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Brian Rappert

Brian Rappert is a professor of science, technology, and public affairs in the Department of Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Exeter. His long-term interest has been the examination of how choices can be and are made about the adoption and regulation of technology. More recently, he has been interested in the social, ethical, and methodological issues associated with researching and writing about secrets, explored in his book Experimental Secrets (University Press of America).