At this week’s Macaulay Institute seminar, ‘Risk, precaution and participation – beyond the barricades!’, Dr Andy Stirling, Senior Fellow at the Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex will take a look at whether decisions on risk should be based on ’sound science’, the ‘precautionary principle’ or public participation – or whether we can have the best of all worlds. [continue reading ... ]