As a social psychologist I am very interested in why people act in a certain way: what drives them and what is the influence of the context? This seems to be particularly interesting in the case of environmental behavior: often people claim to consider the environment important, but they don’t…

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This week the report by the National Academy of Science was released: Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects. Not surprisingly, for someone following the literature, the report did find that GE crops are as safe as crops produced by other means often referred to as “conventional breeding”. What is surprising…

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Every two years, GMCC provides an important stage for active debate on policy, legal, economic and technical solutions that seek to facilitate coexistence in order to ensure that all sectors continue to thrive, to meet the growing global food demand and to satisfy the demands of stakeholders such as industry,…

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