A prominent imaginary of synthetic biology is the sustainability of bio-based technologies. In this paper, the authors discuss various reports, papers, and activities in synthetic biology in relation to a core set of principles of sustainability, paying particular attention to the concept of...

This paper analyses and compares the policies that are likely to influence the development of biotechnology in two small European Union (EU) Member States (Ireland and Portugal) from an innovation systems perspective. It looks at how the actors present in each country perceive the relative...

This paper presents the findings of a study that aimed to contribute to the production of new S&T indicators and to improve existing indicators; the focus was on the development of indicators that could be used to benchmark biotechnology research institutions. This paper focuses on the general...