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Professor Adam Burgess is an Honorary Professor of Risk Research and Director of the Risk and Uncertainty Research Cluster at the University of Kent's School of Social Sciences. His interdisciplinary work focuses on sociological, historical, and behavioral dimensions of risk, including environmental narratives, individualization, and risk communication. He completed his PhD at Kent on mobile phone health concerns and has held roles at Reading, Bath, Westminster, and Brunel Universities. Active in global risk discourse, he advises initiatives like the Risk Regulation Advisory Council and chairs the CAPUR project. Current research explores meat-alcohol-gluten abstinence trends and historical risk evolution. Teaching includes MA modules on risk and undergraduate sociology courses.
- Education: PhD (Kent), prior academic roles at multiple UK universities
- Research Themes: Historical risk evolution, behavioral responses to risk, improving risk communication
- Media Engagement: Featured in NYT, BBC, and cited by the British Academy
- Professional Roles: LSE Risk Analysis Fellow, ISA board member, visiting scholar at Princeton
His 150+ publications span risk communication, health scares, and governance, reflecting a focus on societal adaptation to uncertainty.
