Hurdles in responsive community engagement for the development of environmental biotechnologies
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Normandin, Avery M
Fitzgerald, Lily M
Yip, Julianne
Evans, Sam Weiss
Date Issued
February 1, 2022
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Citation
Normandin, Avery M, Fitzgerald, Lily M, Yip, Julianne and Evans, Sam Weiss. 2022. "Hurdles in responsive community engagement for the development of environmental biotechnologies." 7 (1).
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Final published version
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Abstract
Recent calls for engaging communities in biotechnology development do not draw enough attention to the hurdles that must be overcome for engagement strategies to effectively feed back into research design and conduct. These hurdles call into question many standard ways of operating and assessing in traditional scientific disciplines. The first steps in addressing these hurdles can be the most difficult. In reflecting on our own experiences in the early-stage development of environmental biotechnologies, we provide a set of techniques to help scientists and their collaborators learn to become more responsive to the needs and attitudes of communities with which they are engaging. Graphical Abstract
Recent calls for engaging communities in biotechnology development do not draw enough attention to the hurdles that must be overcome for engagement strategies to effectively feed back into research design and conduct. These hurdles call into question many standard ways of operating and assessing in traditional scientific disciplines. The first steps in addressing these hurdles can be the most difficult. In reflecting on our own experiences in the early-stage development of environmental biotechnologies, we provide a set of techniques to help scientists and their collaborators learn to become more responsive to the needs and attitudes of communities with which they are engaging. Graphical Abstract
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Biomedical Engineering
Biomaterials
Bioengineering
Biotechnology
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
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https://doi.org/10.1093/synbio/ysac022
