This edited volume brings together leading social scientists who address recent evidence and debates about public engagement and trust in experts. The chapters consider different methods of public consultation for a variety of new technologies, including genetically modified foods, mobile telecommunications, nanotechnology, and hydrogen energy.

List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Risk and the Public Acceptance of New Technologies; R.Flynn Public Dialogue and the Scientific Citizen; A.Irwin On the Signature of New Technologies: Materiality, Sociality and Practical Reasoning; T.Horlick-Jones Public Acceptance of New Technologies in Food Products and Production; A.Fischer & L.Frewer Making Sense of Uncertainty and Precaution: The Example of Mobile Telecommunications; J.Barnett & L.Timotijevic Against the Stream: Moving Public Engagement on Nanotechnologies Upstream; A.Mohr Public Acceptability of Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Transport and Associated Refuelling Infrastructure; T.O'Garra, P.Pearson & S.Mourato Social Representations of Hydrogen Technologies: A Community-Owned Wind-Hydrogen Project; F.Sherry-Brennan, H.Devine-Wright & P.Devine-Wright Stakeholders' and Publics' Perceptions of Hydrogen Energy Technologies; M.Ricci, P.Bellaby & R.Flynn Technological Transitions and Public Engagement: Competing Visions of a Hydrogen Fuel Station; M.Hodson, S.Marvin & V.Simpson Towards a Sustainable Energy Future: Participatory Foresight and Appraisal; M.Eames & W.McDowall Conclusions; P.Bellaby Index