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mistrabiotech@slu.se
018-672232
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The research programme Mistra Biotech started 2012 and involves about 60 researchers; natural scientists, ethicists, and social scientists. Most are at SLU but some work at KTH, Lund University, and other academic institutions.
Mistra Biotech is mainly funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research and SLU. Lantmännen, Graminor, and Lyckeby Starch AB contributes with additional support to specific subprojects.
This sub-project encompasses the entire research programme and involves researchers from all our disciplines. The project also involves different external stakeholders, so that those who are affected by future decisions in the area participate in the work
We base the conclusions on all research within Mistra Biotech and summarise the information from both natural sciences, ethics, and social sciences. These conclusions can be used as a decision-making basis, primarily by public decision-makers in Sweden, but also by decision-makers within industry, environmental organisations and within the EU. The work in this sub-project will be at its most intense during Mistra Biotech’s last years, with focus on:
1. Changed conditions for biotechnology in agriculture
There are factors, both within science and in society in general, that may change the conditions for policy decisions within the field of biotechnology in the near future. Some of these factors are:
2. Policy options
Policy discussions regarding biotechnology usually concern the GMO products’ existence or otherwise. Changes both in society and within science make this simplified framing of the question increasingly inadequate. Policy decisions concerning biotechnology can be organised and structured in several ways. Decision-makers may need to think “outside the box” and consider other regulations and legislation than those currently in force. We identify a number of policy options and discuss the consequences of each and every one of them. Examples of what we analyse:
3. Effects of policy decisions
We will be analysing the effects of different conceivable policy decisions, primarily within four areas:
Contact: Sven Ove Hansson
mistrabiotech@slu.se
018-672232
Our other research projects:
Field cress - development of a new oilseed crop for the Nordic climate
Potatoes with improved resistance, altered starch quality and improved nutritional uptake
Analysis of quality and nutritional content in field cress and potatoes
Pathogen resistance in oats and barley
Livestock breeding – modelling, genetic modification and gene editing
Development of molecular selection methods
Naturalness, autonomy and fairness
The public discourse on biotechnology
Mistra Biotech
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