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View article: Is Policy Coherence Leaving No One Behind? Analyzing Gender Inequality in the Governance of the Sustainable Development Goals in India
Is Policy Coherence Leaving No One Behind? Analyzing Gender Inequality in the Governance of the Sustainable Development Goals in India Open
The pledge to Leave No One Behind is central to the 2030 Agenda and cuts across all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To realize this cross‐sectoral approach to inequality, policy coherence is considered an important tool. This art…
View article: Diversity and directionality: friends or foes in sustainability transitions?
Diversity and directionality: friends or foes in sustainability transitions? Open
Literature on mission-specific innovation systems (MIS) highlights the crucial role of directionality when achieving sustainability transitions, while diversity literature emphasizes the need to keep diverse directions open. Like direction…
View article: Responsible Innovation in Plant Breeding: The Case of Hybrid Potato Breeding
Responsible Innovation in Plant Breeding: The Case of Hybrid Potato Breeding Open
As an emerging innovation, hybrid potato breeding raises high expectations about faster variety development and clean true potato seed as a new source of planting material. Hybrid breeding could, therefore, substantially contribute to glob…
View article: Hybrid potato breeding for smallholder farmers in developing countries: four models for public-private collaboration
Hybrid potato breeding for smallholder farmers in developing countries: four models for public-private collaboration Open
We explore how the potential of hybrid potato breeding can be harnessed for smallholder farmers in low-income countries, using economic theories developed for the governance of commons (or common-pool goods). Despite the great potential of…
View article: Inclusive innovation in crop gene editing for smallholder farmers: Status and approaches
Inclusive innovation in crop gene editing for smallholder farmers: Status and approaches Open
Gene editing technologies like CRISPR/Cas are breathing new life into expectations about the benefits of genetically modified crops for smallholder farmers in the global South. In this article, we put these expectations to the test. We hav…
View article: Economic Inequality and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy: the cases of the United Kingdom and South Africa
Economic Inequality and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy: the cases of the United Kingdom and South Africa Open
There is growing evidence that technology-driven economic growth has a signficant role to play in growing inequality in industrialised countries. Examining innovation policies in South Africa (the G20 Country with the highest levels of ine…
View article: Innovation and the commons: lessons from the governance of genetic resources in potato breeding
Innovation and the commons: lessons from the governance of genetic resources in potato breeding Open
This article explores the relation between innovation and resources that are governed as commons by looking at the governance of potato genetic resources, especially in the context of the emergence of hybrid diploid potato breeding that wi…
View article: How to include socio-economic considerations in decision-making on agricultural biotechnology? Two models from Kenya and South Africa
How to include socio-economic considerations in decision-making on agricultural biotechnology? Two models from Kenya and South Africa Open
This article contributes to the debate about how regulatory science for agricultural technologies can be ‘opened up’ for a more diverse set of concerns and knowledges. The article focuses on the regulation of ‘socio-economic considerations…
View article: Understanding the relations between farmers’ seed demand and research methods: The challenge to do better
Understanding the relations between farmers’ seed demand and research methods: The challenge to do better Open
Although the development of improved seeds has witnessed significant advances over the last decades, the adoption of improved seeds and varieties by smallholder farmers is variable. This suggests that research methods for studying farmers’…
View article: Local subversions of colonial cultures: commodities and anti-commodities in global history
Local subversions of colonial cultures: commodities and anti-commodities in global history Open
The book brings together original, state-of-the-art historical research from several continents and examines how mainly local peasant societies responded to colonial pressures to produce a range of different commodities. It offers new dire…
View article: Understanding Agricultural Biotechnology Innovation in the Context of Development
Understanding Agricultural Biotechnology Innovation in the Context of Development Open
The possible impacts of modern agricultural biotechnology on developing countries have widely been discussed. Optimistic perspectives stress that it may bring development and prosperity to poor countries whereas critics warn of the further…
View article: How Economic Assumptions Constitute Publics as Consumers in South African Nanotechnology Governance
How Economic Assumptions Constitute Publics as Consumers in South African Nanotechnology Governance Open
Over the last 30 years a variety of techniques have been developed that aim to democratize science and technology, which have been variably referred to as ‘formalized mechanisms of voicing’ (Michae...
View article: Travelling risks: How did nanotechnology become a risk in India and South Africa?
Travelling risks: How did nanotechnology become a risk in India and South Africa? Open
India and South Africa have invested in nanotechnology since the early 2000s and have identified risks to human health and the environment as an important issue for governance. This is exemplary for a wider trend in which ‘developing count…