Department of Human Nutrition

Royal Veterinary- and Agricultural University

Rolighedsvej 30

DK-1958 Frederiksberg C

Denmark

Telephone: +45 35 28 26 21

Fax: +45 35 28 24 83

Email jlas@kvl.dk

Jesper Lassen

Associate professor, MSc, PhD

Education

MSc, Department of Environment, Technology and Social Studies, Roskilde University (1988)

PhD in social science (Consumer influence in the food sector) (1996)

Employments

2001- Associate professor. Department of Human Nutrition, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen.

1999- Associate professor. Department for Development and Planning at Aalborg University.

1995-98 Assistant professor. Department of Environment, Technology and Social Studies, Roskilde University.

1988-94 Research assistant. Department of Environment, Technology and Social Studies, Roskilde University.

Research interests

My main interest is the study of the interface between the society and the food and agricultural sectors. Within this field I am interested in public perceptions of risks (e.g. gene technology; zoonoses, pesticides etc), but also perceptions of different production systems. Other interests are the political processes within the food area, e.g. the role of NGOs in the bio-political processes and participatory methods.

Teaching Areas

q Sociology of food

q The food system and its actors

Research Collaboration and Network

q Danish Center for Bioetik og Risikovurdering (CeBRA) - Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment

q Netværk for Miljø og Socio-kulturelle Forandringsprocesser (MiSoNet) - Environment and Socio-Cultural Change Network

Current research projects

q Herbicidtolerante GM-afgrøder – delprojekt om landmænds opfattelse af GM afgrøder (Herbicide tolerant GM crops – sub-project on farmers perceptions) - 2004-2007

q Risikoopfattelse, forbrugeradfærd samt omkostninger og fordele i relation til (optimale) interventionsstrategier til bekæmpelse af Campylobacter – (Risk perception and cost benefit analysis of interventions to control Campylobacter). 2005-2008.

q Alternative Food Production: Microbiological Food safety and Risk Perception. 2005-2008.

q Efficacy, cost benefit, and consumer perception of post harvest pathogen reduction of fresh pork. 2005-2008

Selected publications (Complete list available here)

J. Lassen, M. Gjerris & P. Sandøe. After Dolly – ethical limits to the use of biotechnology on farm animals. Theriogenology 65:992-1004, 2006.

J. Lassen and A. Jamison. Genetic technologies meet the public: the discourses of concern. Science Technology & Human Values 31 (1):8-28, 2006.

K. K. Jensen, J. Lassen, P. Robinson, and P. Sandoe. Lay and expert perceptions of zoonotic risks: understanding conflicting perspectives in the light of moral theory. International Journal of Food Microbiology 99 (3):245-255, 2005.

Frewer L, Lassen J, Kettelitz B, Scholderer, J Beekman, V & Berdal KG (2004): Societal aspects of genetically modified foods. Food and chemical toxicology, 42: 1181-1193.

Lassen J (2004): Genetically modified foods. In: Jamison (ed.): Theme: science and technology policy. Research Report no. 3/ 2004. Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University: 31-54.

Jamison A & Lassen J (2004): Assessing genetic technologies in Denmark. In: Häyrinen-Alestalo & Kallerud (eds): Mediating public concern in biotechnology. A map of sites, actors and issues in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. NIFU Report 2/2004. Oslo: 23-48.

Madsen KH, Lassen J & Sandoe P (2003): Genetically modified crops: A US farmer's versus an EU citizen's point of view. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, section b-soil and plant science, 53: 60-67 Suppl.

Dahl K, Sandøe P, Johnsen PF, Lassen J & Hansen AK (2003)^: Outline of a risk assessment: The welfare of future xeno-donor pigs. Animal Welfare, 12: 219-37.

Lassen J, Allansdottir A, Liakoupulos M, Olsson A & Mortensen AT (2002): Testing times: the reception of round-up ready soya in Europe. In: Bauer et al (eds): Biotechnology – the making of a global controversy. Cambridge University Press: 279-312.

Torgersen H, Hampel J, Bergmann-Winberg M-Lv, Bridgman E, Durant J, Einsiedel E, Fjaelstad P, Gaskell G, Grabner P, Hieber P, Jelsoe E, Lassen J, Marouda-Chatjoulis A, Nielsen T, Rusanen T, Sakellaris G, Seifert F, Smink C, Twardowski T, Hovmand MW (2002): Promise, Problems and Proxies: 25 Years of European Biotechnology Debate and Regulation. In: Bauer et al. (eds): Biotechnology – the making of a global controversy. Cambridge University Press: 21-94.

Thon R, Lassen J, Hansen AK, Jegstrup IM & Ritskes-Hoitinga M (2002): Welfare evaluation of transgenic mice in Denmark - An inventory study of the reports from 1998 to the Animal Experiments Inspectorate. Scand. J. Lab. Anim. Sci., 29(1): 45-53.

Jelsøe E, Lassen J, Mortensen AT & Kamara MW (2002): Denmark: the revival of the national biotech controversy. In: Gaskell & Bauer (eds): Biotechnology 1996-2000: the years of controversy. Science Museum Press:

Lassen J, Madsen KH & Sandøe P (2002): Ethics and genetic engineering – lessons to be learned from GM foods. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 24(5): 263-71.

Madsen KH, Holm PB, Lassen J & Sandøe P (2002): Ranking genetically modified plants according to familiarity. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 15(3): 267-78.

Torgersen H, Lassen J, Jelsøe E, Rusanen T & Nielsen TH (2000): Europe the spoil-sport: On the Europeans’ reluctance towards genetically modified food. The Journal of BioLaw & Business, 3(2): 1-7

Lassen J (1999): Changing modes of biotechnology assessment in Denmark. In: Miettinen (eds): Biotechnology and the public understanding of science. Publications from the Academy of Finland 3/1999: 82-90.