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    Ambivalences of Creating Life: Societal and Philosophical Dimensions of Synthetic Biology (edited book)
    with Margret Engelhard and Georg Toepfer
    Imprint: Springer. 2015.
    Synthetic biology" is the label of a new technoscientific field with many different facets and agendas. One common aim is to "create life", primarily by using engineering principles to design and modify biological systems for human use. In a wider context, the topic has become one of the big cases in the legitimization processes associated with the political agenda to solve global problems with the aid of (bio-)technological innovation. Conceptual-level and meta-level analyses are needed: we sho…Read more
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    Editorial: Concepts of Animal Welfare
    with Ruud Van den Bos and Tjard de Cock Buning
    Acta Biotheoretica 59 (2): 93-103. 2011.
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    Editorial: Concepts of Animal Welfare
    with Ruud Van den Bos and Tjard de Cock Buning
    Acta Biotheoretica 59 (2): 93-103. 2011.
    Editorial: Concepts of Animal Welfare Content Type Journal Article Pages 93-103 DOI 10.1007/s10441-011-9134-0 Authors Kristin Hagen, Europäische Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-technischer Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH, Wilhelmstr. 56, 53474 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany Ruud Van den Bos, Behavioural Neuroscience, Animals in Science and Society, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 2, 3584 CM Utre…Read more
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    In science policy, public controversy around synthetic biology has often been presented as a major risk because it could deter innovation. The following inter-related strategies for avoiding contestation have been observed: There have been attempts to close down debates by alluding to the importance and legitimacy of reliance on scientific evidence as input to regulatory processes. Scientific policy advice has stressed sufficiency of existing regulation, economic risks of additional regulation a…Read more
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    Inter- and Transdisciplinary Interfaces in Synthetic Biology
    with Stefanie B. Seitz
    NanoEthics 10 (3): 265-268. 2016.
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    Der Mensch, das Tier (review)
    Philosophische Rundschau 58 (2): 139. 2011.