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Brigitte Nerlich

Emeritus Professor of Science, Language and Society,

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Biography

I am Emeritus Professor of Science, Language, and Society at the (). I studied French and philosophy in Germany and gained a DrPhil . After a postdoc in general linguistic at Oxford I moved to Nottingham. My current research focuses on the cultural and political contexts in which and other framing devices are used in the public, policy and scientific debates about and . I have written and articles on the history of linguistics, semantic change, , , and, more recently, the sociology of health and illness and the . In 2011 the 糖心原创 awarded me a for my research and publications relating to the social study of metaphor.

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6617-7827

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Past projects

Talking about gene drive, funded by Wellcome Trust, PI Sarah Hartley:

3D Printing with atoms, funded by the EPSRC, PI Philip Moriarty, 2016-2019

, funded by a Leverhulme Trust programme grant, 2012-2017 (I led the programme until my retirement in 2016; now working on a voluntary basis)

funded by the BBSRC and the EPSRC, 2014-2018 (I was social science lead until my retirement in 2016; now working on a voluntary basis)

Expertise Summary

I have expertise in the social study of science, the philosophy and history of science, general linguistics, cognitive linguistics, historical linguistics, history of linguistics, media and cultural studies, metaphor analysis.

Research Summary

I am Emeritus Professor of Science, Language, and Society at the Institute for Science and Society (School of Sociology and Social Policy). I studied French and philosophy in Germany and gained a… read more

Selected Publications

  • JASPAL, R. and NERLICH, B., 2020. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. advance online,
  • MCLEOD, C., HADLEY KERSHAW, E. and NERLICH, B., 2020. Anthropology in Action: Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice. 27(2), 33-39
  • MCLEOD, C., NERLICH, B. and JASPAL, R., 2019. New Genetics and Society: Critical Studies of Contemporary Biosciences. 38(3), 331-351
  • RIBEIRO, B., HARTLEY, S., NERLICH, B. and JASPAL, R., 2018. Social Science & Medicine.

Current Research

I am Emeritus Professor of Science, Language, and Society at the (). I studied French and philosophy in Germany and gained a DrPhil . After a postdoc in general linguistic at Oxford I moved to Nottingham. My current research focuses on the cultural and political contexts in which and other framing devices are used in the public, policy and scientific debates about and . I have written and articles on the history of linguistics, semantic change, , , and, more recently, the sociology of health and illness and the . In 2011 the 糖心原创 awarded me a for my research and publications relating to the social study of metaphor.

Blog: https://makingsciencepublic.com/

Academia.edu webpage:

Researchgate:

Google scholar profile:

Wakelet (blog posts ordered by themes):

Current research projects:

Talking about gene drive, funded by Wellcome Trust, PI Sarah Hartley:

3D Printing with atoms, funded by the EPSRC, PI Philip Moriarty, 2016-2019

Older projects

, funded by a Leverhulme Trust programme grant, 2012-2017 (I led the programme until my retirement in 2016; now working on a voluntary basis)

funded by the BBSRC and the EPSRC, 2014-2018 (I was social science lead until my retirement in 2016; now working on a voluntary basis)

  • 2025. One Earth. 8(6), 101343
  • NERLICH, B. and JASPAL, R., 2024. Environmental Values. 33(3), 329-349
  • MORRIS, C., PRICE, C. and NERLICH, B., 2024. Biochar in the UK Print News Media: Issue Frames and Their Implications for Opening up Debate About Land-based Greenhouse Gas Removal Environmental Communication. 33(3), 392-416
  • NERLICH, B. and JASPAL, R., 2024. New Genetics and Society: Critical Studies of Contemporary Biosciences. 43(1), online
  • NERLICH, B. and JASPAL, R., 2024. Medical Humanities. online first,
  • NERLICH, B., 2024. Biology and Society. In: RITZER, G., ed., The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Wiley. online first
  • JASPAL, R. and NERLICH, B., 2023. Politics, Groups, and Identities. 11(4), 750-770
  • NERLICH, B. and JASPAL, R., 2023. Medical Humanities. open access,
  • NERLICH, B., MORRIS, C., PRICE, C. and HARRIS, H., 2023. Science as Culture. online first,
  • NERLICH and STELMACH, A., 2022. New Genetics and Society: Critical Studies of Contemporary Biosciences. 41(1), 3-22
  • STELMACH, A., NERLICH, B. and HARTLEY, S., 2022. Science Communication. online,
  • NERLICH, B., 2022. . In: GEPHART, W. and LEKO, J., eds., In the Realm of Corona Normativities II: The permanence of the exception Vittorio Klosterman. 303-318
  • JASPAL, R. and NERLICH, B., 2022. Climanosco Research Articles. 3, online
  • D脰RING, M. and NERLICH, B., 2022. Metaphor and Symbol. 37(2), 71-75
  • 2022. . In: WUPPULURI, S. and GRAYLING, A.C., eds., Metaphors and Analogies in Sciences and Humanities Springer. online
  • 2022. . In: MARTIN, P., DE SAILLE, S., LIDDIARD, K. and PEARCE, W., eds., Being Human during COVID-19 Bristol University Press. 20-28
  • 2022. Claridades: Revista de Filosofia. 14, 183-195
  • NERLICH, B, 2022. AUSTRALASIAN PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEW. 6(1), 68鈥�77 (In Press.)
  • NERLICH, B. and JASPAL, R., 2021. Current Sociology. first online
  • GREENHOUGH, B. ET AL., 2020. Palgrave Communications. 6(18),
  • JASPAL, R. and NERLICH, B., 2020. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. advance online,
  • JASPAL, RUSI and NERLICH, BRIGITTE, 2020. HEALTH.
  • NERLICH, BRIGITTE, 2020. PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE. 29(2), 248-250
  • MCLEOD, C., HADLEY KERSHAW, E. and NERLICH, B., 2020. Anthropology in Action: Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice. 27(2), 33-39
  • 2020. Nottingham French Studies. 59(3), 311-332
  • ROSEMANN A, BALEN A, NERLICH B, HAUSKELLER C, SLEEBOOM-FAULKNER M, HARTLEY S, ZHANG X and LEE N, 2019. The Hastings Center report. 49(3), 30-42
  • MCLEOD, C., NERLICH, B. and JASPAL, R., 2019. New Genetics and Society: Critical Studies of Contemporary Biosciences. 38(3), 331-351
  • NERLICH, BRIGITTE, STELMACH, ALEKSANDRA and ENNIS, CATHERINE, 2019. Social Science Information. online first,
  • COLLINS LC, JASPAL R and NERLICH B, 2018. Health (London, England : 1997). 22(6), 521鈥�540
  • RIBEIRO, B., HARTLEY, S., NERLICH, B. and JASPAL, R., 2018. Social Science & Medicine.
  • NERLICH, BRIGITTE, HARTLEY, SARAH, RAMAN, SUJATHA and SMITH, ALEX, eds., 2018. Manchester University Press.
  • NERLICH, B., 2018. Nature Climate Change. 8, 459鈥�460
  • MCLEOD, C, NERLICH, B and MOHR, A, 2017. Energy Research & Social Science. 29(July), 10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.017
  • JASPAL, RUSI and NERLICH, BRIGITTE, 2017. HEALTH. 21(5), 478-497
  • M脺LLER R, HANSON C, HANSON M, PENKLER M, SAMARAS G, CHIAPPERINO L, DUPR脡 J, KENNEY M, KUZAWA C, LATIMER J, LLOYD S, LUNKES A, MACDONALD M, MELONI M, NERLICH B, PANESE F, PICKERSGILL M, RICHARDSON S, R脺EGG J, SCHMITZ S, STELMACH A and VILLA PI, 2017. EMBO reports. 18(10), 1677-1682
  • MCLEOD C, NERLICH B and MOHR A, 2017. Energy research & social science. 30, 35-42
  • MCLEOD C and NERLICH B, 2017. Life sciences, society and policy. 13(1), 13
  • PORTER, A.J., KUHN, T. R. and NERLICH, B., 2017. Organization Studies.
  • PEARCE, W, HARTLEY, S and NERLICH, B, 2016. Nature. 531(7592), 35
  • COLLINS, L. and NERLICH, B., 2016. Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research. 41(3), 291鈥�313
  • NERLICH, B., 2016. Discover Society. 35,
  • SCH脛FER, M., BERGLEZ, P., WESSLER, H., EIDE, E., NERLICH, B. and O'NEILL, S., 2016.
  • JASPAL R and NERLICH B, 2016. Health (London, England : 1997). (In Press.)
  • NERLICH B and MCLEOD C, 2016. EMBO reports. 17(4), 481-5
  • PEARCE W, HARTLEY S and NERLICH B, 2016. Nature. 531(7592), 35
  • COLLINS, LUKE C. and NERLICH, BRIGITTE, 2016. PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE. 25(6), 656-673
  • JASPAL, RUSI, NERLICH, BRIGITTE and VAN VUUREN, KITTY, 2016. PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE. 25(7), 807-824
  • NERLICH, BRIGITTE, 2016. Talking cleanliness in health and agriculture UK Data Archive.
  • JASPAL, RUSI and NERLICH, BRIGITTE, 2016. A "morning-after' pill for HIV? Social representations of post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in the British print media HEALTH RISK & SOCIETY. 18(5-6), 225-246
  • COLLINS, L. and NERLICH, B., 2015. Public Understanding of Science. online first
  • KOTEYKO, NELYA, NERLICH, BRIGITTE and HELLSTEN, IINA, 2015. ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION-A JOURNAL OF NATURE AND CULTURE. 9(2), 149-152
  • STELMACH A and NERLICH B, 2015. New genetics and society. 34(2), 196-218
  • COLLINS LC and NERLICH B, 2015. Public understanding of science (Bristol, England). 25(6), 656-73
  • JASPAL, R. and NERLICH, B., 2014. Public Understanding of Science. 23(2), 122-141
  • PEARCE, W., HOLMBERG, K., HELLSTEN, I. and NERLICH, B., 2014. PLOS ONE.
  • HULME, MIKE, NERLICH, BRIGITTE and PEARCE, WARREN, 2014. Available at: <http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2504/>
  • JACQUELINE RANDLE, JAMES METCALFE, HELENA WEBB, JENI CA LUCKETT, BRIGITTE NERLICH, NATHALIE VAUGHAN, JOEL SEGAL and KIM R HARDIE, 2014. BioMed Frontiers in infection.
  • JASPAL R and NERLICH B, 2013. Public understanding of science (Bristol, England). 23(3), 348-63
  • NERLICH, B, FORSYTH, R and CLARKE, D. D., 2012. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture. 6(1), 44-63
  • JASPAL R and NERLICH B, 2012. Public understanding of science (Bristol, England). 23(2), 122-41
  • NERLICH, B., EVANS, V. and KOTEYKO, N., 2011. Language and Cognition. 3(1), 45-82
  • NERLICH B and KOTEYKO N, 2011. Health & Place. (In Press.)
  • NERLICH, B. AND KOTEYKO, N., 2010. Environmental Communication: A journal of nature and culture. 4(1), 37-53
  • KOTEYKO, N, THELWALL, M and NERLICH, B., 2010. Science Communication. 32(1), 25-54
  • NERLICH, B., 2010. . In: JUCKER, A. and TAAVITSAINEN, I., eds., Historical Pragmatics Berlin, New York: De Gruyter. 193鈥�218
  • HELLSTEN, I and NERLICH, B., 2010. Journal of Language and Politics. 9(3), 393-408
  • CRAWFORD, P., BROWN, B., NERLICH, B. and KOTEYKO, N., 2010. Sociology of Health and Illness. 32(5), 745-760
  • CURRIE, G., KOTEYKO, N. and NERLICH, B., 2009. Public Administration. 87(2), 295-311
  • NERLICH, B. AND KOTEYKO, N., 2009. MRSA - Portrait of a Superbug: A media drama in three acts. In: A. MUSOLFF AND J. ZINKEN, ed., Metaphor and Discourse London: Palgrave Macmillan. 153-172
  • COVENEY, C.M., NERLICH, B. and MARTIN, P., 2009. Social Science and Medicine. 68(3), 487-495
  • BROWN, B. NERLICH, B, CRAWFORD, P and KOTEYKO, N, AND R. CARTER, 2009. Sociological Compass. 2(6), 1鈥�13
  • NERLICH, B. and KOTEYKO, N., 2009. Global Environmental Change. 19(3), 345-353
  • MILLAR, K, HOBSON-WEST, P and NERLICH. B., eds., 2009. Ethical futures: Bioscience and food horizons Wageningen Academic Publishers.
  • NERLICH, B. AND KOTEYKO, N., 2009. Carbon reduction activism in the UK: Lexical creativity and lexical framing in the context of climate change Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture. 3(2), 206-223
  • HAMILTON, C, ADOLPHS, S and NERLICH, B., 2009. The meanings of 'risk' : a view from corpus linguistics. In: HANSEN, A, COTTLE, S, NEGRINE, R and NEWBOLD, C., eds., Mass communication research methods London: Sage.
  • NERLICH, B., ELLIOTT, R. and AND LARSON, B., eds., 2009. Communicating Biological Sciences: Ethical and metaphorical dimensions Aldershot: Ashgate.
  • NERLICH, B., 2009. Charles K. Ogden. In: STAMMERJOHAN, H., ed., Lexicon Grammaticorum: A bio-bibliographical companion to the history of linguistics 2nd ed.. 2. Walter de Guyter/Niemeyer. 1094-1095
  • NERLICH, B and HELLSTEN, I., 2009. Beyond the human genome: Microbes, metaphors and what it means to be human in an interconnected post-genomic world New Genetics and Society. 28(1), 19-36
  • NERLICH, B, BROWN, B and WRIGHT, N., 2009. Sociologia Ruralis. 49(4), 344-359
  • BUBELA T, NISBET MC, BORCHELT R, BRUNGER F, CRITCHLEY C, EINSIEDEL E, GELLER G, GUPTA A, HAMPEL J, HYDE-LAY R, JANDCIU EW, JONES SA, KOLOPACK P, LANE S, LOUGHEED T, NERLICH B, OGBOGU U, O'RIORDAN K, OUELLETTE C, SPEAR M, STRAUSS S, THAVARATNAM T, WILLEMSE L and CAULFIELD T, 2009. Nature Biotechnology. 27(6), 514-8
  • NERLICH, B, ELLIOTT, R and LARSON, B, eds., 2009. Communicating biological sciences: ethical and metaphorical dimensions Farnham, Surrey, England ; Ashgate.
  • NERLICH B, 2009. Public understanding of science (Bristol, England). 18(5), 574-88; discussion 588-90
  • BROWN, B., CRAWFORD, P., NERLICH, B. and KOTEYKO, N., 2008. Social Science and Medicine. 67(7), 1047-1055
  • BROWN B, CRAWFORD P, NERLICH B and KOTEYKO N, 2008. Social science & medicine (1982). 67(7), 1047-55
  • NERLICH, B. and HALLIDAY, C., 2007. Sociology of Health & Illness. 29(1), 46-65
  • NERLICH B and HALLIDAY C, 2007. Sociology of health & illness. 29(1), 46-65
  • WALLIS, P. and NERLICH, B., 2005. Social Science & Medicine. 60(11), 2629-2639
  • NERLICH B, JOHNSON S and CLARKE DD, 2005. Science as culture. 12(4), 471-98
  • NERLICH B and HELLSTEN I, 2005. New genetics and society. 23(3), 255-68
  • WALLIS P and NERLICH B, 2005. Social science & medicine (1982). 60(11), 2629-39
  • NERLICH, B. and HELLSTEN, I., 2004. New Genetics and Society. 23(3), 255-268
  • NERLICH B and CLARKE DD, 2004. New genetics and society. 22(1), 43-59
  • NERLICH, B., JOHNSON, S. and CLARKE, D. D., 2003. Science as Culture. VOL 12(VOL 4), 471-498
  • NERLICH, B and CLARKE, DD, 2003. New Genetics And Society. 22(1), 43-59
  • NERLICH, B, 1990. Change in language: Whitney, Br茅al and Wegener London : Routledge.
  • NERLICH, BRIGITTE, Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture. 6(1), 44-63
  • JASPAL, R. and NERLICH, B., Public Understanding of Science. 23(3), 348-63

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