Prof Andrew Stirling

Biography

Andy Stirling

 

Growing up around southwest England and in Singapore, I started out studying undergraduate astronomy and shifted thro' 'science studies' to a masters in archaeology and social anthropology (Edinburgh, 84), followed after a gap by a doctorate in science and technology policy (Sussex, 95). Working in between as a field archaeologist and ecology and peace activist in the 80's, I later co-ordinated nuclear, disarmament and energy campaigns for Greenpeace International, serving on their Board of Directors in the 90's (and currently that of Greenpeace UK). Alongside family life, I've worked at SPRU since 1995 as an interdisciplinary, policy-engaged researcher, trying to focus on challenges of empowerment, environment and human wellbeing in the governance of science, technology and innovation (see 'research' tab for key research questions).

 

Role

My current role at Sussex involves research and postgraduate teaching on challenges of democracy, equity and sustainability in the governance of science, technology and innovation. I'm presently serving as Research Director for SPRU (led by Gordon MacKerron), co-direct the ESRC-funded joint IDS-SPRU STEPS Centre (led by Melissa Leach) and am (jointly) Director of Research for the Management School (led by Ian Davidson). Among other projects, I co-direct the DEFRA-funded joint Surrey-Sussex Research Group on Sustainable Lifestyles (led by Tim Jackson), am co-investigator in an ESRC Research Cluster on Energy Security, (led by Catherine Mitchell) and a member of the Sussex Energy Group (led by Jim Watson). I lead a University of Sussex enterprise on multicriteria mapping. Among other projects, I'm also SPRU PI for initiatives on the governance of climate geoengineering (led by Steve Rayner) and the discontinuing of technological systems (led by Stefan Kuhlmann). I serve on the Research Committee of the ESRC and on editorial boards for the Journal of Risk Research, Minerva, Nature EMBO Reports, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management and Environmental Innovation and Societal Transition.

 

Community and Business

Over the years, I've collaborated with a variety of public, business and civil society organisations, serving on several governmental advisory bodies. These include the European Commission's Energy Consultative Committee, Science in Society Advisory Committee and Expert Group on Science and Governance and the UK statutory Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances, DEFRA Science Advisory Council, GM Science Review Panel, as well as the International Human Dimensions Programme`s Integrated Risk Governance Initiative. In addition to serving on the Greenpeace UK Board, I'm presently a member of steering groups of the UK BIS Sciencewise Programme and the Royal Society 'Brainwaves' project, the Emerging Biotechnologies Working Group of the Nuffield Council and on the Future of Science in Society for the European Science Foundation. With colleagues, I'm also seeking to build a non-profit, public interest enterprise to develop and establish a novel tool for 'opening up' strategic appraisal, called multicriteria mapping.

 

With links to some relevant papers, questions that - with many colleagues - I'm trying to help understand and tackle include:

1. Directions of Progress: Given that research and innovation in any particular area can progress in many alternative directions (and that not all can be realised together), how can society enable a more inclusive, deliberate, democratic, plural and reflexive politics of choice among possible pathways? 

2. Knowledge and Power: How can public policy (including science advice and research governance) be more open, equitable and accountable in dealing with relations between environmental sustainability, technological risk, scientific uncertainty, social values, political priorities, economic interests and the exercise of power?

3. Precaution and Participation: What are the links between progressive social and scientific advance and innovation (on one hand) and participatory democracy, social responsibility and precaution (on the other)? How can we minimise political manipulation and avoid simplistic ideas that these imperatives are somehow necessarily in tension?

4. 'Opening Up' Social Appraisal: Which are the most appropriate and practical ways under different conditions, to get the best out of specialist analysis, whilst valuing public scepticism, engaging 'stakeholders', learning from many different knowledges and experiences and respecting and empowering the least privileged groups in society?

5. Diversity and Transformation: How can society achieve global transitions to more genuinely Sustainable technologies - in areas like nuclear power, energy, gm crops, food policy, biotechnology, neuroscience, biodiversity, chemicals and public health? What roles can be played by making our technologies and institutions more secure, diverse, flexible and resilient? 

Much more on many of these (and related) issues can be found at the STEPS Centre website.

Further details on some of my work on these themes are at Google Scholar and Web of Science.

 

Non-Academic Bumf (for academic publications see below)

- Some recent invited blogs are linked here

- A short cv can be downloaded here

- Some videos of conference talks posted by others are linked here

- Some research pamphlets, summaries and briefings are linked here

- Some selected items of media coverage are linked here

- Some wider thoughts underlying this research (somewhat off the 'beaten track'!) are here 

I welcome reactions to any of this material.

 

I developed the SPRU Master's Course Option on 'the Management of Technological Risk' (course outline and slides available here), later very ably convened by Adrian Ely - and now in (hopefully temporary) workload-enforced mothballs.

I give lectures and seminars on issues relating to the above research interests for several postgraduate programmes at SPRU, STEPS and (from time to time) at other universities.

I also helped develop and lead a doctoral summer school on these issues for the EC THEMES Programme, with another summer school upcoming at the STEPS Centre (see newsletter).  

Having supported 22 SPRU doctoral projects and served as examiner for 16 others in 7 countries, I'm keen to  help supervise doctoral theses around the above topics. Seriously interested folk should please feel free to send me a two-page proposal, relating their own enthusiasms to any of the stuff linked to here. Further information on relevant opportunities for doctoral study here at SPRU and STEPS can be found here.

 

Stirling, Andrew and Rayner, Steve (2015) Governing geoengineering: lessons, syndromes, responses. In: Geoengineering our climate? Ethics, politics and governance. The Earthscan science in society series . Routeledge, London. ISBN 9781849713740 (In Press)

Stirling, Andrew (2013) From sustainability, through diversity to transformation: towards more reflexive governance of technological vulnerability. In: Vulnerability in technological cultures: new directions in research and governance. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. (In Press)

White, Rebecca and Stirling, Andrew (2013) Sustaining trajectories towards Sustainability: dynamics and diversity in UK communal growing activities. Global Environmental Change. ISSN 09593780 (In Press)

Rafols, Ismael, Leydesdorff, Loet, O'Hare, Alice, Nightingale, Paul and Stirling, Andrew (2012) How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinary research. A comparison of innovation studies and business & management. Research Policy, 41 (7). pp. 1262-1282. ISSN 0048-7333

Rafols, Ismael, Leydesdorff, Loet, O'Hare, Alice, Nightingale, Paul and Stirling, Andy (2012) How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinary research: A comparison between Innovation Studies and Business & Management. Research Policy, 41 (7). pp. 1262-1282. ISSN 0048-7333

Rafols, Ismael, Leydesdorff, Loet, O'Hare, Alice, Nightingale, Paul and Stirling, Andy (2012) How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinary research: a comparison between innovation studies in business & management. Research Policy, 41 (7). pp. 1262-1282. ISSN 0048-7333

Leach, Melissa, Rokstrom, Johan, Raskin, Paul, Scoones, Ian Christopher, Stirling, Andrew C, Smith, Adrian, Thompson, John, Millstone, Erik, Ely, Adrian, Arond, Elisa, Folke, Carl and Olsson, Per (2012) Transforming innovation for sustainability. Ecology and Society, 17 (2). p. 11. ISSN 1708-3087

Stirling, Andrew (2012) Avoid isolation between the "two cultures" - keep it complex and open: interview with Andy Stirling, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 3 (2). pp. 39-44. ISSN 1947-8402

Sutherland, William J, Millstone, Erik P, Stirling, Andy and et, al (2012) A collaboratively-derived science-policy research agenda. PLOS One, 7 (3). e31824. ISSN 1932-6203

Flower, Rod, Dando, Malcolm, Hay, Alastair, Iverson, Susan, Robbins, Trevor, Robinson, Julian Perry, Rose, Steven, Stirling, Andrew, Tracey, Irene and Wessely, Simon (2012) Brain Waves Module 3: Neuroscience, conflict and security. Excellence in Science, 06 (11). Royal Society, London. ISBN 9780854039388

Stirling, Andrew (2012) Opening up the politics of knowledge and power in bioscience. PLoS Biology, 10 (1). e1001233. ISSN 1544-9173

Stirling, Andrew (2012) Opening up the politics of knowledge and power in bioscience. PLoS Biology, 10 (1). e100123. ISSN 1544-9173 (Submitted)

Stirling, Andrew (2011) Pluralising progress: From integrative transitions to transformative diversity. Journal of Environmental Innovation & Societal Transitions, 1 (1). pp. 82-88. ISSN 2210-4224

Stilgoe, J, Stirling, Andrew, Jackson, R, Warburton, D, Acland, A and Lansdell, S (2011) Talking about GM: approaches to public and stakeholder engagement. Other. Sciencewise-ERC subgroup, UK.

Stirling, Andrew (2011) Intolerance: retain healthy scepticism. Nature, 471 (305). ISSN 0028-0836

Yoshizawa, Go, Stirling, Andy and Suzuki, Tatsujiro (2011) Multicriteria Diversity Analysis: theory, method and an illustrative application. In: Handbook on Sustainable Use of Energy. Edward Elgar.

Demeritt, David, Dobson, Andrew, Li, Tania Murray, Leach, Melissa, Scoones, Ian and Stirling, Andy (2011) Pathways to sustainability: perspectives and provocations. Environment and Planning A, 43 (5). pp. 1226-1237. ISSN 0308-518X

Stirling, Andrew (2011) Governance of neuroscience: challenges and responses. In: Brain waves module 1: neuroscience, society and policy. Royal Society, London, pp. 87-96. ISBN 9780854038794

Ely, Adrian, Van Zwanenberg, Patrick and Stirling, Andrew (2011) New Models of Technology Assessment for Development. Working Paper. STEPS Centre.

Stirling, Andrew (2010) Keep it complex. Nature, 468 (7327). pp. 1029-1031. ISSN 0028-0836

Dawson, Terence P, Rounsevell, Mark D A, Kluvankova-Oravska, Tatiano, Chobotová, Veronika and Stirling, Andrew (2010) Dynamic properties of complex adaptive ecosystems: implications for the sustainability of service provision. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19 (10). pp. 2843-2853. ISSN 0960-3115

Ely, Adrian V, Leach, Melissa, Scoones, Ian and Stirling, Andy C (2010) A New Manifesto for innovation, sustainability and development - Response to Rhodes and Sulston. European Journal of Development Research, 22 (4). pp. 586-588. ISSN 0957-8811

Leach, Melissa, Scoones, Ian and Stirling, Andrew (2010) Governing epidemics in an age of complexity: Narratives, politics and pathways to sustainability. Global Environmental Change, 20 (3). pp. 369-377. ISSN 0959-3780

Leach, Melissa, Scoones, Ian and Stirling, Andy (2010) Dynamic Sustainabilities, Technology, Environment, Social Justice. Pathways to Sustainability Series . Taylor and Francis Group. ISBN 9781849710930

Stirling, Andrew (2010) Multicriteria diversity analysis: a novel heuristic framework for appraising energy portfolios. Energy Policy, 38 (4). pp. 1622-1634. ISSN 0301-4215

Stirling, Andrew (2010) Evidence on setting science and technology research funding priorities. In: Setting priorities for publicly funded research. The Stationery Office Limited, London.

Stirling, Andrew, Clift, R, Gaskell, C and Walton, S (2010) Report of the sub-group on the evidence investment strategy. Other. Defra, UK.

Stirling, Andrew (2010) Evidence to the House of Lords select committee on science and technology: inquiry on setting science and technology research funding priorities. Other. SPRU, Brighton.

Barrett, Mark, Bradshaw, Mike, Froggatt, Antony, Mitchell, Catherine, Parag, Yael, Stirling, Andrew, Watson, Jim and Winzer, Christian (2010) Energy Security in a Multi-Polar World. Discussion Paper. Exeter University.

Stirling, Andrew (2010) From Enlightenment to Enablement: opening up choices for innovation. In: The Innovation for Development Report: 2009-10. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 199-210. ISBN 9780230239661

Stirling, Andrew, Arond, Elisa, Leach, Melissa, Ely, Adrian and Scoones, Ian (2010) Innovation, Sustainability and Development: A New Manifesto. Unset. STEPS Centre, University of Sussex.

Smith, Adrian and Stirling, Andy C (2010) The politics of social-ecological resilience and sustainable socio-technical transitions. Ecology and Society, 15 (1). p. 11.

Stirling, Andrew (2010) Energy diversity and security: challenges, links, gaps and practical recommendations for policy analysis. In: The Routledge handbook of energy security. Routledge, Oxford. ISBN 9780415591171

Stirling, Andrew (2010) Outline of the STEPS Centre 'pathways' approach. Other. STEPS Centre, Brighton.

Stirling, Andrew and Caswill, Chris (2009) Baby or Bathwater: how much of current public engagement should we throw out? Unset. People and Science, British Science Association.

Stirling, Andrew (2009) Science, precaution and risk assessment: towards a more constructive debate. In: Communicate risk: science and technology in the information society. Editorial Biblioteca Nueva. ISBN 9788497429269

Stirling, A and Mayer, S (2009) A novel approach to the appraisal of technological risk: A multi-criteria mapping study of a genetically modified crop. In: Ecological economics: critical concepts in the environment. Routledge. ISBN 9780415431453 (set) 9780415431491 (Volume 4)

Stirling, Andrew (2009) Risk, uncertainty and power. Seminar Magazine, 597. pp. 33-39.

Jaeger, C, Bismuth, P, Boukalova, Z, Brunori, G, Cherp, A, Cornell, S, Iglesias, A, Jager, J, Loh, C, Rotmans, J, Scheunemann, I, Stengers, I, Tubiana, L, Mwangombe, A, Ostrom, E, Rokstrom, J, Stirling, Andrew and van der Leeuw, S (2009) Research for sustainability and the European Union: from wish to will - a manifesto. Unset. European Commission.

Stirling, Andrew (2009) The precautionary principle. In: Blackwell companion to the philosophy of technology. Blackwell Companions to Philosophy . Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 248-262. ISBN 9781405146012

Stirling, Andrew, Gaskell, C, Clift, R and Shepherd, J (2009) Report of the capability sub-group. Other. Defra.

Stirling, Andrew (2009) Sustainable energy - the challenge of choice. In: Energy for the future: a new agenda. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 251-260. ISBN 9780230221529

Renn, Ortwin, Dreyer, Marion, Klinke, Andreas, Losert, Christine, Stirling, Andrew, Van Zwanenberg, Patrick, Muller-Herold, Ulrich, Morosini, Marco and Fisher, Elizabeth (2009) The Application of the Precautionary Principle in the European Union. In: Precautionary risk appraisal and management. An orientation for meeting the precautionary principle in the European Union. Europaeischer Hochschulverlag. ISBN 9783941482258

Stirling, Andrew (2009) Ciencia, Precaucion y Evaluacion de Riesgos: Halta un Debate mas Constructivo. In: Communicar los Riesgos: ciencia y tecnologia en la sociedad de la informacion. Biblioteca Nueva. ISBN 9788497429269

Stirling, Andrew (2009) Direction, distribution and diversity! pluralising progress in innovation, sustainability and development. Working Paper. STEPS Centre.

Stirling, Andrew (2009) Engaging futures: opening up choices on science and technology. In: The road ahead: public dialogue on science and technology. Department for business, innovation and skills.

Stirling, Andy C and Scoones, Ian (2009) From Risk Assessment to Knowledge Mapping: Science, Precaution, and Participation in Disease Ecology. Ecology and Society, 14 (2). ISSN 1708-3087

Stirling, Andrew (2009) Participation, precaution and reflexive governance for sustainable development. In: Governing sustainability. Cambridge University Press, pp. 193-225. ISBN 9780521518758

Renn, Ortwin, Schweizer, Pia-Johanna, Muller-Herold, Ulrich and Stirling, Andrew (2009) Precautionary Risk Appraisal and Management: an orientation for meeting the precautionary principle in the European Union,. Europaeischer Hochschulverlag. ISBN 9783941482258

Dreyer, M, Renn, O, Ely, A, Stirling, A, Vos, E and Wendler, F (2009) Summary: Key features of the General Framework. In: Food safety governance : integrating science, precaution and public involvement. Springer, pp. 159-166. ISBN 9783540693093

Scrase, I, Stirling, A, Geels, F W, Smith, A and Van Zwanenberg, P (2009) Transformative Innovation. Unset. Unset.

Van Zwanenberg, Patrick, Ely, Adrian and Stirling, Andrew (2009) Emerging Technologies and Opportunities for International Science and Technology Foresight. Working Paper. STEPS Centre, Brighton.

Ely, A, Stirling, A, Dreyer, M, Renn, O, Vos, E and Wendler, F (2009) Need for change. In: Food safety governance: integrating science, precaution and public involvement. Springer-Verlag, pp. 11-28. ISBN 9783540693086

Ely, Adrian, Stirling, Andrew, Dreyer, M, Renn, O and Vos, E (2009) Overview of the General Framework. In: Food safety governance : integrating science, precaution and public involvement. Springer-Verlag, pp. 29-46. ISBN 9783540693086

Ely, Adrian and Stirling, Andrew (2009) The Process of Assessment. In: Food safety governance : integrating science, precaution and public involvement. Springer-Verlag, pp. 57-70. ISBN 9783540693086

Ely, A, Stirling, A, Wendler, F and Vos, E (2009) The Process of Framing. In: Food safety governance : integrating science, precaution and public involvement. Springer-Verlag, pp. 47-56. ISBN 9783540693086

Stirling, Andrew (2008) Diversity and sustainable energy transitions: multicriteria diversity analysis of electricity portfolios. In: Analytical methods for energy diversity and security. Global energy policy and economics series . Elsevier, pp. 1-30. ISBN 9780080568874

Yoshizawa, Go, Stirling, Andy and Suzuki, Kazuto (2008) Electricity System Diversity in the UK and Japan - a Multicriteria Diversity Analysis. Working Paper. SPRU.

Stirling, Andrew (2008) European Commission Science and Society Advisory Committee. Project Report. EC Directorate General for Research.

Stirling, Andrew (2008) Science, precaution, and the politics of technological risk. Converging implications in evolutionary and social scientific perspectives. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1128. pp. 95-110. ISSN 0077-8923

Stirling, Andrew (2008) "Opening up" and "closing down" power, participation, and pluralism in the social appraisal of technology. Science, Technology, and Human Values, 33 (2). pp. 262-294. ISSN 0162-2439

Stirling, Andrew (2008) Expert advisory group on science in society: final report. Project Report. European Commission Directorate General for Research.

Stirling, Andrew (2008) Framing', `lock-in' and diversity in social choice of energy futures. In: Nuclear consultation: public trust in government. Nuclear Consultation Working Group, University of Warwick.

Stirling, Andrew and Smith, Adrian (2008) Moving Outside or Inside? Objectification and Reflexivity in the Governance of Socio-technical systems. In: Governance for Sustainable Development: Steering in Contexts of Ambivalence, Uncertainty and Distributed Power. Routledge. ISBN 9780415451925

Stirling, Andrew (2008) Regulation, innovation and climate change. Risk and Regulation, 15. pp. 12-14.

Stirling, Andrew (2008) Choosing Energy Futures: Framing, Lock-in, and Diversity. In: Nuclear Consultation: Public Trust in Government. Nuclear Consultation Working Group, University of Warwick, Warwick, pp. 61-71.

Smith, Adrian and Stirling, Andy (2008) Social-ecological resilience and socio-technical transitions: critical issues for sustainability governance. Working Paper. STEPS Centre.

Stirling, Andrew (2007) Deliberate futures: precaution and progress in social choice of sustainable technology. Sustainable Development, 15 (5). pp. 286-295. ISSN 0968-0802

Stirling, Andrew (2007) A general framework for analysing diversity in science, technology and society. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 4 (15). pp. 707-719. ISSN 1742-5689

Burgess, Jacquelin, Stirling, Andy, Clack, Judy, Davies, Gail, Eames, Malcolm, Staley, Kristina and Williamson, Suzanne (2007) Deliberative Mapping: a novel analytic-deliberative methodology to support contested science-policy decisions. Public Understanding of Science, 16 (3). pp. 299-322. ISSN 0963-6625

Scoones, Ian, Leach, Melissa, Smith, Adrian, Stagl, Sigrid, Stirling, Andy and Thompson, John (2007) Dynamic Systems and the challenge of Sustainability. Working Paper. Centre for Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS),.

Stirling, Andrew, Leach, Melissa, Mehta, Lyla, Scoones, Ian, Smith, Adrian, Stagl, Sigrid and Thompson, John (2007) Empowering designs: towards more progressive appraisal of sustainability. Working Paper. Centre for Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS),.

Stirling, Andrew, Mehta, Lyla, Movik, Synne, Marshall, Stephen, Shah, Esha, Smith, Adrian and Thompson, John (2007) Liquid dynamics: challenges for sustainability in water and sanitation. Working Paper. Centre for Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS).

Leach, Melissa, Scoones, Ian and Stirling, Andy (2007) Pathways to Sustainability: an overview of the STEPS Centre approach. Documentation. Centre for Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS).

Stirling, A, Lobstein, T, Millstone, E and and the PorGrow Research Team, (2007) Methodology for obtaining stakeholder assessments of obesity policy options in the PorGrow project. Obesity Reviews, 8 (2). pp. 17-27. ISSN 14677881

Stirling, Andrew (2007) Risk, precaution and science: towards a more constructive policy debate: talking point on the precautionary principle. EMBO Reports, 8 (4). pp. 309-315. ISSN 1469-221X

Felt, Ulrike, Wynne, Brian, Stirling, Andy, Callon, Michel, Goncalves, Maria Eduardo and et al, (2007) Science and Governance: taking European Knowledge Society Seriously. Working Paper. Report of the Expert Group on Science and Governance to DG Research.

Stirling, Andrew (2007) European Commission Science and Society Advisory Committee: Rapporteur's second report. Project Report. European Commission Directorate General for Research.

Smith, Adrian and Stirling, Andy (2007) Moving Outside or Inside? Objectification and Reflexivity in the Governance of Socio-Technical Systems. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 9 (3-4). pp. 351-373. ISSN 1523-908X

Stirling, Andrew (2007) Science in society: first report. Project Report. European Commission Directorate General for Research.

Adamowicz, W L, Chapman, David, Mancini, Gene, Munns, Wayne, Stirling, Andrew and Tomasi, Ted (2007) Valuation Methods. In: Valuation of Ecological Resources: Integration of Ecology and Socioeconomics in Environmental Decision Making. Taylor and Francis CRC Press.

Millstone, Erik, Stirling, Andy, Lobstein, Tim and Mohebati, Lisa (2006) Policy options for responding to obesity: cross-national report of the PorGrow project. Project Report. SPRU, University of Sussex.

Tansey, James, Gee, David, Leach, Melissa, Ravetz, Jerome, Scott, Alister, Stirling, Andrew, Szerszynski, Bronislaw and Wakeford, Tom (2006) Hasty energy review risks failing to win public trust. Nature, 440. p. 148. ISSN 0028-0836

Stirling, Andrew (2006) Analysis, participation and power: justification and closure in participatory multi-criteria analysis. Land Use Policy, 23 (1). pp. 95-107. ISSN 0264-8377

Stirling, Andrew, Renn, O and Van Zwanenberg, Patrick (2006) A Framework for the Precautionary Governance of Food Safety: integrating science and participation in the social appraisal of risk. In: Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and prospects. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 284-315.

Klinke, Andreas, Dreyer, Marion, Renn, Ortwin, Stirling, Andrew and Van Zwanenberg, Patrick (2006) Precautionary Risk Regulation in European Governance. Journal of Risk Research, 9 (4). pp. 373-392.

Stirling, Andrew (2006) From science and society to science in society: towards a framework for co-operative research. Project Report. European Commission Directorate General for Research.

Stirling, Andrew (2006) Precaution, foresight and sustainability: reflection and reflexivity in the governance of technology. In: Reflexive governance for sustainable development. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK,, pp. 225-272. ISBN 9781845425821

Stirling, Andrew, Awerbuch, Shimon, Jansen, Jaap C and Beurskens, Luuk W M (2006) Full-spectrum portfolio and diversity analysis of energy technologies. In: Managing enterprise risk: what the electric industry experience implies for contemporary business. Elsevier global energy policy and economics series . Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 202-222. ISBN 9780080449494

Stirling, Andrew (2005) Opening up or closing down: analysis, participation and power in the social appraisal of technology. Japan Journal for Science, Technology and Society, 14. pp. 63-83.

Smith, Adrian, Stirling, Andy and Berkhout, Frans (2005) The governance of sustainable socio-technical transitions. Research Policy, 34 (10). pp. 1491-1510. ISSN 0048-7333

Stirling, Andrew (2005) Opening up or closing down? Analysis, participation and power in the social appraisal of technology. In: Science and citizens: globalization and the challenge of engagement. Claiming citizenship . Zed Books, pp. 218-231. ISBN 9781842775516

Stirling, Andrew and Mayer, Sue (2005) Confronting Risk with Precaution: a Multi-Criteria Mapping of Genetically Modified Crops. In: Alternatives for Environmental Valuation. Routledge. ISBN 9780415310123

Smith, Adrian, Stirling, Andrew and Berkhout, Frans (2005) The governance of sustainable socio-technical transitions. Research Policy, 34. pp. 1491-1510.

Mayer, Sue and Stirling, Andy (2004) GM crops, for good or bad? Those who choose the questions, determine the answers. EMBO Reports, 5 (1). ISSN 1469-221X

Stirling, Andrew and Van Zwanenberg, Patrick (2004) Risk Regulation in Europe and the United States - A Response to David Vogel. In: Yearbook of European environmental law. Oxford University Press, pp. 43-57. ISBN 9780199254620

Stirling, Andrew (2004) Electric power generation: valuation of environmental costs. In: Encyclopedia of energy. Elsevier Science, pp. 229-243. ISBN 9780121764807

Stirling, Andrew and GM Science Review Panel, (2004) GM Science Review: second report. Project Report. Department of Trade and ndustry.

Smith, Adrian, Stirling, Andy and Berkhout, Frans (2004) Governing Sustainable Industrial Transformation Under Different Transition Contexts. In: Governance for Industrial Transformation. Proceedings of the 2003 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. Environmental Policy Research Centre, Berlin, pp. 113-132.

Stirling, Andrew and Tickner, J (2004) Implementing Precaution: assessment and application tools for health and environmental decision making. In: The Precautionary Principle: protecting public health, the environment and the future of our children. World Health Organisation.

Gee, David and Stirling, Andrew (2004) Late Lessons from Early Warnings: improving science and governance under uncertainty and ignorance. In: The Precautionary Principle: protecting public health, the environment and the future of our children. World Health Organisation.

Stirling, Andrew, Berkhout, Franciscus and Smith, Adrian (2004) Socio-Technological Regimes and Transition Contexts. In: System Innovation and the Transition to Sustainability: theory, evidence and policy. Edward Elgar.

King, Sir David, Stirling, Andrew and et al, (2003) GM Science Review: First Report. Project Report. Department of Trade and Industry.

Stirling, Andrew and Gee, D (2003) Late lessons from early warnings: an EEA report on the precautionary principle. In: Precaution: environmental science and preventive public policy. Island Press.

Stirling, Andrew (2003) Renewables, sustainability and precaution: beyond environmental cost-benefit and risk analysis. In: Sustainability and environmental impact of renewable energy sources. Issues in environmental science and technology (19). Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge. ISBN 9780854042906

Stirling, Andrew (2003) Risk, uncertainty and precaution: some instrumental implications from the social sciences. In: Negotiating environmental change: new perspectives from social science. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK,, pp. 33-76. ISBN 184376153X

Stirling, Andy and Gee, David (2003) Science, Precaution and Practice. Public Health Reports, 117 (6). pp. 521-533.

Stirling, Andy and Mayer, Sue (2002) Finding a Precautionary Approach to Technological Developments ¿ lessons for the evaluation of GM crops. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 15 (1). pp. 57-71. ISSN 1187-7863

Stirling, Andrew, Harremoës, P, Gee, D, MacGarvin, MM, Keys, JJ, Vaz, S and Wynne, B (2002) Conclusions. In: The Precautionary Principle in the Twentieth Century: late lessons from early warnings. Earthscan.

Harremoës, Paul, Gee, David, MacGarvin, Malcolm, Stirling, Andy, Keys, Jane, Wynne, Brian and Vaz, Sofia Guedes (2002) Conclusions [to Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896-2000]. In: Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896-2000. European Environment Agency. ISBN 9789291673230

Stirling, Andrew (2002) Contributions on issues of representation in citizen juries and similar participatory approaches. Participatory Learning and Action, 46. pp. 13-15.

Stirling, Andrew, Wynne, B, Gee, D, Keys, J, MacGarvin, M, Vaz, S and Harremous, P (2002) Introduction. In: Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896-2000. European Environment Agency.

Harremous, Poul, Gee, David, MacGarvin, Malcolm, Stirling, Andy, Keys, Jane, Wynne, Brian and Guedes Vaz, Sofia (2002) Introduction. In: The Precautionary Principle in the Twentieth Century: late lessons from early warnings. Earthscan.

MacGarvin, Malcolm, Lambert, Barrie, Infante, Peter, Greenberg, Morris, Gee, David, Koppe, Janna G, Keys, Jane, Farman, Joe, Ibarreta, Dolores, Swan, Shanna H, Edqvist, Lars-Erik, Pedersen, Knud Borge, Semb, Arne, von Krauss, Martin Krayer, Harremoes, Poul, Gilbertson, Michael, Santillo, David, Johnston, Paul, Langston, William J, Bridges, Olga, Van Zwanenberg, Patrick and Millstone, Erik (2002) Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896-2000. European Environment Agency.

Millstone, Erik and Zwanenberg, Patrick van (2002) The Precautionary Principle in the Twentieth Century: late lessons from early warnings. Earthscan.

Stirling, Andrew (2002) Science and the rationality of precaution. In: The role of precaution in chemicals policy : the precautionary principle in existing law, the rationality of precaution, the future of precaution in chemicals policy. Favorita papers . Diplomatische Akademie, Vienna. ISBN 3902021292

Harremous, Poul, Gee, David, MacGarvin, Malcolm, Stirling, Andy, Keys, Jane, Wynne, Brian and Vaz, Sofia (2002) Twelve Late Lessons. In: The Precautionary Principle in the Twentieth Century: late lessons from early warnings. Earthscan, pp. 168-192.

Stirling, Andrew, Wynne, B, Gee, D, Keys, J, MacGarvin, M, Vaz, S and Harremous, P (2002) Twelve Late Lessons. In: Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896-2000. European Environment Agency.

Stirling, Andrew (2001) Science and precaution in the appraisal of electricity supply options. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 86 (1-3). pp. 55-75. ISSN 0304-3894

Stirling, Andy and Mayer, Sue (2001) A novel approach to the appraisal of technological risk: a multicriteria mapping study of a genetically modified crop. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 19 (4). pp. 529-555. ISSN 0263-774X

Stirling, Andrew (2001) Inclusive deliberation and scientific expertise: precaution, diversity and transparency in the governance of risk. Participatory Learning and Action, 40. pp. 66-71. ISSN 1357-938X

Stirling, Andrew (2001) The precautionary principle in science and technology. In: Reinterpreting the precautionary principle. Cameron-May. ISBN 9781874698234

Stirling, Andrew (2000) On `precautionary' and `science based' approaches to risk assessment and environmental appraisal. In: On science and precaution in the management of technological risk. Unset.

Stirling, A and Mayer, S (2000) Precautionary approaches to the appraisal of risk: a case study of a genetically modified crop. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 6 (4). pp. 342-357. ISSN 10773525

Stirling, Andrew (2000) Sciences et Risques: aspects theoriques et pratiques d'une approche de precaution. In: Le Principe de Precaution: significations et consequences. University of Brussels Press.

Stirling, Andrew (1999) Risk assessment and precaution: some implications for decision making. Marine Environmental Management Review, 6. pp. 13-20.

Stirling, Prof Andrew, ed. (1999) On Science and Precaution in the Management of Technological Risk: Volume II -case studies. European Commission Institute for Prospective Technological Studies.

Stirling, Andrew (1999) On science and precaution in the management of technological risk: volume I - a synthesis report of case studies. Institute for Prospctive Technology Studies.

Stirling, Andy and Mayer, Sue (1999) Rethinking Risk: a pilot multicriteria mapping of a genetically modified crop in agricultural systems in the UK. Unset. University of Sussex.

Stirling, Andrew (1999) Risk assessment and external cost valuation: how useful is the `analytical fix' in the environmental appraisal of energy options? In: The international energy experience. Imperial College Press, London. ISBN 9781860941979

Stirling, Andrew (1999) Risk at a turning point? Journal of Environmental Medicine, 1. pp. 119-126. ISSN 1099-1301

Stirling, Andrew (1999) The appraisal of sustainability: some problems and possible responses. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 4 (2). pp. 111-135. ISSN 1354-9839

Stirling, Andrew (1998) Valuing the environmental impacts of electricity production: a critical review of some "first generation" studies. Energy Sources, 20 (4-5). pp. 267-300. ISSN 0090-8312

Stirling, Andrew (1998) Risk at a turning point? Journal of Risk Research, 1 (2). pp. 97-109. ISSN 1466-4461

Stirling, Andrew (1998) Closure through disclosure: mapping alternatives in technology choice. In: Soziale schliessung im prozess der technologieentwicklung: leitbild, paradigma, standard. Campus Verlag. ISBN 3593359618

Stirling, Andrew (1998) On the economics and analysis of diversity. Working Paper. University of Sussex, Brighton.

Stirling, Andrew (1998) Energy and sustainability. In: The Brundtland Commission's report : 10 years. Scandinavian University Press, Oslo. ISBN 8200128954

Stirling, Andrew (1997) Regulating the electricity supply industry by Valuing environmental effects: how much is the emperor wearing. In: Human well-being and economic goals. Frontier issues in economic thought . Island Press, Washington, D. C.. ISBN 9781559635608

Stirling, Andrew (1997) Limits to the value of external costs. Energy Policy, 25 (5). pp. 517-540. ISSN 0301-4215

Stirling, Andrew (1997) Multi-criteria mapping: mitigating the problems of environmental valuation? In: Valuing nature? Economics ethics and the environment. Routledge, London, pp. 186-210. ISBN 0415148758

Stirling, Andrew (1996) Optimising UK electricity portfolio diversity. In: The UK energy experience: a model or a warning? Imperial College Press, London. ISBN 9781860940224

Stirling, Andrew (1996) On the Nirex MADA. In: Radioactive Waste Disposal at Sellafield, UK: site selection, geological and engineering problems. University of Glasgow Press, pp. 93-108. ISBN 0852615248

Stirling, Andrew (1994) Diversity and ignorance in electricity supply investment: addressing the solution rather than the problem. Energy Policy, 22 (3). pp. 195-216. ISSN 0301-4215

Stirling, Andrew (1993) What does energy security of supply mean. In: Energy policy: an agenda for the 1990s. Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU). ISBN 9780903622592

Stirling, Andrew (1992) Regulating the electricity supply industry by valuing environmental effects: how much is the Emperor wearing? Futures, 24 (10). pp. 1024-1047. ISSN 0016-3287

Stirling, Andrew (1989) The end of the nuclear dream. In: The Greenpeace book of the nuclear Age. Gollancz. ISBN 9780575045675

Hart, A, Spiegelhalter, D, Kinghorn-Perry, S and Stirling, Andrew Approaches to uncertainty for policy-makers and their advisors. Other. UK Government, UK. (Submitted)

Hart, A, Spiegelhalter, D, Kinghorn-Perry, S and Stirling, Andrew Communicating uncertainty. Other. UK Government, UK. (In Press)

Hart, A, Spiegelhalter, D, Kinghorn-Perry, S and Stirling, Andrew Dealing with uncertainty - principles for ministers. Other. UK Government, UK. (In Press)