Career
His notable works include The Government of Risk (with Christopher Hood and Robert Baldwin, 2004) about risk governance, Science in the policy-making process: the case of the regulation of food contact plastics in the United Kingdom and European Commission (1994), and Neglected Risk Regulation: the Institutional Attenuation Phenomenon (2002). Rothstein has written over 40 scholarly articles to date. Rothstein has a Bachelor of Science in natural science from University of Bristol as well as an Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in science and technology policy studies from University of Sussex.
He is a fellow at the London School of Economics" Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation.