Dual-use research of concern (DURC) is the research that is intended for legitimate benefits,
but also carries a risk of being misused. In this article, the work related to regulation of dual …

This PhD thesis investigates the public controversies about the risks of transgenic crops in
India and Europe. Combining the perspective of Science, Technology and Society Studies …

In a recent note discussing the effect of Bt brinjal on biodiversity, Bokalial1 calls for a healthy
debate based on unbiased scientific data. This is surely no more than we would reasonably …

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recently made qualifying entrance tests
(NET/SLET/SET/GATE) as mandatory to register for Ph D in universities1. However, there …

Figure 1: Laboratory experimentation with new GM crop varieties, Swaminathan Research
Foundation, Chennai (source: author, 2013) 16 Figure 2: Transgenic insertion of gene into …

This thesis discusses how law, especially intellectual property and biodiversity laws,
mediates the operation of the bioeconomy by'thinking through'the philosophy of Gilles …

A symptomatic dispute is presently taking place in India, related to the approval of Bt Brinjal,
where activists in a desperate attempt try to stop the regulatory approval of Bt Brinjal with …