ester, P., Gaskell, G., Joerges, B., Midden, C., de Vries, T., and van Raaij, W. (Eds) (1984). Consumer Behaviour and Energy Policy. North Holland, Amsterdam, New York.

Gaskell, G., and Sealy, A.P. (1976). Groups: Block 13, D305 Social Psychology, p. 81. Open University Press.

Selected articles and chapters post 1994

Gaskell, G., Allum, N., Wagner, W., Kronberger, N., Torgensen, H., and Bardes, J. (2004). GM foods and the misperception of risk perception. Risk analysis, 24. (1). 183 - 192.

Ten Eyck, T., Gaskell, G., and Jackson, J.P. (2004). Seeds, food and trade wars: Public opinion and policy responses in the US and Europe. Journal of Commercial Biotechnology. 10: 3, 258-267.

Gaskell,G., Allum, N., Bauer, M., Jackson, J.P., Howard, S. and Lindsey, N. (2003). Climate change for biotechnology? UK public opinion 1991-2002. AgBioForum, vol 6 nos 1&2.

Gaskell, G., Allum, N. and Stares, S. (2003). Europeans and Biotechnology in 2002: Eurobarometer 58.0 ()

Gaskell, G., and Allum, N. (2001). Sound science, problematic publics? Contrasting representations of risk and uncertainty. Politeia XV11, 63, 13-25.

Gaskell, G. et al. (2000). Biotechnology and the European Public. Nature Biotechnology, 18, 935-938.

Gaskell, G., Wright, D. and O'Muircheartaigh, C. (2000). Telescoping landmark events: Implications for survey research. Public Opinion Quarterly, 64, 77-89.

Gaskell, G. (2000). Individual and group interviewing, pp 38–56, in Bauer M and G Gaskell (eds) Qualitative researching with text, image and sound. London: Sage.

Gaskell, G. and Bauer, M. (2000). Towards public accountability: Beyond sampling, reliability and validity, pp336–350, In Bauer M & G Gaskell (eds) Qualitative researching with text, image and sound. London: Sage.

Bauer, M., Gaskell, G. and Allum, N. (2000). Quantity, quality and knowledge interests: Avoiding confusions, pp3–18, in Bauer M & G Gaskell (eds) Qualitative researching with text, image and sound. London: Sage.

Durant, J., Bauer, M., Gaskell, G., Midden, C., Liakopoulos, M., and Sholten, L. (2000). Industrial and post-industrial public understanding of science, in: Dierkes M and C von Grote (eds) Between understanding and trust: the public, science and technology, Reading, Harwood, Academics Publisher.

Gaskell, G., Bauer, M., Durant, J. and Allum, N. (1999). Worlds apart: The reception of GM foods in the United States and Europe. Science. July 16.

Bauer, M and Gaskell, G. (1999). Towards a paradigm for research on social representations, Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 29(2), 163-186.

Gaskell, G., Bauer, M. and Durant, J. (1998). The representations of biotechnology: policy, media and public perceptions. In Durant, J., Bauer, M. and Gaskell, G. (eds) Biotechnology in the public sphere: a European source book. London: Science Museum Press.

Gaskell, G., Bauer,M. and Durant, J. (1998). Public perceptions of biotechnology. Eurobarometer 46.1. In Durant,J.,Bauer,M. and Gaskell, G. (eds) Biotechnology in the public sphere: a European source book. London: Science Museum Press.

Bauer, M,. Durant,J,. Gaskell,G., Bridgman,E, and Liakopoulos, M. (1998). United Kingdom: national profile. In Durant.J., Bauer,M. and Gaskell, G. (eds) Biotechnology in the public sphere: a European source book. London: Science Museum Press.

Bauer.M., Durant,J. and Gaskell,G. (1998). Biotechnology in the public sphere: a comparative review. In Durant,J,.Bauer,M. and Gaskell,G. (eds) Biotechnology in the public sphere: a European source book. London: Science Museum Press.

Wright, D. B., Gaskell, G. D. and O'Muircheartaigh, C. A. (1998). Flashbulb memory assumptions: Using national surveys to explore cognitive phenomena. British journal of psychology, 36, 443-456.

Gaskell, G et al. (1997). Europe ambivalent on biotechnology. Nature, 387, pp 845–847

Wright, D.B., Gaskell, G.D. and O'Muircheartaigh, C.A. (1997). Temporal estimation of major news events: Re-examining the accessibility principle. Applied cognitive psychology, 11, 35-46.

Wright, D.B., Gaskell, G.D. and O'Muircheartaigh, C.A. (1997). The reliability of the subjective reports of memories. European journal of cognitive psychology, 9, 313-323.

Gaskell, G., Bauer, M. and Durant, J. (1997) Survey research on public attitudes to public to science and technology in S. Sjoberg and E. Kallerud (eds) Science, technology and citizenship. Oslo. NIFU.

Gaskell, G and Wright, D (1997) Group differences for memory of a political event. In J.W. Pennebaker, D. Paez and D. Rime (eds) Collective memory of political events: Social psychological perspectives. New York: LEA.

O'Muircheartaigh, C, Gaskell, G and Wright, D. (1996). Weighing anchors:verbal and numeric labels for response scales. Journal of Official Statistics. 11, 3, 295-307.

Gaskell, G. (1996). On the lure of metrication: Attitudes and social representations. Papers on Social Representations. 5, no.1.

Gaskell, G. (1996). People's understanding of vague quantifiers. Survey Methods Centre Newsletter. vol. 16, no.2.

Gaskell, G, Wright, D and O'Muircheartaigh, C. (1995). Context effects in the measurement of attitudes: A comparison of the consistency and framing explanations. British Journal of Social Psychology, 34, 383-393.

Gaskell, G, Dockrell, J and Rehman, H. (1995). Community care for people with challenging behaviours and mild learning disability. An evaluation of an assessment and treatment unit. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 34, 385-395.

Dockrell, J, Gaskell, G, Normand, C and Rehman, H. (1995). An economic analysis of the resettlement of people with mild learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. Social Science and Medicine, 40, 7, 895-901.

Wright, D and Gaskell, G. (1995). Flashbulb memories: Conceptual and methodological issues. Memory, 3, 1, 67-80.

References edit

  1. ^ "LSE Theses OnLine". LSE. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Soccer violence world-wide blight". Ottawa Citizen. May 31, 1985. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

External links edit

  • Gaskell's page at LSE

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empirical investigation of social and individual factors influencing decisions on risk related itemsDoctoral advisorRob FarrDoctoral studentsNicola Morant Gordon Sammut 1 He is a member of the Advisory Group on Risk Communication of the European Food Safety Authority and Chair of the International Advisory Committee of the Centre for Society and Genomics in the Netherlands He was vice chair of the European Commission s Science and Society Advisory Committee for FP6 and a member of the Science in Society Committee of the Royal Society and the Economic and Social Research Council s Evaluation Committee Contents 1 Biography 2 Research and Intellectual Interests 3 Publications 4 References 5 External linksBiography editGeorge Gaskell graduated from University College London in 1969 and completed his PhD in social psychology under the supervision of Professor Rob Farr in 1973 He joined the Institute of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics in 1971 Research and Intellectual Interests editGeorge Gaskell s research interests fall under the rubric of societal psychology an approach he developed with the late Hilde Himmelweit which suggests that a neglected focus in social psychology is the study of social phenomena and cultural forces that both shape and in turn are shaped by people s outlooks and actions Past research projects include the study of energy use and conservation the crowd in contemporary Britain youth and unemployment and social and cognitive aspects of survey methodology George Gaskell is well known for developing the toblerone model of social representations with Martin Bauer for his edited handbook with Martin Bauer Qualitative Researching with Text Image and Sound A Practical Handbook 2000 which provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to a broad range of research methods with the objective of clarifying procedures good practice and public accountability now translated into Portuguese Hebrew and Chinese His current research drawing on social representations theory focuses on science technology and society in particular the issues of risk and trust how values influence people s views about technological innovation and the governance of science and technology Since 1996 he has coordinated the series of Eurobarometer surveys on Biotechnology and the Life Sciences for DG Research He was principal investigator of Life Sciences in European Society LSES a European comparative study of biotechnology in the public sphere funded by FP6 of the European Commission and more recently Sensitive technologies and European Public Ethics STEPE Publications editEdited books and monographsGaskell G and Bauer M Eds 2001 Biotechnology 1996 2000 The years of controversy London Science Museum Press Bauer M and Gaskell G Eds 2000 Qualitative researching with text image and sound London Sage Durant J Bauer M and Gaskell G 1998 Biotechnology in the Public Sphere a European Source Book London Science Museum Publications Wright D B and Gaskell G Eds 1998 Surveying memory processes Hove Psychology PressHimmelweit H and Gaskell G Eds 1990 Societal Psychology Newbury Park CA Sage Fraser C and Gaskell G Eds 1990 The Social Psychological Study of Widespread Beliefs Oxford University Press Gaskell G and Benewick R 1987 The Crowd in Contemporary Britain London Sage Gaskell G and Joerges B Eds 1987 Public Policies and Private Actions Aldershot Avebury WZBMonnier E Gaskell G Ester P Joerges B LaPillone C J H Midden C and Puiseux L Eds 1986 Consumer Behavior and Energy Policy New York Praeger Hutton S Gaskell G Corden A Pike R and Bradshaw J 1985 Energy efficiency in low income households An evaluation of local insulation projects Department of Energy HMSO London Ester P Gaskell G Joerges B Midden C de Vries T and van Raaij W Eds 1984 Consumer Behaviour and Energy Policy North Holland Amsterdam New York Gaskell G and Sealy A P 1976 Groups Block 13 D305 Social Psychology p 81 Open University Press Selected articles and chapters post 1994Gaskell G Allum N Wagner W Kronberger N Torgensen H and Bardes J 2004 GM foods and the misperception of risk perception Risk analysis 24 1 183 192 Ten Eyck T Gaskell G and Jackson J P 2004 Seeds food and trade wars Public opinion and policy responses in the US and Europe Journal of Commercial Biotechnology 10 3 258 267 Gaskell G Allum N Bauer M Jackson J P Howard S and Lindsey N 2003 Climate change for biotechnology UK public opinion 1991 2002 AgBioForum vol 6 nos 1 amp 2 Gaskell G Allum N and Stares S 2003 Europeans and Biotechnology in 2002 Eurobarometer 58 0 1 Gaskell G and Allum N 2001 Sound science problematic publics Contrasting representations of risk and uncertainty Politeia XV11 63 13 25 Gaskell G et al 2000 Biotechnology and the European Public Nature Biotechnology 18 935 938 Gaskell G Wright D and O Muircheartaigh C 2000 Telescoping landmark events Implications for survey research Public Opinion Quarterly 64 77 89 Gaskell G 2000 Individual and group interviewing pp 38 56 in Bauer M and G Gaskell eds Qualitative researching with text image and sound London Sage Gaskell G and Bauer M 2000 Towards public accountability Beyond sampling reliability and validity pp336 350 In Bauer M amp G Gaskell eds Qualitative researching with text image and sound London Sage Bauer M Gaskell G and Allum N 2000 Quantity quality and knowledge interests Avoiding confusions pp3 18 in Bauer M amp G Gaskell eds Qualitative researching with text image and sound London Sage Durant J Bauer M Gaskell G Midden C Liakopoulos M and Sholten L 2000 Industrial and post industrial public understanding of science in Dierkes M and C von Grote eds Between understanding and trust the public science and technology Reading Harwood Academics Publisher Gaskell G Bauer M Durant J and Allum N 1999 Worlds apart The reception of GM foods in the United States and Europe Science July 16 Bauer M and Gaskell G 1999 Towards a paradigm for research on social representations Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 29 2 163 186 Gaskell G Bauer M and Durant J 1998 The representations of biotechnology policy media and public perceptions In Durant J Bauer M and Gaskell G eds Biotechnology in the public sphere a European source book London Science Museum Press Gaskell G Bauer M and Durant J 1998 Public perceptions of biotechnology Eurobarometer 46 1 In Durant J Bauer M and Gaskell G eds Biotechnology in the public sphere a European source book London Science Museum Press Bauer M Durant J Gaskell G Bridgman E and Liakopoulos M 1998 United Kingdom national profile In Durant J Bauer M and Gaskell G eds Biotechnology in the public sphere a European source book London Science Museum Press Bauer M Durant J and Gaskell G 1998 Biotechnology in the public sphere a comparative review In Durant J Bauer M and Gaskell G eds Biotechnology in the public sphere a European source book London Science Museum Press Wright D B Gaskell G D and O Muircheartaigh C A 1998 Flashbulb memory assumptions Using national surveys to explore cognitive phenomena British journal of psychology 36 443 456 Gaskell G et al 1997 Europe ambivalent on biotechnology Nature 387 pp 845 847Wright D B Gaskell G D and O Muircheartaigh C A 1997 Temporal estimation of major news events Re examining the accessibility principle Applied cognitive psychology 11 35 46 Wright D B Gaskell G D and O Muircheartaigh C A 1997 The reliability of the subjective reports of memories European journal of cognitive psychology 9 313 323 Gaskell G Bauer M and Durant J 1997 Survey research on public attitudes to public to science and technology in S Sjoberg and E Kallerud eds Science technology and citizenship Oslo NIFU Gaskell G and Wright D 1997 Group differences for memory of a political event In J W Pennebaker D Paez and D Rime eds Collective memory of political events Social psychological perspectives New York LEA O Muircheartaigh C Gaskell G and Wright D 1996 Weighing anchors verbal and numeric labels for response scales Journal of Official Statistics 11 3 295 307 Gaskell G 1996 On the lure of metrication Attitudes and social representations Papers on Social Representations 5 no 1 Gaskell G 1996 People s understanding of vague quantifiers Survey Methods Centre Newsletter vol 16 no 2 Gaskell G Wright D and O Muircheartaigh C 1995 Context effects in the measurement of attitudes A comparison of the consistency and framing explanations British Journal of Social Psychology 34 383 393 Gaskell G Dockrell J and Rehman H 1995 Community care for people with challenging behaviours and mild learning disability An evaluation of an assessment and treatment unit British Journal of Clinical Psychology 34 385 395 Dockrell J Gaskell G Normand C and Rehman H 1995 An economic analysis of the resettlement of people with mild learning disabilities and challenging behaviour Social Science and Medicine 40 7 895 901 Wright D and Gaskell G 1995 Flashbulb memories Conceptual and methodological issues Memory 3 1 67 80 References edit LSE Theses OnLine LSE Retrieved 26 September 2023 Soccer violence world wide blight Ottawa Citizen May 31 1985 Retrieved 22 September 2011 External links editGaskell s page at LSE Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Gaskell amp oldid 1177350280, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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