Dr Hauke Riesch
Deputy Head of Department / Divisional Lead / Senior Lecturer in Sociology
Marie Jahoda 142
- Email: hauke.riesch@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266854
- Social Science and Communications
- Social and Political Sciences
- College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
Summary
I am a sociologist of science with a particular interest in science communication, risk and environmental science and interdisciplinary relations between sociology and philosophy of science.
After completing a PhD on scientists' views on philosophy of science at University College London, I worked as a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge on the public understanding of risk and energy policy, and more recently at Imperial College London on public understanding of environmental change. I have been working at Brunel since 2012.
Qualifications:
- BSc Physics & Philosophy (King's College London)
- MSc Philosophy & History of Science (King's College London)
- PhD Science & Technology Studies (University College London)
Responsibility
Work Placement Convenor for Sociology and Communications
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor for Sociology and Communications
Newest selected publications
Riesch, H., Vrikki, P., Stephens, N., Lewis, J. and Martin, O. (2021) '“A moment of science, please”: Activism, Community and Humour at the March for Science'. Bulletin of Science Technology and Society, 0 (In Press). ISSN: 0270-4676 Open Access Link
Riesch, H. (2021) 'Apocalyptic narratives: Science, risk and prophecy'. Routledge. ISSN 10: 0367275732 ISSN 13: 9780367275730
Stephens, N., Vrikki, P., Riesch, H. and Martin, O. (2021) 'Protesting populist knowledge practices: Collective effervescence at the March for Science London'. Cultural Sociology. pp. 174997552110335 - 174997552110335. ISSN: 1749-9755
Riesch, H. (2019) 'Science, Proof, and Law', in Ritzer, G. (ed.) The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology: Index. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 1 - 5.
Riesch, H. (2018) ''Can someone please decide?' How the media represent the risk of drinking during pregnancy', inPhilosophies and Sociologies of Bioethics: Crossing the divides. Springer International Publishing. pp. 107 - 125. ISBN 13: 9783319927374.