Áine Regan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3938711 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Áine Regan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Áine |
| FAMILY NAME | Regan |
| SIGNATURE | REGAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3754-0014 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Consumer perception and understanding of the risks of antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance in farming
Farming futures: Perspectives of Irish agricultural stakeholders on data sharing and data governance
What are the priority research questions for digital agriculture
There is a need to identify key existing and emerging issues relevant to digitalisation in agricultural production that would benefit from a stronger evidence base and help steer policy formulation. To address this, a prioritisation exercise was undertaken to identify priority research questions concerning digital agriculture in the UK, but with a view to also informing international contexts. The prioritisation exercise uses an established and e…
A call to expand disciplinary boundaries so that social scientific imagination and practice are central to quests for 'responsible' digital agri-food innovation
This editorial introduces a special issue (SI) concerning quests for responsible digital agri-food innovation. We present our interpretations of the concepts of responsible innovation and digital agri-food innovation and show why they can and have been productively interrelated with social science theories and methods. First, each of the articles in this SI is briefly introduced and synthesised around three themes: (1) the need for a critique of …
Exploring the readiness of publicly funded researchers to practice responsible research and innovation in digital agriculture
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has been highlighted as necessary for the governance of digital agriculture. The current study explores the readiness of publicly funded researchers in Ireland to engage in RRI activities in digital agriculture. In-depth one-to-one interviews were carried out with 15 scientists and research funders to understand how perceived emergent risks in digital agriculture are being addressed and to reflect on the …
Co-designing a smartphone app for and with farmers: Empathising with end-users’ values and needs
Social media and academic identity in food research
Purpose With increasing emphasis on public engagement and scientific communication and dissemination, scientists are increasingly required to redefine their academic identity. Theoretical frameworks of academic identity and social media functionality were used to explore food researchers' attitudes towards social media. Design/methodology/approach An online study was carried out with 80 scientists working in publicly funded food research. Finding…
A survey of Chinese consumers’ knowledge, beliefs and behavioural intentions regarding salt intake and salt reduction
Objective: Globally, China is among the ‘saltiest’ nations. In order to support current nationwide salt reduction initiatives, we investigated Chinese consumers’ knowledge, beliefs and behaviours related to salt intake and salt reduction. Design: A cross-sectional face-to-face survey was carried out, focusing on salt knowledge, beliefs and behaviours related to salt intake and salt reduction, perceptions of salt reduction responsibility and suppo…
Perspectives of the public on reducing population salt intake in Ireland
Objective As countries struggle to meet the set targets for population salt intake, there have been calls for more regulated approaches to reducing dietary salt intake. However, little is known about how the public perceives various salt reduction policies; an important line of investigation given that the implementation and success of these policies often depend on public sentiment. We investigated the attitudes and beliefs of consumers towards …
Conceptualising responsibility in the aftermath of the horsemeat adulteration incident: An online study with Irish and UK consumers
Understanding how consumers react to what is happening as a crisis evolves is crucial for those charged with risk management and risk communication. Responsibility, blame and accountability are important concepts in any crisis, particularly when consumer confidence has been damaged. In this article, we examine to what extent, and to what effect, responsibility, blame and accountability figure in consumer reactions in the immediate aftermath of a …
Strategies for dismissing dietary risks: Insights from user-generated comments online
Communication around chronic dietary risks has proved challenging as dietary health risks are ostensibly met with attenuated perceptions of their likelihood and consequences. In this article, we examine the strategies that an online public use to negotiate risk messages from expert stakeholders that may be incongruent with their own position on a risk. Progressing from conceptualisations of amplification as laid out in the social amplification of…
Food crisis coverage by social and traditional media: A case study of the 2008 Irish dioxin crisis
The world of communication has changed significantly in the last decade as a result of the evolution of social media. Food crisis managers and communicators should be cognizant of the messages presented to the public by all media channels during a crisis. Using the 2008 Irish dioxin contamination incident as an example, a quantitative content analysis was carried out to investigate the relationship between social and traditional media. Messages p…
Risk communication and social media during food safety crises: A study of stakeholders’ opinions in Ireland
Social media is a particular communication platform which has witnessed an exponential growth in use and influence in recent years, democratising the communication process, and offering risk communicators a way of putting into practice those principles which are advocated to be at the core of risk management and communication. However, little is known about stakeholders’ willingness to embrace this new form of communication in a food crisis. The …
Social media as a useful tool in food risk and benefit communication? A strategic orientation approach
Why don't governments need trade unions anymore? The death of social pacts in Ireland and Italy
First published online : February 2, 2014
Why don't governments need trade unions anymore? The death of social pacts in Ireland and Italy
First published online : February 2, 2014
Co-designing a smartphone app for and with farmers: Empathising with end-users’ values and needs
Social media as a useful tool in food risk and benefit communication? A strategic orientation approach
Risk communication and social media during food safety crises: A study of stakeholders’ opinions in Ireland
Social media is a particular communication platform which has witnessed an exponential growth in use and influence in recent years, democratising the communication process, and offering risk communicators a way of putting into practice those principles which are advocated to be at the core of risk management and communication. However, little is known about stakeholders’ willingness to embrace this new form of communication in a food crisis. The …
A call to expand disciplinary boundaries so that social scientific imagination and practice are central to quests for 'responsible' digital agri-food innovation
This editorial introduces a special issue (SI) concerning quests for responsible digital agri-food innovation. We present our interpretations of the concepts of responsible innovation and digital agri-food innovation and show why they can and have been productively interrelated with social science theories and methods. First, each of the articles in this SI is briefly introduced and synthesised around three themes: (1) the need for a critique of …
What are the priority research questions for digital agriculture
There is a need to identify key existing and emerging issues relevant to digitalisation in agricultural production that would benefit from a stronger evidence base and help steer policy formulation. To address this, a prioritisation exercise was undertaken to identify priority research questions concerning digital agriculture in the UK, but with a view to also informing international contexts. The prioritisation exercise uses an established and e…
Consumer perception and understanding of the risks of antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance in farming
Farming futures: Perspectives of Irish agricultural stakeholders on data sharing and data governance
Strategies for dismissing dietary risks: Insights from user-generated comments online
Communication around chronic dietary risks has proved challenging as dietary health risks are ostensibly met with attenuated perceptions of their likelihood and consequences. In this article, we examine the strategies that an online public use to negotiate risk messages from expert stakeholders that may be incongruent with their own position on a risk. Progressing from conceptualisations of amplification as laid out in the social amplification of…
Food crisis coverage by social and traditional media: A case study of the 2008 Irish dioxin crisis
The world of communication has changed significantly in the last decade as a result of the evolution of social media. Food crisis managers and communicators should be cognizant of the messages presented to the public by all media channels during a crisis. Using the 2008 Irish dioxin contamination incident as an example, a quantitative content analysis was carried out to investigate the relationship between social and traditional media. Messages p…
Risk communication and social media during food safety crises: A study of stakeholders’ opinions in Ireland
Social media is a particular communication platform which has witnessed an exponential growth in use and influence in recent years, democratising the communication process, and offering risk communicators a way of putting into practice those principles which are advocated to be at the core of risk management and communication. However, little is known about stakeholders’ willingness to embrace this new form of communication in a food crisis. The …
Social media as a useful tool in food risk and benefit communication? A strategic orientation approach
Why don't governments need trade unions anymore? The death of social pacts in Ireland and Italy
First published online : February 2, 2014
Conceptualising responsibility in the aftermath of the horsemeat adulteration incident: An online study with Irish and UK consumers
Understanding how consumers react to what is happening as a crisis evolves is crucial for those charged with risk management and risk communication. Responsibility, blame and accountability are important concepts in any crisis, particularly when consumer confidence has been damaged. In this article, we examine to what extent, and to what effect, responsibility, blame and accountability figure in consumer reactions in the immediate aftermath of a …
Perspectives of the public on reducing population salt intake in Ireland
Objective As countries struggle to meet the set targets for population salt intake, there have been calls for more regulated approaches to reducing dietary salt intake. However, little is known about how the public perceives various salt reduction policies; an important line of investigation given that the implementation and success of these policies often depend on public sentiment. We investigated the attitudes and beliefs of consumers towards …
Social media and academic identity in food research
Purpose With increasing emphasis on public engagement and scientific communication and dissemination, scientists are increasingly required to redefine their academic identity. Theoretical frameworks of academic identity and social media functionality were used to explore food researchers' attitudes towards social media. Design/methodology/approach An online study was carried out with 80 scientists working in publicly funded food research. Finding…
A survey of Chinese consumers’ knowledge, beliefs and behavioural intentions regarding salt intake and salt reduction
Objective: Globally, China is among the ‘saltiest’ nations. In order to support current nationwide salt reduction initiatives, we investigated Chinese consumers’ knowledge, beliefs and behaviours related to salt intake and salt reduction. Design: A cross-sectional face-to-face survey was carried out, focusing on salt knowledge, beliefs and behaviours related to salt intake and salt reduction, perceptions of salt reduction responsibility and suppo…
Exploring the readiness of publicly funded researchers to practice responsible research and innovation in digital agriculture
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has been highlighted as necessary for the governance of digital agriculture. The current study explores the readiness of publicly funded researchers in Ireland to engage in RRI activities in digital agriculture. In-depth one-to-one interviews were carried out with 15 scientists and research funders to understand how perceived emergent risks in digital agriculture are being addressed and to reflect on the …
Co-designing a smartphone app for and with farmers: Empathising with end-users’ values and needs
Consumer perception and understanding of the risks of antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance in farming
Farming futures: Perspectives of Irish agricultural stakeholders on data sharing and data governance
What are the priority research questions for digital agriculture
There is a need to identify key existing and emerging issues relevant to digitalisation in agricultural production that would benefit from a stronger evidence base and help steer policy formulation. To address this, a prioritisation exercise was undertaken to identify priority research questions concerning digital agriculture in the UK, but with a view to also informing international contexts. The prioritisation exercise uses an established and e…
A call to expand disciplinary boundaries so that social scientific imagination and practice are central to quests for 'responsible' digital agri-food innovation
This editorial introduces a special issue (SI) concerning quests for responsible digital agri-food innovation. We present our interpretations of the concepts of responsible innovation and digital agri-food innovation and show why they can and have been productively interrelated with social science theories and methods. First, each of the articles in this SI is briefly introduced and synthesised around three themes: (1) the need for a critique of …
Business (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Agriculture (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Risk Perception and Management (5 works) · Social media (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)