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University of Kent: Canterbury, Kent, GB

2001-09-01 to present | Professor (SSPSSR)
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adam burgess

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‘More options…less time’ in the ‘hustle culture’ of ‘generation sensible’: Individualization and drinking decline among twenty‐first century young adults

The British Journal of Sociology
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess; Henry Yeomans; Laura Fenton
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Environmental risk narratives in historical perspective: from early warnings to ‘risk society’ blame

Journal of Risk Research
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85059903563

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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Considering risk: placing the work of Ulrich Beck in context

Journal of Risk Research
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85034083886

Contributors: Burgess, A.; Wardman, J.; Mythen, G.
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Individualization revisited: global family developments, uncertainty and risk

Journal of Risk Research
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85026528977

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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The prophecy of Ulrich Beck: signposts for the social sciences

Journal of Risk Research
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85029486001

Contributors: Mythen, G.; Burgess, A.; Wardman, J.K.
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Prestige, Performance and Social Pressure in Viral Challenge Memes: Neknomination, the Ice-Bucket Challenge and SmearForSmear as Imitative Encounters

Sociology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85042532111

Contributors: Burgess, A.; Miller, V.; Moore, S.
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The development of risk politics in the UK: Thatcher’s ‘Remarkable’ but forgotten ‘Don’t Die of Ignorance’ AIDS campaign

Health, Risk and Society
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85029899963

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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Introduction

Routledge Handbook of Risk Studies
2016 | Book
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2-s2.0-84979161005

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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Routledge Handbook of Risk Studies

Routledge Handbook of Risk Studies
2016 | Book
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2-s2.0-84977160604

Contributors: Burgess, A.; Alemanno, A.; Zinn, J.O.
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Interesting evidence on public support - or not - for behavioural intervention

European Journal of Risk Regulation
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85016007364

Contributors: Adam, B.
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Manufacturing uncertainty out of manufactured sweeteners: The curious case of aspartame

European Journal of Risk Regulation
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84893472179

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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'An experimental offensive against the mishandling of risk in society': Reflecting on the pioneering work of the risk and regulation advisory council in the UK

European Journal of Risk Regulation
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84893511468

Contributors: Burgess, A.; Macrae, D.
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'Nudging' healthy lifestyles: The UK experiments with the behavioural alternative to regulation and the market

European Journal of Risk Regulation
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84873148585

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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Sex and risk: An editorial

Health, Risk and Society
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84860823962

Contributors: Moore, S.E.H.; Burgess, A.
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Media, Risk, and Absence of Blame for “Acts of God”: Attenuation of the European Volcanic Ash Cloud of 2010

Risk Analysis
2012-04-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess
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Risk, ritual and health responsibilisation: Japan’s ‘safety blanket’ of surgical face mask-wearing

Sociology of Health & Illness
2012-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess; Mitsutoshi Horii
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Constructing sexual risk: ‘Chikan’, collapsing male authority and the emergence of women-only train carriages in Japan

Health, Risk & Society
2012-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Mitsutoshi Horii; Adam Burgess
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Fukushima fixation - The media focus on radiation risk in Tsunami-Stricken Japan

European Journal of Risk Regulation
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84893370689

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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Representing emergency risks: Media, risk and 'acts of god' in the volcanic ash cloud

Governing Disasters: The Challenges of Emergency Risk Regulation
2011 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84881883500

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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Scared to death. From BSE to global warming: Why scares are costing us the earth

Health, Risk & Society
2011-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess
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Thinking culturally about risk

International Journal of Law in Context
2011-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess
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The changing character of public inquiries in the (risk) regulatory state

Br Polit
2011-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess
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Risk rituals?

Journal of Risk Research
2011-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah E.H. Moore; Adam Burgess
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Media risk campaigning in the UK: from mobile phones to ‘Baby P’

Journal of Risk Research
2010-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess
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Embodying uncertainty? Understanding heightened risk perception of drink 'Spiking'

British Journal of Criminology
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-71949115792

Contributors: Burgess, A.; Donovan, P.; Moore, S.E.H.
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‘Passive Drinking’: A ‘Good Lie’ too Far?

Health, Risk & Society
2009-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess
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Health scares and risk awareness

A Sociology of Health
2008 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84949796458

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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Revisiting the BSE experience: Hindsight and the politicization of food

Health, Risk & Society
2008-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess
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Mobile phones and service stations: Rumour, risk and precaution

Diogenes
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-60949677844

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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Risk, time and reason

Health, Risk & Society
2007-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Andy Alaszewski; Adam Burgess
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Real and phantom risks at the petrol station: The curious case of mobile phones, fires and body static

Health, Risk & Society
2007-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess
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Critical reflections on the return of national minority rights regulation to east/west European affairs

Ethnicity and Democratisation in the New Europe
2006 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85069603392

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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The making of the risk-centred society and the limits of social risk research

Health, Risk & Society
2006 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess
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The shock of a social disaster in an age of (nonsocial) risk

Space and Culture
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-43249153716

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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Téléphones portables et stations-service

Diogène
2006 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess
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Use of mobile phones in hospitals

British Medical Journal
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33750058246

Contributors: Derbyshire, S.W.G.; Burgess, A.
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Cellular Phones, Public Fears, and a Culture of Precaution . By Adam  Burgess. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. x+301. $65.00 (cloth); $24.00 (paper).

American Journal of Sociology
2004-11 | Journal article
Contributors: John Hannigan
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A precautionary tale: The British response to cell phone EMF

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036971611

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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Comparing national responses to perceived health risks from mobile phone masts

Health, Risk & Society
2002-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Adam Burgess
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Flattering consumption: Creating a Europe of the consumer

Journal of Consumer Culture
2001 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0012799550

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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Writing off Slovakia to "The East"? Examining charges of bias in British press reporting of Slovakia, 1993-1994

Nationalities Papers
1997 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0040257965

Contributors: Burgess, A.
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Health Scares and Risk Awareness

A Sociology of Health
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Contributors: Adam Burgess
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Representing Emergency Risks: Media, Risks and ‘Acts of God’ in the Volcanic Ash Cloud

Governing Disasters
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Contributors: Adam Burgess
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Social Construction of Risk

The SAGE Handbook of Risk Communication
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