The aim of the present study was to examine factors that may influence the acceptance of nanotechnology products in the food domain. Data come from a representative mail survey conducted in the German-speaking part of Switzerland (<italic>n</italic> = 514). Participants received information about six realistic...

In the last decade, integrated assessment (IA) has become an important approach for synthesising multidisciplinary knowledge about complex environmental phenomena with regard to policy decision-making. So far IA has been performed primarily as an expert exercise. This paper argues that a...