Same Difference? The Ethics of Gene-editing for Conventional, Plant-based, and Cell-based Meat Products Presented by Dr. Robert Chiles and Lina Tami-Barrera The purpose of this paper is to explicate and disentangle the socioeconomic, environmental, and ethical implications of gene-editing for conventional, plant-based, and cell-based meat products. In recent years, the revolutionary potential of gene editing … Continue reading
“The Media’s Taste for Gene Edited Food” Presented by Dr. Michael Dahlstrom. Research in collaboration with Dr. Christopher L. Cummings, Zhe (Mia) Wang, and Kasey Opfer The recently developed gene-editing technology CRIPSR has been heralded as a revolution toward the development of gene-edited foods (GEFs), but many of its proponents are wary of public skepticism … Continue reading
“New Products, Old Logics? A Q Method Study on Public Perceptions of Gene Editing and Gene Drives for Agriculture” Presented by Sara Nawaz. Research in collaboration with Dr. Terre Satterfield and Rapichan Phurisamban. Longstanding controversies regarding genetically modified organisms have led proponents of gene-editing and gene-drive technologies to distinguish these as new and unique methods … Continue reading
“Societal Debates About Emerging Genetic Technologies: Toward a Science of Public Engagement” Presented by Dominique Brossard. Researched in collaboration with Dr. Dietram Scheufele and Chris Wirz. Gene editing is an inherently wicked problem with no single right answer and no group uniquely positioned to decide this answer. We discuss the intricacies of the debates surrounding … Continue reading
Time Session Speakers and Tentative Titles October 20, 2020 (all times North American Central Standard Time) 11:00 AM Central Welcome Remarks Agenda Overview Carmen Bain, Iowa State University Parag Chitnis, Deputy Director, USDA-NIFA Julie Shapiro, Keystone Policy Center 11:15 AM Governance, Regulation and Policy Pathways Jennifer Kuzma, North Carolina State University, Unpacking and Evaluating … Continue reading Detailed Agenda
“What Triggers Regulation of Gene-Edited Crops? A Cross-National Assessment” Presented by Dr. Milind Kandlikar. Researched in collaboration with Sara Nawaz. Researchers have only just begun to apply gene-editing techniques to crop breeding. These techniques, which differ from well-known genetic modification techniques, spell questions for regulatory oversight: will current rules-of-play apply, or do new techniques necessitate fundamental shifts in … Continue reading
“Non-Safety Dimensions of Gene Editing: How Philosophers Could Help” Presented by Dr. Paul B. Thompson A minor social movement against the previous generation of agricultural biotechnologies was propelled by objections that had little to nothing to do with the human health and environmental safety concerns that are regulated under the Coordinated Framework. Advocates for the … Continue reading
“The Effects of Information on Consumer Attitudes Toward Gene-edited Foods: A Comparison Between Livestock and Vegetables” Presented by Dr. Naoko Kato-Nitta (Japan). Co-authored with Tadahiko Maeda, Yusuke Inagaki, and Masashi Tachikawa. This study quantitatively examines the effects of a difference in information provision on public’s perceptions on gene-edited food by using an experimental Web survey … Continue reading
“What Can Past Dynamics of Agbiotech Regulation Teach Us about Trans-Atlantic Divergences in Genome Editing?” Presented by Adrian Ely. Co-authored with Beate Friedrich, Dominic Glover, Matthew Schnurr, Klara Fischer, and Glenn Stone. Biotechnologies emerge within broader socio-technical systems that display certain characteristics of path-dependence. In 1997, on the basis of national comparisons, Sheila Jasanoff identified … Continue reading
“How We Decide Who Benefits from the Potential Contributions of Genome Edited Crops” Presented by Kevin Pixley (Mexico) Genetically engineered (GE) crops have been grown for more than 20 years, resulting in widespread albeit variable benefits for farmers and consumers. Gene editing and other biotechnologies offer novel opportunities to protect the value of our food … Continue reading