Technology has brought extraordinary health, safety, and economic stability to our lives. However, technological risks that were once considered acceptable - such as drilling offshore, pipelining petroleum, or chlorinating drinking water – have become increasingly criticized on moral and emotional bases, actively opposed by those who do not seem directly affected, and rejected by regulators for political reasons. The objective of her research is to develop methods of determining risk acceptability that can capture its dynamicism, interactiveness, expanding scrutiny, and geographical differentiation.
