Public Participation and the Governance of Innovation

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Main Results from of the research project promoted by Lombardia Region, Irer, Bassetti Foundation and Observa. Techno-scientific innovations with an impact on the lives of citizens are increasingly at the centre of strong debates. Issues like medical and agricultural biotechnologies and emergencies related to food such as BSE, have triggered wide public discussion in several…

Public participation and governance of innovation

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Contemporary techno-scientific innovations have raised a fall in traditional decision making processes showing the weakness of experts’ system and the traditional alliance with politicians in western societies. These innovations have undergo hard trials for conventional processes of decision making based on representative democracy in the coming of strong technological innovations. The use of GMO’s in…