Current position: Professor
Fields of interest
- Food risk communication, mangement and assessment
- Science and society
- Developing effective communication about food choices and food safety
Lynn is interested in developing collaborations between the natural and social sciences.
Existing research projects include within the area of food safety, emerging food risks, food allergy, tracebility and emerging food technologies.
Education
- University of Leeds, UK (1986). PhD in applied psychology “Some Psychopharmacological Variables Affecting the Critical Flicker Fusion Threshold”
- University College London(1983) MSc in Ergonomics
- University of Bristol (1982). BSc in Psychology
Research
Key publications
Marvin, H.J.P, Kleter, G.A., Frewer, L, Cope, S. Wentholt, M. and Rowe G. (2009). A working procedure for identifying emerging risk at an early stage, Food control, 20, 345-356.
Cornelisse-Vermaat, R.A., Pfaff, S. , Frewer, L.J., Voordouw, J., Theodoridis, G., Chryssochoidis, G. and Woestman L. (2008). The information needs and labelling preferences of food allergic consumers. The views of stakeholders regarding information scenarios. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 19, 669-676.
Cornelisse-Vermaat, J.R., Voordouw, J. Theodoridis, G.,Yiakoumaki, V., Frewer, L.J., (2008). Food-allergic consumers’ labelling preferences. Similarities and differences in Greece and the Netherlands. European Journal of Public Health, 18, 2, 115-120.
Schenck, M. Fischer, A., Jacobsen, E. and Frewer, L.J. (2008). Patient and non-patient attitudes to different mitigation strategies for birch pollen allergies and Oral allergy syndrome. Health Risk and Society. 10, 3, 263-282.
Houghton, J.R, Van Kleef, E., Frewer, L.J., Chryssochoidis, Korzen-Bohr, S., Krystallis, T., Lassen, J., Pfenning, U. , Rowe, G. and Strada, A. (2008) The Quality of Food Risk Management in Europe: Perspectives and Priorities. Journal of Food Policy 33 13–26
Nauta, M.J., Fischer, A.R.H., van Asselt, E.D., de Jong, A.E.I. , Frewer, L.J. and de Jonge, R. (2008). Food Safety in the Domestic Environment: the effect of consumer risk information on human disease risks. Risk Analysis, 28, 179-192.
Verbeke, W., Vanhonacker, F., Frewer, L.J., Sioen, I, De Henauw, S. and Van Camp, J. (2008). Effects of message content and information source: risk-benefit information on consumer attitudes and behaviour towards fish. Risk Analysis, 28, 4, 951-961.
Van Rijswijk, W. Frewer, L.J., Menozzi, D., and Fiaoli, G. (2008) Consumer perceptions of traceability: A cross national comparison of associated benefits and the links with quality and safety, Food Quality and Preference 19, 439-451.
Van Dijk, H., Houghton., J. , van Kleef E, van der Lans, I, , Rowe, G., and Frewer, L., (2008) Consumer responses to communication about food risk management, Appetite, 50, 340-352.
Frewer, L.J., Fischer, A.R., Van den Brink, P.J. , Byrne, P, Theo Brock, T, Brown, C., Crocker, J., Goerlitz, G., Hart, H, Scholderer, J., and Solomon, K. (2008). Optimising the communication of probabilistic risk assessments to end-users and decision–makers Health and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment, 14: 166–178.
Van Kleef, E., Houghton, J.R., Rowe, G. , Van Dijk, H., Van der Lans, I.A. , and Frewer, L.J. (2007) Consumer evaluations of food risk management quality in Europe. Risk Analysis, 27, 6, 1565-1580.
Fischer, A. R. H., De Jong, A. E. I., Van Asselt, E. D., De Jonge, R., Frewer, L. J., and Nauta, M. J. (2007). Food safety in the domestic environment: An interdisciplinary investigation of microbial hazards during food preparation. Risk Analysis, 27, 4, 1065-1082.
De Blok, B.M.J., Vlieg-Boerstra, B.J., Oude Elberink, J.N.G., Duiverman, E.J., DunnGalvin, A., O’B. Hourihane, J., Cornelisse-Vermaat, J.R.,. Frewer, L., Mills, E.N.C., Dubois, A.E.J. (2007). A framework for measuring the social impact of food allergy across Europe. Allergy 62 (7), 733-737.
Dunn-Galvin, A., Hourihane, J. O’B., Frewer, L., Klinge, I., A Gender Dimension in Food Allergy Research, (2006) Allergy, 61, 11, 1336-1343
Fischer, A.R.H. and Frewer, L.J. (in press) Food safety practices in the domestic kitchen; Demographic, Personality and Experiential Determinants Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Van Kleef, E., Frewer, L.J., Chryssochoidis, G., Houghton, J.R., Korzen-Bohr, S., Krystallis, T., Lassen, J., Pfenning, U. and Rowe, G. (2006). Perceptions of food risk management among key stakeholders: results from a cross-European study. Appetite 47, 46-63.
Putten, van M.C., Frewer, L.J., Gilissen, L.J.W.J., Gremmen, B.G.J., Peinenberg, A.A. and Wichers, H.J. (2007) Novel Foods and food allergies. The issues. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 17(6), 289-299.
Fischer, A,R,H, Frewer, L.J. and Nauta, M.J. (2006) Toward Improving Food Safety in the Domestic Environment: A Multi-Item Rasch Scale for the Measurement of the Safety Efficacy of Domestic Food-Handling Practices. Risk Analysis 26 (5), 1323–1338
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Rowe, G. and Frewer, L.J. (2005) A typology of public engagement mechanisms. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 30 (2), 251-290.
Rowe, G. and Frewer, L.J. (2004) Evaluating public participation exercises: A research agenda. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 29 (4), 512-556