Dominic Golding
Adjunct Associate Professor
IGSD, Project Center 2nd Floor
golding@wpi.edu
Education
• Exeter College, Oxford University, 1977-81, B.A., (Geography)
• Clark University, 1982-86, M.A. (Geography)
• Clark University, 1986-88, Ph.D. (Geography)
Research Interests
Dr. Golding has written extensively on the social aspects of risk assessment and risk management. His current research interests include the history and development of risk research, risk communication, environmental equity, public participation in policy disputes, and issues of public trust.
Publications:
- Krimsky, S. and D. Golding, eds. 1992. Social Theories of Risk. Westport, CT: Praeger.
- Golding, D., S. Krimsky, and A. Plough. 1992. “Evaluating Risk Communication: Narrative versus Technical Presentations of Information about Radon.” Risk Analysis 12(1):27-35.
- Golding, D., J.X. Kasperson, R.E. Kasperson, R. Goble, J. Seley, G. Thompson, C.P. Wolf. 1992. Managing Nuclear Accidents: A Model Emergency Response Plan for Nuclear Power Plants. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
- Finkel, A.M. and D. Golding, eds. 1995. Worst Things First: The Debate over Risk-Based National Environmental Priorities. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future.
- Golding, D. 2002. “Vulnerability” In A. Goudie, ed. Encyclopedia of Global Change, pp.483-486. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
- Golding, D. 2002. “Technological Hazards” In A. Goudie, ed. Encyclopedia of Global Change, pp.421-424. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
- Golding, D. 2002. “The Precautionary Principle.” In N.J. Smelser and P.B. Baltes, eds. International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Oxford, England: Elsevier.
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