Europe the spoil-sport. On the Europeans´ reluctance towards genetically modified food (2006)
Jelsoe, Erling, Torgersen, Helge, Lassen, Jesper, Rusanen, Timo, Nielsen, Torben Hviid
Europe the spoil-sport. On the Europeans´ reluctance towards genetically modified food (2006)
Jelsoe, Erling, Torgersen, Helge, Lassen, Jesper, Rusanen, Timo, Nielsen, Torben Hviid
GM foods and the misperception of risk perception (2004)
Gaskell, George, Torgersen, Helge, Bardes, Julia, Hampel, Jürgen, Allum, Nick, Kronberger, Nicole, ...
GM foods and the misperception of risk perception (2004)
Gaskell, George, Torgersen, Helge, Bardes, Julia, Hampel, Jürgen, Allum, Nick, Kronberger, Nicole, ...
Biotechnology and the European public (2000)
Bauer, Martin W., Gaskell, George, Allum, Nick, Durant, John, Allansdottir, Agnes, Bonfadelli, Heinz, ...
Foresight in medicine: Lessons from three European Delphi studies (2000)
WILD, CLAUDIA, TORGERSEN, HELGE
Background: Foresight on future innovations in health care has become a serious matter of politics. Methods: The article analyses three recent technology foresight exercises (‘Delphi’) which also...
Torgersen, Helge, Soja, Gerhard, Janssen, Ines, Gaugitsch, Helmut
For risk assessment of transgenic higher plants, pursuant to European Union Directive 94/15/EEC, traits of the organism are important. To verify the assumption that behaviour of a plant can be...
Torgersen, Helge, Soja, Gerhard, Janssen, Ines, Gaugitsch, Helmut
For risk assessment of transgenic higher plants, pursuant to European Union Directive 94/15/EEC, traits of the organism are important. To verify the assumption that behaviour of a plant can be...
Torgersen, Helge, Soja, Gerhard, Janssen, Ines, Gaugitsch, Helmut
For risk assessment of transgenic higher plants, pursuant to European Union Directive 94/15/EEC, traits of the organism are important. To verify the assumption that behaviour of a plant can be...
Helge Torgersen, Tim Skern, Dieter Blaas
Unambiguous assignment of restriction enzyme patterns to six individual serotypes of human rhinovirus was accomplished after amplification of a 380 bp DNA fragment derived from the 5 '...
The Gate-Resonance Model - The interface of policy, media and the public in technology conflicts
Helge Torgersen, Jürgen Hampel
The gate/resonance model provides an analytical frame for the description of technology conflicts. It offers an analytical scheme to conceptualise the interaction between public opinion, interest...
The real and perceived risks of genetically modified organisms
The debate about the potential risks of genetically modified organisms has lasted for almost three decades without any final conclusion in sight. Why is it that the public remains critical of this...
The real and perceived risks of genetically modified organisms
The debate about the potential risks of genetically modified organisms has lasted for almost three decades without any final conclusion in sight. Why is it that the public remains critical of this...
SYNBIOSAFE e-conference: online community discussion on the societal aspects of synthetic biology
Schmidt, Markus, Torgersen, Helge, Ganguli-Mitra, Agomoni, Kelle, Alexander, Deplazes, Anna, Biller-Andorno, Nikola
As part of the SYNBIOSAFE project, we carried out an open electronic conference (e-conference), with the aim to stimulate an open debate on the societal issues of synthetic biology in a proactive...
Synthetic biology in society: learning from past experience?
Drawing an analogy to past debates over biotechnology, some stakeholders fear that synthetic biology (SB) could raise public concerns. Accordingly, ‘lessons from the past’ should be applied to...
A priority paper for the societal and ethical aspects of synthetic biology
Schmidt, Markus, Ganguli-Mitra, Agomoni, Torgersen, Helge, Kelle, Alexander, Deplazes, Anna, Biller-Andorno, Nikola
As synthetic biology develops into a promising science and engineering field, we need to have clear ideas and priorities regarding its safety, security, ethical and public dialogue implications....