Jesper Lassen
Biographic Data
| ID | 125501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jesper Lassen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jesper |
| FAMILY NAME | Lassen |
| SIGNATURE | LASSEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3557-1087 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Not That Personal
This article presents key findings from a comparative empirical study of content recommendation on the audiovisual streaming services of six European public service media (PSM) organizations. Due to growing competition with international subscription streaming services, the editorial practices of PSM are developing, combining editorial curation with algorithmic recommendations. Contributing to the fields of PSM, platformization and scheduling stu…
Tv og streaming
Bidraget undersøger tv‐forskningens historie, aktuelle position og udviklingsmuligheder gennem en faglig, digital korrespondanceform. Perspektiverne tager afsæt i personlige erfaringer, som anvendes til at diskutere feltets udviklingstrin, metodiske skift, sproglige forankring og fremtidige retninger. Tv-mediet betragtes ikke som forældet, men som et område, der i stigende grad integreres i bredere medieforskning, særligt i lyset af streamingtjen…
Better than antibiotics. Public understandings of risk, human health and the use of synthetically obtained livestock vaccines in five European countries
Drawing upon data collected within 20 focus groups with consumers from five European countries, in this article we investigate how perceptions of human health risk and current anxieties regarding agricultural food production affect citizens’ acceptance of the use of an emerging biotechnology, synthetic biology, in the development of vaccines for animals bred for food production. In focus group discussions in Austria, the UK, Poland and Denmark, p…
Synthetic livestock vaccines as risky interference with nature? Lay and expert arguments and understandings of “naturalness”
The article describes how the idea of “naturalness” was used by three different groups in arguments over the risk of livestock vaccines developed in synthetic biology. Based on interviews with two groups of scientific experts and focus groups with lay people in five European countries, and using Toulmin’s argument analysis as the analytical tool, the article maps and compares the different ways in which “naturalness” was used as a warrant. Severa…
A taste for locally produced food - Values, opinions and sociodemographic differences among ‘organic’ and ‘conventional’ consumers
Local food has received considerable attention in recent years. It is seen as a response to increased demand for authentic foods, just as organic foods have been considered to be. It is unclear whether organic and local are two complementary or competitive trends in food consumption. This study addresses this question with a mixed methods investigation of why Danish consumers of organic products and conventional consumers of local products choose…
Listened to, but not heard! The failure to represent the public in genetically modified food policies
‘In the mid-1990s, a mismatch was addressed between European genetically modified food policy, which focused primarily on risks and economic prospects, and public anxieties, which also included other concerns, and there was a development in European food policy toward the inclusion of what were referred to as “ethical aspects.” Using parliamentary debates in Denmark in 2002 and 2015 as a case, this article examines how three storylines of concern…
Knowledge and Precaution. On Organic Farmers Assessment of New Technology
Organic farming is under constant pressure to reinvent itself by adopting new technologies. This article examines the role of precaution in organic farmers' assessments of new technologies, and asks how their assessments draw on different types of knowledge. The article further explores how knowledge type compares to the role of knowledge and precaution expressed in the principles of organic farming as defined by the organic movement organisation…
Context, Orders of Worth, and the Justification of Meat Consumption Practices
Although animal welfare is felt to be important by consumers, behavioural patterns do not fully reflect this. Rather than relating this attitude-behaviour gap to hypocrisy, this article, building on pragmatic sociological theory and an empirical study, focuses on context-dependent moral evaluations. An analysis of focus-group interviews conducted in three countries shows that meat-related consumption practices involve several competing sets of mo…
"My Whole Life is Ethics!" Ordinary Ethics and Gene Therapy Clinical Trials
What and where is ethics in gene therapy? Historical debates have identified a set of ethical issues with the field, and current regulatory systems presume a discrete ethics that can be achieved or protected. Resisting attempts at demarcation or resolution, we use the notions of "ordinary" or "everyday" ethics to develop a better understanding of the complexities of experimental gene therapy for patients, families, and practitioners and create ri…
Painful dilemmas
The conflict between animal costs and human benefits has dominated public as well as academic debates about animal research. However, surveys of public perceptions of animal research rarely focus on this part of attitude formation. This paper traces the prevalence of different attitudes to animal research in the public when people are asked to take benefit and cost considerations into account concurrently. Results from the examination of two repr…
The role of scientific knowledge in shaping public attitudes to GM technologies
Depending on the perceived balance of risk and benefit, and on the perceived unnaturalness, some applications of gene technology appear more acceptable to the public than others. This study asks whether a person’s knowledge of biology affects their assessment of these factors differently. A random sample of the Danish population ( n = 2000) was presented with questionnaires. The respondent’s knowledge was measured by a number of textbook question…
Multiple aspects of unnaturalness
Looking After Chronically III Dogs
Studies in human medicine show that care of chronically ill family members can affect the caregiver's life in several ways and cause "caregiver burden." Companion animals are offered increasingly advanced veterinary treatments, sometimes involving home care. Owners choosing such treatments could thus face similar challenges when caring for their animals. This qualitative study uncovers impacts on an owner's life, when attending to the care of an …
Public Attitude Formation Regarding Animal Research
A number of attitudinal studies have examined support for the use of animals in research. However, on the whole they have come to rather different conclusions. In our reasearch, which is based on focus group discussions held in Denmark, we attempted to explain this variation by examining the way the relevant attitudes are formed. Although our participants had only limited knowledge of, and interest in, animal use in research, they were perfecly c…
Public participation
Over recent decades, public participation initiatives have been employed across Europe often with a focus on science and technology issues. In the area of new food technologies most participation initiatives have centered on genetically modified foods. By contrast, in the area of functional foods—where significant EU legislation was recently passed—we have seen no initiatives towards public inclusion. This applies also for Denmark, the country wh…
Pure meat – Public perceptions of risk reduction strategies in meat production
Meat in context. On the relation between perceptions and contexts
GM Plants, Farmers and the Public - A Harmonious Relation
The controversy in Europe over genetically manipulated (GM) foods has been conceived largely as a conflict between a reluctant public and a more enthusiastic agri-food sector. As a result, the political focus has been on the public to the neglect of other actors, such as the farmers, whose willingness to adopt GM technology is taken for granted. This article explores the case of herbicide-resistant GM plants with claimed environmental benefits. I…
The environment overlooked
Cet article étudie la façon dont les gens ordinaires parlent de la nourriture et en particulier dans quelle mesure, et comment, ces discussions incluent des arguments sur l'environnement et les produits bios. Contrairement à de nombreuses études qui démontrent la préoccupation du public concernant les aliments et leur production, l'étude rapportée ici montre que, dans un cadre exploratoire où des danois étaient invités à discuter d'alimentation e…
Democracy at its Best? The Consensus Conference in a Cross-national Perspective
The quality of food risk management in Europe
Perceptions of food risk management among key stakeholders
Genetic Technologies Meet the Public
To clarify concerns that the public has with genetic technologies, the article presents the results of focus group interviews conducted in Denmark in 2000. The concerns of the public are divided into three ideal-typical categories: social (dealing with environmental and health risks), economic (dealing with both the threats and opportunities of the new technologies), and cultural (taking up ethical and moral concerns). Following a general discuss…
Societal aspects of genetically modified foods
Ranking Genetically Modified Plants According to Familiarity
Meat in context. On the relation between perceptions and contexts
Democracy at its Best? The Consensus Conference in a Cross-national Perspective
Multiple aspects of unnaturalness
The quality of food risk management in Europe
Perceptions of food risk management among key stakeholders
A taste for locally produced food - Values, opinions and sociodemographic differences among ‘organic’ and ‘conventional’ consumers
Local food has received considerable attention in recent years. It is seen as a response to increased demand for authentic foods, just as organic foods have been considered to be. It is unclear whether organic and local are two complementary or competitive trends in food consumption. This study addresses this question with a mixed methods investigation of why Danish consumers of organic products and conventional consumers of local products choose…
Context, Orders of Worth, and the Justification of Meat Consumption Practices
Although animal welfare is felt to be important by consumers, behavioural patterns do not fully reflect this. Rather than relating this attitude-behaviour gap to hypocrisy, this article, building on pragmatic sociological theory and an empirical study, focuses on context-dependent moral evaluations. An analysis of focus-group interviews conducted in three countries shows that meat-related consumption practices involve several competing sets of mo…
Pure meat – Public perceptions of risk reduction strategies in meat production
Looking After Chronically III Dogs
Studies in human medicine show that care of chronically ill family members can affect the caregiver's life in several ways and cause "caregiver burden." Companion animals are offered increasingly advanced veterinary treatments, sometimes involving home care. Owners choosing such treatments could thus face similar challenges when caring for their animals. This qualitative study uncovers impacts on an owner's life, when attending to the care of an …
Public Attitude Formation Regarding Animal Research
A number of attitudinal studies have examined support for the use of animals in research. However, on the whole they have come to rather different conclusions. In our reasearch, which is based on focus group discussions held in Denmark, we attempted to explain this variation by examining the way the relevant attitudes are formed. Although our participants had only limited knowledge of, and interest in, animal use in research, they were perfecly c…
The environment overlooked
Cet article étudie la façon dont les gens ordinaires parlent de la nourriture et en particulier dans quelle mesure, et comment, ces discussions incluent des arguments sur l'environnement et les produits bios. Contrairement à de nombreuses études qui démontrent la préoccupation du public concernant les aliments et leur production, l'étude rapportée ici montre que, dans un cadre exploratoire où des danois étaient invités à discuter d'alimentation e…
Genetic Technologies Meet the Public
To clarify concerns that the public has with genetic technologies, the article presents the results of focus group interviews conducted in Denmark in 2000. The concerns of the public are divided into three ideal-typical categories: social (dealing with environmental and health risks), economic (dealing with both the threats and opportunities of the new technologies), and cultural (taking up ethical and moral concerns). Following a general discuss…
Ranking Genetically Modified Plants According to Familiarity
"My Whole Life is Ethics!" Ordinary Ethics and Gene Therapy Clinical Trials
What and where is ethics in gene therapy? Historical debates have identified a set of ethical issues with the field, and current regulatory systems presume a discrete ethics that can be achieved or protected. Resisting attempts at demarcation or resolution, we use the notions of "ordinary" or "everyday" ethics to develop a better understanding of the complexities of experimental gene therapy for patients, families, and practitioners and create ri…
GM Plants, Farmers and the Public - A Harmonious Relation
The controversy in Europe over genetically manipulated (GM) foods has been conceived largely as a conflict between a reluctant public and a more enthusiastic agri-food sector. As a result, the political focus has been on the public to the neglect of other actors, such as the farmers, whose willingness to adopt GM technology is taken for granted. This article explores the case of herbicide-resistant GM plants with claimed environmental benefits. I…
Ranking Genetically Modified Plants According to Familiarity
Societal aspects of genetically modified foods
Perceptions of food risk management among key stakeholders
Genetic Technologies Meet the Public
To clarify concerns that the public has with genetic technologies, the article presents the results of focus group interviews conducted in Denmark in 2000. The concerns of the public are divided into three ideal-typical categories: social (dealing with environmental and health risks), economic (dealing with both the threats and opportunities of the new technologies), and cultural (taking up ethical and moral concerns). Following a general discuss…
Democracy at its Best? The Consensus Conference in a Cross-national Perspective
The quality of food risk management in Europe
GM Plants, Farmers and the Public - A Harmonious Relation
The controversy in Europe over genetically manipulated (GM) foods has been conceived largely as a conflict between a reluctant public and a more enthusiastic agri-food sector. As a result, the political focus has been on the public to the neglect of other actors, such as the farmers, whose willingness to adopt GM technology is taken for granted. This article explores the case of herbicide-resistant GM plants with claimed environmental benefits. I…
The environment overlooked
Cet article étudie la façon dont les gens ordinaires parlent de la nourriture et en particulier dans quelle mesure, et comment, ces discussions incluent des arguments sur l'environnement et les produits bios. Contrairement à de nombreuses études qui démontrent la préoccupation du public concernant les aliments et leur production, l'étude rapportée ici montre que, dans un cadre exploratoire où des danois étaient invités à discuter d'alimentation e…
Pure meat – Public perceptions of risk reduction strategies in meat production
Meat in context. On the relation between perceptions and contexts
Public participation
Over recent decades, public participation initiatives have been employed across Europe often with a focus on science and technology issues. In the area of new food technologies most participation initiatives have centered on genetically modified foods. By contrast, in the area of functional foods—where significant EU legislation was recently passed—we have seen no initiatives towards public inclusion. This applies also for Denmark, the country wh…
Public Attitude Formation Regarding Animal Research
A number of attitudinal studies have examined support for the use of animals in research. However, on the whole they have come to rather different conclusions. In our reasearch, which is based on focus group discussions held in Denmark, we attempted to explain this variation by examining the way the relevant attitudes are formed. Although our participants had only limited knowledge of, and interest in, animal use in research, they were perfecly c…
The role of scientific knowledge in shaping public attitudes to GM technologies
Depending on the perceived balance of risk and benefit, and on the perceived unnaturalness, some applications of gene technology appear more acceptable to the public than others. This study asks whether a person’s knowledge of biology affects their assessment of these factors differently. A random sample of the Danish population ( n = 2000) was presented with questionnaires. The respondent’s knowledge was measured by a number of textbook question…
Multiple aspects of unnaturalness
Looking After Chronically III Dogs
Studies in human medicine show that care of chronically ill family members can affect the caregiver's life in several ways and cause "caregiver burden." Companion animals are offered increasingly advanced veterinary treatments, sometimes involving home care. Owners choosing such treatments could thus face similar challenges when caring for their animals. This qualitative study uncovers impacts on an owner's life, when attending to the care of an …
Painful dilemmas
The conflict between animal costs and human benefits has dominated public as well as academic debates about animal research. However, surveys of public perceptions of animal research rarely focus on this part of attitude formation. This paper traces the prevalence of different attitudes to animal research in the public when people are asked to take benefit and cost considerations into account concurrently. Results from the examination of two repr…
Context, Orders of Worth, and the Justification of Meat Consumption Practices
Although animal welfare is felt to be important by consumers, behavioural patterns do not fully reflect this. Rather than relating this attitude-behaviour gap to hypocrisy, this article, building on pragmatic sociological theory and an empirical study, focuses on context-dependent moral evaluations. An analysis of focus-group interviews conducted in three countries shows that meat-related consumption practices involve several competing sets of mo…
"My Whole Life is Ethics!" Ordinary Ethics and Gene Therapy Clinical Trials
What and where is ethics in gene therapy? Historical debates have identified a set of ethical issues with the field, and current regulatory systems presume a discrete ethics that can be achieved or protected. Resisting attempts at demarcation or resolution, we use the notions of "ordinary" or "everyday" ethics to develop a better understanding of the complexities of experimental gene therapy for patients, families, and practitioners and create ri…
Listened to, but not heard! The failure to represent the public in genetically modified food policies
‘In the mid-1990s, a mismatch was addressed between European genetically modified food policy, which focused primarily on risks and economic prospects, and public anxieties, which also included other concerns, and there was a development in European food policy toward the inclusion of what were referred to as “ethical aspects.” Using parliamentary debates in Denmark in 2002 and 2015 as a case, this article examines how three storylines of concern…
Knowledge and Precaution. On Organic Farmers Assessment of New Technology
Organic farming is under constant pressure to reinvent itself by adopting new technologies. This article examines the role of precaution in organic farmers' assessments of new technologies, and asks how their assessments draw on different types of knowledge. The article further explores how knowledge type compares to the role of knowledge and precaution expressed in the principles of organic farming as defined by the organic movement organisation…
Synthetic livestock vaccines as risky interference with nature? Lay and expert arguments and understandings of “naturalness”
The article describes how the idea of “naturalness” was used by three different groups in arguments over the risk of livestock vaccines developed in synthetic biology. Based on interviews with two groups of scientific experts and focus groups with lay people in five European countries, and using Toulmin’s argument analysis as the analytical tool, the article maps and compares the different ways in which “naturalness” was used as a warrant. Severa…
A taste for locally produced food - Values, opinions and sociodemographic differences among ‘organic’ and ‘conventional’ consumers
Local food has received considerable attention in recent years. It is seen as a response to increased demand for authentic foods, just as organic foods have been considered to be. It is unclear whether organic and local are two complementary or competitive trends in food consumption. This study addresses this question with a mixed methods investigation of why Danish consumers of organic products and conventional consumers of local products choose…
Better than antibiotics. Public understandings of risk, human health and the use of synthetically obtained livestock vaccines in five European countries
Drawing upon data collected within 20 focus groups with consumers from five European countries, in this article we investigate how perceptions of human health risk and current anxieties regarding agricultural food production affect citizens’ acceptance of the use of an emerging biotechnology, synthetic biology, in the development of vaccines for animals bred for food production. In focus group discussions in Austria, the UK, Poland and Denmark, p…
Not That Personal
This article presents key findings from a comparative empirical study of content recommendation on the audiovisual streaming services of six European public service media (PSM) organizations. Due to growing competition with international subscription streaming services, the editorial practices of PSM are developing, combining editorial curation with algorithmic recommendations. Contributing to the fields of PSM, platformization and scheduling stu…
Tv og streaming
Bidraget undersøger tv‐forskningens historie, aktuelle position og udviklingsmuligheder gennem en faglig, digital korrespondanceform. Perspektiverne tager afsæt i personlige erfaringer, som anvendes til at diskutere feltets udviklingstrin, metodiske skift, sproglige forankring og fremtidige retninger. Tv-mediet betragtes ikke som forældet, men som et område, der i stigende grad integreres i bredere medieforskning, særligt i lyset af streamingtjen…
Political science (16 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Genetically Modified Organisms Research (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Risk Perception and Management (7 works) · Biology (6 works)