Dr.
Roger E. Kasperson
(
–
)
1938
2021
Stockholm Environment Institute
;
Stockholm, Sweden
Geographer; Environmentalist; Educator; Research institution administrator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Sociology, Demography, and Geography
Elected
2004
Executive Director. Geographer. Extended the scientific assessment of risk into the social realm, compared its use in national cultures and multinational corporations, created a theory for the social amplification and attenuation of risk, analyzed the moral bases of technological choice, and assessed regional environmental degradation.
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