Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group (KTI)
We study processes of socio-technical innovation and transformation. We focus on communicative and socio-political dynamics involved in the production, exchange, integration and use of scientific and other knowledge. We specialize in interdisciplinary research and design.
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Highlights
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Award of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences for Phil Macnaghten (KTI)
On 15 October 2020, Phil Macnaghten, together with 72 other social scientist, has been conferred the award of Fellow of the Academy of Social... -
COVID-19, seed security and social differentiation: when it rains, it pours
Food security and seed security are closely linked, especially for poor smallholders in developing countries. The impacts of COVID-19 highlight the... -
Citizens collecting mosquitoes may be key in the fight against malaria
A year-long collection of mosquitoes with self-made traps and over a hundred volunteers in rural Rwanda reporting levels of mosquito nuisance revealed... -
African Philosophy wins Excellent Education Award 2020!
We are very happy and proud to let you know that the newly developed course African Philosophy CPT 58306, taught by Birgit Boogaard, has won our... -
New book by Phil Macnaghten: The Making of Responsible Innovation
Phil Macnaghten has published a new and concise book The Making of Responsible Innovation, published by Cambridge University Press, as part of Frank...
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Recent Publications
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Organizing the emergence of circular technologies : Inter-firm collaboration, imbrication and routines in the textile industry
In: Circular Economy / , Kopnina, H., Poldner, K.. - London : Taylor and Francis - ISBN 9780367418663 - p. 199 - 219. -
Embedding interactive innovation approaches in the top-down agricultural research and extension system of Ethiopia : Insights of Tigray
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): C. Leeuwis, co-promotor(en): L.W A. Klerkx; A. van Paassen. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463957984 - p. -
CGIAR-WUR/Gender Smart conference
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Putting diverse farming households’ preferences and needs at the centre of seed system development
Outlook on Agriculture (2021). - ISSN 0030-7270 -
The role of political ontology for Indigenous self-determination
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (2021). - ISSN 1369-8230 -
Seed degeneration of potato in the tropical highlands of Ecuador
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): P.C. Struik, co-promotor(en): C.J.M. Almekinders; J.L. Andrade-Piedra. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463958561 - p. -
Gene editing of livestock : Sociotechnical imaginaries of scientists and breeding companies in the Netherlands
Elementa: Science of Anthropocene 9 (2021)1. - ISSN 2325-1026 -
The complexity of the gene and the precision of CRISPR : What is the gene that is being edited?
Elementa: Science of Anthropocene 9 (2021)1. - ISSN 2325-1026 -
Beyond food for thought – Directing sustainability transitions research to address fundamental change in agri-food systems
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (2021). - ISSN 2210-4224 -
The legacy of traditional rice cultivation by descendants of Indian contract laborers in Suriname
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 17 (2021)1. - ISSN 1746-4269