The world's biodiversity is in crisis. Synthetic biology has the potential to transform
biodiversity conservation, both directly and indirectly, in ways that are negative and positive …

Ten years ago, after nearly five years of planning, the Journal of Responsible Innovation
was launched in 2014 with the intention to 'manifest and broaden'(Guston et al. 2014) an …

Gene drive technology is an emerging biotechnology with the potential to address some of
the most intractable global biodiversity conservation issues. Scientists are exploring …

In Aotearoa New Zealand, the government has set a target for the country to become
predator-free by 2050, largely as a response to the threat of extinction that introduced …

Public engagement in science with diverse cross-sections of the community is considered a
critical aspect of responsible biotechnological innovation. While the research community …

This article examines what responsibility means in the context of synthetic biotechnologies,
based on academic researchers in the American west who are using/develo** synthetic …

Despite recent technical advances, there is a risk that commercial-scale fusion will not play a
substantial role in mitigating climate change or alleviating energy poverty due to a lack of …

The social licence concept originated in resource industries and has generated models that
attempt to integrate the social, legal, economic, and political factors that affect it. While the …

Public engagement and responsible innovation are strongly emphasised in gene drive
research, together with the goal of addressing societal challenges, notably, malaria and …

Invasive and non-native species present a major threat to biodiversity, ecosystem services
and quality of life that has resulted in calls for more ambitious and radical management …