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2026

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98
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109
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  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
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Overview

Lynn J. Frewer is a researcher affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their work spans several areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions in plant science, public health, and food science. Over their career, they have contributed extensively to the understanding of consumer attitudes, agricultural innovations, and environmental valuation.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broader fields, they have pursued several subfields including:

  • Plant Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Food Science
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Frewer's research covers topics such as:

  • Genetically Modified Organisms Research
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Forest Management and Policy

They have authored or coauthored numerous papers in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • EFSA Supporting Publications
  • Food Quality and Preference
  • PLoS ONE
  • British Food Journal
  • Journal of Risk Research

Recent papers by Lynn J. Frewer include:

  • A hybrid modelling approach to understanding adoption of precision agriculture technologies in Chinese cropping systems (2020), Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Making food systems more resilient to food safety risks by including artificial intelligence, big data, and internet of things into food safety early warning and emerging risk identification tools (2024), Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
  • Precision agriculture technology adoption: a qualitative study of small-scale commercial "family farms" located in the North China Plain (2021), Precision Agriculture
  • Consumers across five European countries prioritise animal welfare above environmental sustainability when buying meat and dairy products (2024), Food Quality and Preference
  • Risk perception associated with an emerging agri-food risk in Europe: plant viruses in agriculture (2022), Agriculture & Food Security

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Lynn J. Frewer include:

  • Shan Jin
  • Beth Clark
  • Sophie Tindale
  • Glyn Jones
  • Wenjing Li

Best Publications

  • Public Participation Methods: A Framework for Evaluation:

    Gene Rowe;Lynn J. Frewer

  • A typology of public engagement mechanisms

    Gene Rowe;Lynn J. Frewer

  • Evaluating Public Participation Exercises: A Research Agenda

    Gene Rowe;Lynn J. Frewer

  • What determines trust in information about food-related risks? Underlying psychological constructs.

    L. J. Frewer;C. Howard;D. Hedderley;R. Shepherd

  • Beyond the knowledge deficit: recent research into lay and expert attitudes to food risks.

    Janus Hansen;Lotte Holm;Lynn Frewer;Paul Robinson

  • Communicating about the Risks and Benefits of Genetically Modified Foods: The Mediating Role of Trust

    Lynn J. Frewer;Joachim Scholderer;Lone Bredahl

  • The Media and Genetically Modified Foods: Evidence in Support of Social Amplification of Risk

    Lynn J. Frewer;Susan Miles;Roy Marsh

  • Low income consumers' attitudes and behaviour towards access, availability and motivation to eat fruit and vegetables

    LA Dibsdall;N Lambert;RF Bobbin;LJ Frewer

  • The public and effective risk communication

    Lynn Frewer

  • Consumer response to novel agri-food technologies: Implications for predicting consumer acceptance of emerging food technologies.

    L.J. Frewer;L.J. Frewer;K. Bergmann;M. Brennan;R. Lion

  • Public concerns in the United Kingdom about general and specific applications of genetic engineering: Risk, benefit, and ethics

    Lynn J. Frewer;Chaya Howard;Richard Shepherd

  • Societal aspects of genetically modified foods.

    L.J. Frewer;J. Lassen;B. Kettlitz;J. Scholderer

  • Why consumers behave as they do with respect to food safety and risk information.

    Wim Verbeke;Lynn J. Frewer;Joachim Scholderer;Hubert F. De Brabander

  • Investigating specific concerns about different food hazards

    Susan Miles;Lynn J Frewer

  • Trust, Perceived Risk, and Attitudes Toward Food Technologies

    J. Richard Eiser;Susan Miles;Lynn J. Frewer

  • Consumer acceptance of functional foods: issues for the future

    Lynn Frewer;Joachim Scholderer;Nigel Lambert

  • Evaluation of a Deliberative Conference

    Gene Rowe;Roy Marsh;Lynn J. Frewer

  • ASSESSING AND STRUCTURING ATTITUDES TOWARD THE USE OF GENE TECHNOLOGY IN FOOD-PRODUCTION - THE ROLE OF PERCEIVED ETHICAL OBLIGATION

    Paul Sparks;Richard Shepherd;Lynn J. Frewer

  • Consumer acceptance of technology-based food innovations: Lessons for the future of nutrigenomics

    A. Ronteltap;J.C.M. van Trijp;R.J. Renes;L.J. Frewer

  • Consumer perceptions of food quality and safety and their relation to traceability

    W. van Rijswijk;L.J. Frewer

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnout R. H. Fischer
Arnout R. H. Fischer Wageningen University & Research
Gene Rowe
Gene Rowe Norwich University
Richard Shepherd
Richard Shepherd University of Surrey
Joachim Scholderer
Joachim Scholderer Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Wim Verbeke
Wim Verbeke Ghent University
Ilias Kyriazakis
Ilias Kyriazakis Queen's University Belfast
Harry J. Wichers
Harry J. Wichers Wageningen University & Research
Ortwin Renn
Ortwin Renn University of Stuttgart
Brendan Bunting
Brendan Bunting University of Ulster
Paul Sparks
Paul Sparks University of Sussex

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