Bioemit Research group at ISS

Why it is important to look for new approaches to governance of modern biotechnology?

• Crisis of the democratic legitimacy (for example, in regulating food production and distribution) caused by the introduction of Genetically Modified (GM) Foods.
• High perception of risk and loss of consumers’ trust towards industry, farmers, authorities and scientists.
• Power position and the role of large food companies in global food policy.
• Negligence of the socio-cultural meaning of food and of the pluralism of food producing systems.
• The clash between regulatory style in the Europe and USA.

The purpose of the project:

To develop a contribution to the bioethics discourse that will help to build consensus between civil society, science, industry, farmers and other stakeholders, important for development of biotechnology.

Sub-goals:

• to identify and include all relevant stakeholders;
• to map the values and needs of the stakeholders;
• to promote the dialogue and to analyze what mechanisms can be used to facilitate the incorporation of the public views in policy making.

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