This report summarises a participatory technology assessment on transgenic herbicide-resistant crops organised by the Research Unit, Standard Setting and the Environment, at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, between 1991 and 1993. The technology assessment was a round table involving some fifty...

This report summarizes deliberations over the Access to Human Genetic Resources held during a stakeholder dialogue process launched by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in 2001/2002. The dialogue process was designed to explore options of companies to address...

This report summarizes deliberations over the Protection of Traditional Knowledge held during a stakeholder dialogue process launched by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in 2001/2002. The dialogue process was designed to explore options of companies to address...

This report summarizes deliberations over the Access to Essential Medicines held during a stakeholder dialogue process launched by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in 2001/2002. The dialogue process was designed to explore options of companies to address contested...

Kern des Forschungsprogramms der Abteilung und gewissermaßen ihr Markenzeichen, war die eingehende Untersuchung von deliberativen (diskursiven) Verfahren politischer Konfliktlösung. Damit war eine vorwiegend mikrosoziologische Perspektive vorgezeichnet, gleichwohl zielte die Fragestellung auf...