Dr. Durant’s theoretical research focuses on debates about the roles experts and publics can and should play in democratic decision-making about controversies involving technical knowledge (including articles in Social Studies of Science (41 (5), 2011) and Perspectives on Science (18 (2), 2010). Dr. Durant’s empirical research focuses on debates over high-level radioactive waste disposal, both as a Canadian project (including his edited volume Nuclear Waste Disposal in Canada (UBC Press, 2009), along with articles in Technology in Society 31 (2) 2009, Journal of Risk Research 12 (7&8) 2009, and Scientia Canadensis 30 (1) 2007)) and as part of the global project to reinvent nuclear power (including articles in Science & Public Policy 34 (7) 2007 and 33 (3) 2006)).