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Aligning life-science technology promises and societal expectations

How can the promises of scientists and the expectations in society be better attuned to one another?

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Society & Genomics - Voeding

Projects

Agriculture & food

Life sciences can lead to better quality foodstuffs. What's more, life science research can contribute to a personalised diet, leading to a healthier lifestyle. But are these promises not too rash, considering the complex relationship between food and health? And what if the knowledge and opportunities are available, but consumers refuse to follow the lifestyle that is good for them, should they then be held personally responsible for the consequences?

 

 

Current projects

  • My2030’s: Towards a biobased society

    Citizens on the Biobased Economy

    How do citizens think about the biobased economy and to what extent are they willing to actively contribute to the transition towards it?

  • From dialogue to agenda

    Multistakeholder platforms (MSP): Socially supported innovations in green life sciences

    Development of an improved approach and empowerment of stakeholder to create a socially supported research agenda

  • Open access science

    Genomics and the production of commons

    Might open access prove helpful in rendering technological and scientific progress both fairer and more sustainable?

  • The definition of ‘natural’

    Ethical debates on naturalness

    How might we break the current stalemate in the debate on plant breeding?

  • Challenges and hurdles in genomics-based innovation

    Hurdles in innovation

    How do external social factors influence the use of genomics in the food industry?

  • Public voices in plant genomics

    Public voices in plant genomics

    How can experts in society pose their ideas about the future direction of plant genomics research?

  • What consumers want

    Organizing and exploiting a priori knowledge for more effective and efficient reverse engineering models

    Exploiting a priori knowledge in product development to better address consumer needs

  • Blocked innovations?

    IP and global justice

    How can the intellectual property of genomics innovations be divided more fairly?

Completed projects

  • Designing 'Good food'

    Designing good food: normative work in food-industry nutrigenomics

    Science seems to play a secundary role in the design of 'good food', compared to issues and preferences of consumers.

  • Bridging the gap

    Towards a participatory, commons-used innovation in the agrotech industry - the promise of open source genomics

    It's not yet clear how an open source system will influence the position of consumers in relation to the food industry. The system doesn't yet seem to be a serious alternative for...

  • The 10/90 gap

    The 10/90 gap

    A policy shift is necessary to bridge the gap between developed and developing countries on technological applications.