(s) Angus Costello

Research interests

• Risk perception
• Effect of mode of communcation (print/text/phone etc)
• Warning, food and informational labels
• Perceptions of genetically modified foods
  

 

Publications

• Hellier, E., Edworthy, J., Derbyshire, N. & Costello, A. (2006). Considering the impact of medicine label design characteristics on patient safety. Ergonomics, 49, 617-630.

• Costello A. J., Hellier E. J., and Edworthy J., (2005) Can the wording of GM labels affect perceptions of GM foods? Contemporary Ergonomics, P D Bust and P T McCabe (Eds) Taylor and Francis, London, p 635-639

• Costello A. J., Hellier E. J., and Edworthy J., (2003) GM Informational Labels - Does Shape Matter? Contemporary Ergonomics, P T McCabe (ED), Taylor and Francis, London, p 507-512

• Costello A. J., Hellier E. J., Edworthy J., and Coulson N., (2002) Can Food Label Design Characteristics Affect the Perceptions of GM Foods? Contemporary Ergonomics, P T McCabe (Ed) Taylor and Francis, London, p 442-446

• Bannon C., and Costello A. J., (1998), Transport - A Biomedical Perspective, World Transport Today

 

 

 

 

Reports & invited lectures

National presentations:

• Voluntary Labelling, A Big Mistake? Presented at the Farapack Briefing, York, September 2005

• Can the Wording of GM labels Affect Perceptions of GM foods? Presented at the Contemporary Ergonomics Conference, Hatfield, April 2005

• GM Informational Labels - Does Shape Matter? Presented at the Contemporary Ergonomics Conference, Edinburgh, April 2003

• Can Food Label Design Characteristics Affect the Perceptions of GM Foods? Presented at the Contemporary Ergonomics, Cambridge, April 2002

Invited International Presentations:

• Can the Wording of GM Labels Affect Perceptions of Genetically Modified Foods? Presented at Crossing Over: Genomics in the Public Arena, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, April 2003)

• Recommendations for the Labelling of GM Food Products- The Results of Three Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, April 2003

• Recommendations for the Labelling of GM Food Products - The Results of Three Studies Presented to a visiting delegation of south eastern Australian members of Parliament at the Ramada Hotel, Saskatoon, Canada, April 2003

• GM Labelling, Public Safety and the Right to Know. Presented at Co-existence, the Challenges and Opportunities, Saskatoon, Canada, May 2004

• The Role and Importance of Ethics for Agricultural Biotechnology in Europe. Presented as a round Table session at the ABIC Conference, Cologne, Germany, September 2004