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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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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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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), 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)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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sonck, M.M. (author), Asveld, L. (author), Landeweerd, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author)The concept of mutual responsiveness is currently based on little empirical data in the literature of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). This paper explores RRI’s idea of mutual responsiveness in the light of recent RRI case studies on private sector research and development (R&D). In RRI, responsible innovation is understood as a...journal article 2017
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van de Poel, I.R. (author), Asveld, L. (author), Flipse, S.M. (author), Klaassen, Pim (author), Scholten, V.E. (author), Yaghmaei, E. (author)Responsible research and innovation (RRI) has become an important topic in the academic community and in policy circles, but it has not yet been systematically included in the innovation process of companies. We discuss how companies can integrate RRI into their corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies and business strategy. To this end...journal article 2017
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Asveld, L. (author)The policies of the European Union concerning the development of biofuels can be termed a lock-in. Biofuels were initially hailed as a green, sustainability technology. However evidence to the contrary quickly emerged. The European Commission proposed to alter its policies to accommodate for these effects but met with fierce resistance from a...journal article 2016
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Ganzevles, J. (author), Asveld, L. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author)Background While the share of bioenergy in the overall energy supply has increased over the last decade, its social acceptance is fragile, mainly due to concerns about negative sustainability impacts. In this paper, we will investigate to what extent the extension of bioenergy towards ‘smart’ or ‘cascaded’ biomass use enhances a project’s social...journal article 2015
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Asveld, L. (author), Ganzevles, J. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author)The approach of responsible research and innovation (RRI) has been proposed to support the introduction of technologies that touch upon socially sensitive issues. RRI is intended to help designers and manufacturers of new technologies identify and accommodate public concerns when developing a new technology by engaging with a wide range of...journal article 2015