George Gaskell

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George Gaskell
George Gaskell in 1983
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University College London
Known for	toblerone model of social representations
Scientific career
Fields	Psychology
Institutions	Institute of Social Psychology, London School of Economics
Thesis	An empirical investigation of social and individual factors influencing decisions on risk related items
Doctoral advisor	Rob Farr
Doctoral students	Nicola Morant, Gordon Sammut[1]

George Gaskell is a British Emeritus Professor of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).^[2] Formerly Director of the Methodology Institute, which he established with Colm O’Muircheartaigh, he was Pro-director for Planning and Resources and a member of the LSE Council and Court of Governors.

He is a member of the Advisory Group on Risk Communication of the European Food Safety Authority and Chair of the International Advisory Committee of the Centre for Society and Genomics in the Netherlands. He was vice-chair of the European Commission’s Science and Society Advisory Committee for FP6 and a member of the Science in Society Committee of the Royal Society and the Economic and Social Research Council’s Evaluation Committee.