Plant Genomics, Commercialization and Environmental Knowledge: Shifting Cultures of Scientific Research - Flagship Project

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Project Outputs

• Publications
• Public Dissemination and Engagement
• Contributions to Decision Making Committees
• Invited Presentations
• Media
• Working Papers
• Reports

Publications

• B.Wynne, ‘Reflexing Complexity: Post-Genomic Knowledge and Reductionist Returns in Public Science’, Theory Culture and Society, Vol. 22, Number 5 October 2005.
• B. Wynne, “Risky Delusions: How GM Science has imagined – and provoked - its publics”, Iain Taylor and Katherine Barrett (Eds) Genetically Engineered Crops: Decision-making under Uncertainty, UBC Press, Canada
• B. Wynne, James Wilsdon and Jack Stilgoe, (2005), The Public Value of Science, London, Demos.

Public Dissemination and Engagement

• B Wynne GM Nation Debate and evaluations – several workshops at Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, Central Office of Information, and AEBC. Personal discussions with Chair, Sir Malcolm Grant, and members of Steering Group, OST Science and Society programme, etc.
• B Wynne Advisory Group member, French Institut Nationale de Récherche Agronomique (INRA) Paris, project on GM vines, report May 04, now completed.

Contributions to Decision Making Committees

• B Wynne BBSRC Expert Committee on Responses to Public Concerns
• B. Wynne, Council for Science and Technology, subgroup on Science and Society, meetings with Minister for Science and Govt chief scientist (Sept and Nov 04), report published April 05
• Royal Society, Science in Society committee
• INRA France, Advisory Committee on GM Vines project, Jan 2002-March 2004
• Report to New Zealand government, Review of Social Sciences Research on Biotechnology, Sept 2004

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Invited Presentations

• Summer School Teaching, Institute for Gene Ecology, Tromso Norway, summer 2004, 2005, continuing. Funded by UNEP to host approx 60 developing country scientists, officials, NGOs, build risk assessment capacity under the UN CBD Cartagena protocol.
• Victoria University New Zealand, Plenary lecture to Talking Biotechnology conference, Nov 27-29th 05.
• Briefing to NZ government officials on EU GM policies and science, uncertainties risk and use of precautionary principle. Dec 1st 05, Wellington.

Media

• B. Wynne BBC Food programme, May 04; Nature programme, July 04; Today Programme, Sept 04

Working Papers

• Stengel, K., C. Waterton, B. Wynne, “Plant Genomics, Commercialisation and Environmental Knowledge: shifting cultures of scientific research”, for submission to Science Studies.
• Stengel, K., J. E. Taylor, C. Waterton and B. Wynne “Plant Genomics, Commercialisation and the Public Good”, for submission to Science, Technology and Human Values.
• Stengel, K., J. E. Taylor, C. Waterton, B. Wynne “How Time and Commodification Entangle Epistemically”, for submission to Time and Society.
• Kamara, M., J. E. Taylor, C. Waterton and B. Wynne “The Post-Genomic Turn in a Knowledge-Based Environment: the implications for the plant sciences”.

Reports

• Kamara, M. and Coff, C. (with B. Wynne) (2006) "GMOs and Sustainability - Contested Visions, Routes and Drivers" (pdf) Final report prepared for the Danish Council of Ethics, Copenhagen, August 2006.

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