Professor Julie Barnett

Contact

Information Systems and Computing St John's 012 Brunel University Uxbridge UB8 3PH United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1895 266385 Email: julie.barnett@brunel.ac.uk Web: Personal Website

Research Interests

Risk perception, risk communication; expert models of the public/users; incorporating public/user perspectives in the development of policy, practice and technology; social influence and behaviour change

University Research Centre Membership

Publications

Journal Papers

(Forthcoming) Barnett, J., Burningham, K., Walker, G. and Cass, N., Imagined publics and engagement around renewable energy technologies in the UK, Public Understanding of Science Forthcoming - Published online on 30 Jun 2010

(Forthcoming) Money, A., Barnett, J., Kuljis, J. and Lucas, J., Patient perceptions of epinephrine auto-injectors: Exploring barriers to use, Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences Forthcoming

(2013) Barnett, J., Vasileiou, K., Gowland, MH., Raats, MM. and Lucas, JS., Beyond labelling: what strategies do nut allergic individuals employ to make food choices? A qualitative study., PLoS One 8 (1) : e55293- Download publication

(2011) Quine, CP., Barnett, J., Dobson, ADM., Marcu, A., Marzano, M., Moseley, D., O'Brien, L., Randolph, SE., Taylor, JL. and Uzzell, D., Frameworks for risk communication and disease management: the case of Lyme disease and countryside users, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366 (1573) : 2010- 2022

(2011) Barnett, J., Leftwich, J., Muncer, K., Grimshaw, K., Shepherd, R., Raats, MM., Gowland, MH. and Lucas, JS., How do peanut and nut-allergic consumers use information on the packaging to avoid allergens?, Allergy 66 (7) : 969- 978

(2011) Marcu, A., Uzzell, D. and Barnett, J., Making sense of unfamiliar risks in the countryside: The case of Lyme disease, Health and Place 17 (3) : 843- 850

Conference Papers

(2011) Lucas, J., Barnett, J., Leftwich, J., Muncer, K., Grimshaw, K., Shepherd, R., Raats, MM. and Gowland, MH., How do peanut and nut-allergic consumers use information on the packaging to avoid allergens?, Annual Meeting of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology

(2011) Macadam, C., Barnett, J., Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, M., King, RM., Roberts, G. and Lucas, JS., What to teenagers think about their autoinjectors?, Annual Meeting of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology

(2011) Money, A., Barnett, J. and Kuljis, J., Adrenaline auto-injectors: Designing for improved adherence, Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors Annual Conference

(2005) Barnett, J., Understanding public responses to precautionary action and advice, Base Stations and Wireless Networks: Exposures and Health Consequences, Intenational Workshop on Base Stations and Wireless Networks: Exposures and Health Consequences 163- 168

Book Chapters

(2011) Barnett, J. and Martin, JL., User research in medical device development. In: Anderson, M. ed. Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2011. CRC Press 2011 327- 328

(2010) Walker, G., Devine-Wright, P., Barnett, J., Burningham, K., Cass, N., Devine-Wright, H., Speller, G., Barton, J., Evans, B. and Heath, Y., Symmetries, expectations, dynamics and contexts: a framework for understanding public engagement with renewable energy projects. In: Devine-Wright, P. ed. Renewable Energy and the Public: From NIMBY to Participation. London : Earthscan 1- 14

(2009) Barnett, J. and Timotijevic, L., Information campaigns and public understanding: the example of mobile telecommunications. In: del Pozo, C., Papameletiou, D., Weidemann, P. and Ravazzani, P. eds. Electromagnetic Field Exposure: Risk Communication in the Context of Uncertainty. Brussels : The European Commission 75- 82

(2007) Barnett, J. and Timotijevic, L., Making sense of uncertainty and precaution: the example of mobile telecommunications. In: Flynn, R. and Bellaby, P. eds. Risk and the public acceptance of new technologies. Palgrave MacMillan 86- 106

(2006) Uzzell, D. and Barnett, J., Ethnographic and action research. In: Breakwell, GM., Hammond, S., Fife-Schaw, C. and Smith, J. eds. Research Methods in Psychology. Sage Publications Ltd 300- 320

(2006) Barnett, J., Carr, A. and Clift, R., Going public: Risk, trust and public understandings of nanotechnology. In: Hunt, G. and Mehta, MD. eds. Nanotechnology: Risk, Ethics and Law. Earthscan / James & James 196- 212

(2006) Barnett, J., Timotijevic, L., Shepherd, D., Senior, V. and Vincent, J., Understanding of the precautionary principle: 'no smoke without fire' or 'better safe than sorry?'. In: del Pozo, C., Papameletiou, D., Wiedemann, P. and Ravazzani, P. eds. Risk Perception and Risk Communication: Tools, Experiences and Strategies in Electromagnetic Fields Exposure. European Commission 123- 128

(2004) Barnett, J., The Multiple Sorting Procedure (MSP). In: Breakwell, GM. ed. Doing social psychology research. Wiley-Blackwell 289- 304

(2003) Breakwell, G. and Barnett, J., Social amplification of risk and the layering method. In: Pidgeon, NF., Kasperson, RE. and Slovic, P. eds. The social amplification of risk. Cambridge University Press 80- 101

(2000) Brown, J. and Barnett, J., Facet theory: An approach to research. In: Breakwell, GM., Hammond, S. and Fife-Schaw, C. eds. Research Methods in Psychology. Sage Publications Ltd 105- 118

(2000) Breakwell, GM. and Barnett, J., Social influence processes and their effect on risk amplification. In: Cottam, MP., Harvey, DW., Pape, RP. and Tait, J. eds. Foresight and Precaution: Proceedings of ESREL 2000, SARS and SRA-Europe Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 14-17 May 2000. A A Balkema Publishers 1181- 1187