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Asveld, L. (author), Robaey, Zoë Houda (author), Francke, Sara (author), Osseweijer, P. (author)Biomass such as crops and agricultural waste is increasingly used as the primary resource for products like bioplastics and biofuels. Incorporating the needs, knowledge, skills and values of biomass producers in the design of global value chains – the steps involved in creating any finished product from design to delivery – can contribute to...journal article 2023
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Palmeros Parada, M.D.M. (author), Kehrein, P.A. (author), Xevgenos, Dimitris (author), Asveld, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author)The recovery of resources, including water reuse, has been presented as a solution to overcome scarcity, and improve the economic and environmental performance of water provision and treatment. However, its implementation faces non-technical challenges, including the need to collaborate with new stakeholders and face societal acceptance...review 2022
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Bouchaut, B.F.H.J. (author), de Vriend, Huib (author), Asveld, L. (author)Emerging applications of biotechnology such as new genomic techniques may give rise to new uncertainties and uncertain risks. Particularly the increased complexity and limited knowledge of possible risks associated with these new<br/>techniques, make it currently impossible to perform an adequate environmental risk assessment. As a result, there...journal article 2022
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Bouchaut, B.F.H.J. (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Asveld, L. (author)The increasing societal demand for safer, biobased products, and processes<br/>creates opportunities for industrial biotechnology and chemistry. To succeed,<br/>controlled learning about new emerging risks is crucial but both fields endure<br/>difficulty in doing so by their respective regulation and risk management culture.journal article 2022
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Asveld, L. (author)New technological developments such as CRISPR-Cas, advanced genetic sequencing and the digitalization of agriculture offer promising prospects to realize the potential of a sustainable bioeconomy. At the same time, enormous challenges abound such as the pressure on biodiversity and the associated risk of pandemics, climate change and the ever...book chapter 2021
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Ampe, K.V.J. (author), Paredis, Erik (author), Asveld, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), Block, Thomas (author)Environmental problems are usually not tackled with path-departing policies but rather with incrementally adjusted or unchanged policies. One way to address incremental change is the policy feedback approach, which initially focussed on self-reinforcing feedback and path-dependency. Today, self-undermining feedback is also increasingly being...journal article 2021
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Bouchaut, B.F.H.J. (author), Asveld, L. (author)Genetic engineering techniques (e.g., CRISPR-Cas) have led to an increase in biotechnological developments, possibly leading to uncertain risks. The European Union aims to anticipate these by embedding the Precautionary Principle in its regulation for risk management. This principle revolves around taking preventive action in the face of...journal article 2021
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Bouchaut, B.F.H.J. (author), Asveld, L. (author), Hanefeld, U. (author), Vlierboom, A.C.E. (author)Although both the Inherent Safety Principles (ISPs) and the Safe-by-Design (SbD) approach revolve around the central value of safety, they have a slightly different focus in terms of developing add-on features or considering initial design choices. This paper examines the differences between these approaches and analyses which approach is more...journal article 2021
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Ampe, K.V.J. (author), Paredis, Erik (author), Asveld, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), Block, Thomas (author)More pluralised understandings of incumbencies are often overlooked in transitions research, which may lead to underestimating the enabling roles of incumbents in niche projects. This study explores these roles by applying a power framework to five struggles revolving around a path-breaking decentralised wastewater treatment project in the...journal article 2021
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van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author), Taebi, B. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author), van de Poel, I.R. (author), Asveld, L. (author), Balkenende, A.R. (author), Hollmann, F. (author), van Kampen, E. (author), Krebbers, R.J. (author), de Lange, J. (author), Terwel, K.C. (author), Visser, Eelco (author)In this paper, we provide an overview of how Safe-by-Design is conceived and applied in practice in a large number of engineering disciplines. We discuss the differences, commonalities, and possibilities for mutual learning found in those practices and identify several ways of putting those disciplinary outlooks in perspective. The considered...journal article 2021
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Sonck, M.M. (author), Asveld, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author)The term "responsibility" embodies many meanings, also in the context of corporate research and innovation (R&I). The approach of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has emerged as a promoter for responsible conduct of innovation but so far lacks a systematic framework for describing, inventorying, and eventually managing different...journal article 2020
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Marques Postal, Andreia (author), Solidario de Souza Benatti, G. (author), Palmeros Parada, M.D.M. (author), Asveld, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), Da Silveira, José Maria F.J. (author)The growth in biofuels’ investment brings with it concerns about the social and environmental impacts of the sector. Several tools and frameworks have been used to address these concerns, including the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) framework. This paper analyzes whether this framework can be applied in contexts where local culture...journal article 2020
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Palmeros Parada, M.D.M. (author), Asveld, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)Biobased production has been promoted as a sustainable alternative to fossil resources. However, controversies over its impact on sustainability highlight societal concerns, value tensions and uncertainties that have not been taken into account during its development. In this work, the consideration of stakeholders’ values in a biorefinery...journal article 2020
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van de Poel, I.R. (author), Asveld, L. (author), Flipse, S.M. (author), Klaassen, Pim (author), Roosenboom-Kwee, Z. (author), Maia, Maria (author), Mantovani, Elvio (author), Nathan, Christopher (author), Porcari, Andrea (author), Yaghmaei, E. (author)There is now almost a decade of experience with RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), including a growing emphasis on RRI in industry. Based on our experiences in the EU-funded project PRISMA, we find that the companies we engaged could be motivated to do RRI, but often only after we first shifted initial assumptions and strategies....journal article 2020
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Bouchaut, B.F.H.J. (author), Asveld, L. (author)Advanced gene editing techniques such as Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR)/Cas have increased the pace of developments in the field of industrial biotechnology. Such techniques imply new possibilities when working with living organisms, possibly leading to uncertain risks. In the Netherlands, current policy fails...journal article 2020
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Asveld, L. (author)Green and sustainable chemistry holds the promise of realising a sustainable society by providing environmentally friendly production processes. However until now the focus has been very much on reducing waste and hazards, while there is also a need to consider the broader societal impact of chemical innovations. This article presents three...review 2019
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Bouchaut, B.F.H.J. (author), Asveld, L. (author), Hanefeld, U. (author)Dit verslag geeft de bevindingen weer van een kortlopend onderzoek naar het gebruik van waterstofcyanide (HCN), ook wel Blauwzuur genaamd, in het veld van de (bio)chemie. In dit verslag worden de toxische eigenschappen van deze chemische stof afgewogen tegen veiligheidsaspecten vanuit het kader van Safe-by-Design gebruik makende van Inherent...report 2019
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Ampe, K.V.J. (author), Paredis, Erik (author), Asveld, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), Block, Thomas (author)Recently, calls have increased for a paradigm shift or transition towards resource recovery and a circular economy in the Dutch wastewater system. However, we have observed diverging interpretations on the nature of the transition. This reflects the political environment of sustainability transitions: political struggle emerges over the...journal article 2019
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Asveld, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)In this chapter we aim to give an overview of the main societal and ethical issues that are currently voiced around industrial biotechnology. We will illustrate this with some recent cases, such as the development of synthetic artemisinin, synthetic vanillin and vegetable oil produced by engineered algae. We show that current societal and...book chapter 2019
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Palmeros Parada, M.D.M. (author), Asveld, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)Sustainable development has become an outstanding aspiration in our society. However, the meaning of sustainability and how it should be operationalized is a complex issue that depends on subjective beliefs and values. To advance toward sustainable biobased production, we present an approach to delimit the design space of biorefineries by...journal article 2018
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