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Dominic Balog-Way

Research Associate, Department of Communication

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Contact Information

461 Mann Library

db729 [at] cornell.edu

Selected Publications

  • Balog-Way, D. (2017). Transparency in risk regulation: the case of the European Medicines Agency. King's College London.
  • Interpreting the risks of lead ammunition: A relational theory of risk case study. Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, USA, December 10, 2025.
  • Is hazard the new risk? Trends in evolving science, public policy, and acceptable risk: From science to policy (roundtable). Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, USA, December 9, 2025.
  • Communicating risk in a time of division, distrust, and disruption (roundtable). Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, USA, December 8.
  • Beyond “fake news”: A communication-driven approach to addressing the risks of misinformation. Society for Risk Analysis webinar series. USA (Online), September 3, 2025.
  • The ethics of strategic risk communication (roundtable). Society for Risk Analysis Europe Annual Meeting. University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway, June 18, 2025.
  • Why do we disagree about uncertainty communication? Risk and Uncertainty Conference (RUC). King’s College London, London, UK, June 11, 2025.
  • Perceptions of enhanced geothermal systems: A cross-national study on affective imagery, familiarity, and support. Society for Risk Analysis Europe UK Chapter Annual Meeting. King’s College London, London, UK, October 29, 2024.
  • Thinking Critically about Misinformation. 10th Annual Ditchley Group Forum. Ditchley Park, Oxford, UK, May 19, 2024.
  • Communicating Effectively about Attenuated Risks: Where are we now and where are we going (roundtable)? Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. December 11. Washington, DC, 2023.
  • Public Health Risk Modelling & Communication in the time of COVID-19: What went right and what went wrong (roundtable)? Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, December 7, 2022
  • How can we improve the effectiveness of risk communication. New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation, Health, and Agriculture & Markets. December 7, 2022.
  • The Evolving Field of Risk Communication: Where are we now and where are we going? National Institutes of Health. July 8, 2021.
  • Science Reporting in a Changing Climate: How can we Do Better? Special SRA Event. National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge, Washington, DC, USA, December 10, 2019.
  • Bridging the Risk-Science Policy Gap: Are Regulatory Agencies Ready? Society for Risk Analysis’s Annual Meeting. December 2019. SRA. Arlington, VA, USA, December 8, 2019.
  • Talking about My Generation (Part III): Benefit-Risk Communication and Older Adults. 9th Annual Ditchley Group Forum.. Convento do Espinheiro. Évora, Portugal, June, 2019.
  • Can Big Data Improve Healthcare Quality Regulation? An International Comparative Analysis. Health Care Quality and Outcomes (HCQO) Working Group. Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). Paris, France, June 2019.
  • Talking about My Generation: Exploring Benefit-Risk Communication and Older Adults. Drug Information Association Europe’s Annual Meeting. DIA. Vienna, Austria, February 2019.
  • Medicines for Older People: The Importance of Experience in Benefit-Risk Decision-Making. 8th Annual Ditchley Group Forum.. Kerckebosch Castle. Zeist, Netherlands, May 2018.
  • Transparency Policies Across the Atlantic: Our Research Journey. CORS Annual Conference. Copenhagen Centre for Regulatory Science (CORS). University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2017.
  • Towards a Sophisticated Framework for Measuring Pharmacovigilance Impact. International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology. ISPE. Palais des Congrés, Montreal, Canada, August 2017.
  • Transparency in Risk Regulation: Towards a Sophisticated Typology. Inaugural Cambridge Risk and Uncertainty Conference. Cambridge University. Cambridge, UK, June 2017.
  • Comparing Transparency Policies at the European Food Safety Authority and European Medicines Agency. Constitutionality, Powers and Legitimacy of EU Agencies or Agency-Like Bodies. European University Institute. Florence, Italy, November 2016.

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