Investment in biotechnology has yielded relatively disappointing results and illustrates the gap between the promise and reality of new science. This begs the question: Does research on 'life' bring different complexities and uncertainties that act as a barrier to the application of new biology in global health and agriculture? There has been high-quality research on the social and ethical impacts of new biology and on the economics of biotechnology but few systematic and integrated attempts to undertake interdisciplinary research and address these constraints. This paper provides an original empirical analysis of contemporary and future understandings of the bioeconomy using a co-evolutionary and interactive approach to examine the extent to which it may be different from other technological transformations. We focus on the Innogen Centre's extensive research results on three important and contemporary themes: food and energy security, life science and health care translational medicine, and global health. © The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Twenty-first century bioeconomy: Global challenges of biological knowledge for health and agriculture / Wield, D.; Hanlin, R.; Mittra, J.; Smith, J.. - 40:(2013), pp. 17-24. [10.1093/scipol/scs116]
Twenty-first century bioeconomy: Global challenges of biological knowledge for health and agriculture
Smith, J.
Membro del Collaboration Group
2013-01-01
Abstract
Investment in biotechnology has yielded relatively disappointing results and illustrates the gap between the promise and reality of new science. This begs the question: Does research on 'life' bring different complexities and uncertainties that act as a barrier to the application of new biology in global health and agriculture? There has been high-quality research on the social and ethical impacts of new biology and on the economics of biotechnology but few systematic and integrated attempts to undertake interdisciplinary research and address these constraints. This paper provides an original empirical analysis of contemporary and future understandings of the bioeconomy using a co-evolutionary and interactive approach to examine the extent to which it may be different from other technological transformations. We focus on the Innogen Centre's extensive research results on three important and contemporary themes: food and energy security, life science and health care translational medicine, and global health. © The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
