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University Professor and Professor of Communication Studies, Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Canada
einsiede@ucalgary.ca
Research Interests: Technology and society: publics and biotechnology; media representations of biotechnology; public participation and technology assessment.
Editorial responsibilities: Member, Editorial Board: Public Understanding of Science, Science Communication, Media Psychology, Canadian Journal of Communication

Book chapters:

E.F. Einsiedel et. al. (In press) "Brave new sheep: the clone named Dolly" In M. Bauer, G. Gaskell and J. Durant (eds.). Biotechnology and the public. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
E.F. Einsiedel and J. Medlock (In press). "Canada on the gene trail". In G. Gaskell and M. Bauer (eds.), Biotechnology 1996-1999: the years of controversy. London: Science Museum
G. Gaskell, E. Einsiedel, S. Priest, T. TenEyck, N. Allum, and H. Torgersen "Troubled waters: European and North American perceptions of biotechnology". In G. Gaskell and M. Bauer (Eds.), Biotechnology 1996 - 1999: the years of controversy . London: Science Museum. E.F. Einsiedel (2000). "Publics problematized in the public understanding of science". In M. Dierkes and C. Van Grote (eds.). Between understanding and trust: the public, science and technology. Reading: Harwood Academic Press.
E.F. Einsiedel and B.H. Thorne (1999). "Publics and scientific uncertainty". In S. Dunwoody, S. Friedman and C. Rogers (eds.), Communicating Uncertainty: Journalists, Scientists, and Publics. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
E.F. Einsiedel (1998). "The market for credible information on biotechnology". In B. Knoppers and A. Mathios (eds.). Biotechnology and the consumer. Amsterdam: Kluwer.

Journal Articles:

E.F. Einsiedel (2001). "Citizen voices: public participation on biotechnology". Politeia
E.F. Einsiedel, E. Jelsøe and T. Breck (2001). Publics at the technology table: the Australian, Canadian and Danish Consensus Conferences. Public understanding of science. V. 10:1, January.
E.F. Einsiedel (2000), "Cloning and its discontents: Canadian perspectives". Nature biotechnology, 18:9, 943?44.
E.F. Einsiedel (2000), "Consumers and GM food labels: providing information or sowing confusion?" AgBioForum, 3:4, Fall.
E.F. Einsiedel and D. Eastlick (2000). "Consensus conferences as deliberative democracy: a communications perspective." Science communication. 20:3, June
E.F. Einsiedel (1998), "The market for credible information on biotechnology". Journal of consumer policy. 21:405-444.
Biotechnology and the Public Concerted Action Group, "Europeans ambivalent on biotechnology." Nature, June 27, 1997.
E.F. Einsiedel , "Mental maps of science: knowledge and attitudes among Canadian adults". International journal of public opinion research, 6:1, 35-44, 1994.