The use of chemicals in daily products is immense. Increased insights into the flows of information about chemicals, from producers to users and vice versa, may lead to reductions of hazardous chemical exposures. This interdisciplinary research project is a cooperation between researchers at Chalmers University, Lund University, Malmö University and University College of Gaevle. Within the project, the distribution and interpretation of chemical information is analyzed with the aim to give a better understanding for how chemical information is distributed, interpreted and used.
Case studies of three types of consumer products, namely textile, toys and paint. It is studied how chemical risk information is communicated between different actors of a product chain as well as how chemical risk information is interpreted by different actors in society. Also processes of information feedback in product chains are studied
Mainly, the project will lead to better knowledge concerning information flows in the socio-technical systems for toys, textile and paint. Hopefully, this knowledge will lead to improved policy decisions and altered routines, and, in extension, to reduced chemical risks in society.
Sverker Molander,
Mikael Klintman,
Ernst Hollander,
Jesper Sjöström,
Kristin Fransson,
Emelie Stenborg.
Lund University,
Malmö University,
University College of Gaevle.
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http://www.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=12588&postid=1515930
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Sjöström, Jesper. 2010. To choose tomato ketchup – using scientific knowledge in everyday life. NERA (Nordic Educational Research Association) conference: Active Citizenship, Malmö, Sweden, March 11-13.
http://muep.mah.se/handle/2043/10482 Sjöström, Jesper. 2010. Kemikaliedidaktik – varför, vad och hur? FND 2010 - Att kommunicera naturvetenskap i teori och praktik – ett möte mellan lärarutbildning, skola och NV-didaktisk forskning. Kristianstad, Sweden, November 16-17.
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http://muep.mah.se/handle/2043/13939 Stenborg, Emelie. 2009. Chemical Risk Information Flows to and from the Public: Investigating member organizations at two levels in Sweden, Coping with Uncertainty, A Multidisciplinary Research Conference on Risk Governance in the Baltic Sea Region, Stockholm, Sweden, November 15-17.
http://www.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=12588&postid=1761878 Stenborg, Emelie. 2009. Managing the Chemical Risks with Consumer Goods: The Dual Role and Dilemmas of Member Organisations, ESA Conference of European Sociological Association, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2-5.
http://www.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=12588&postid=1761874 Sjöström, Jesper. 2008. Nytta-risk-tänkande kring kemikalier som en del av medborgerlig bildning – varför och hur? FND 2008 - NV-didaktisk forskning och lärarutbildning i samverkan, Stockholm, Sweden, October 20-21.
http://muep.mah.se/handle/2043/6965
Formas - The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning