Dissertation Research: Javier Lezaun: "Policing Purity: Testing, Traceability and the Governance of Genetically Modified Organisms"

经过几年激烈的公众辩论和不断的监管重组，一个控制农业生物技术的新系统目前正在欧盟形成。基于区分食品中的转基因生物和传统生物的能力，该系统旨在检测、识别和追踪整个生产链中进入欧洲市场的所有生物工程产品。将传统产品和转基因产品混合在一起，或无法确定单一、明确分类的任何情况，实际上都被定义为一种污染，必须加以发现、控制并最终加以预防。正是这种纯度的监管，这是本论文研究经费的重点。本文追踪了围绕测试方法的争议以及欧盟转基因生物（GMOs）可追溯性原则的出现。鉴于商品流动的跨国性质，检测手段和新的管理规定必须在欧洲联盟严格的地理界限之外运作。本文在欧美关系的背景下探讨了这一新的管制制度的发展，并比较了大西洋两岸的发展。要求支助在欧洲和美国进行更多的实地工作，以完成以前的研究。在智力上，论文汇集了许多学科和研究兴趣。通过分析技术科学工具在稳定和/或破坏跨国市场和法规方面的作用，本研究试图使科学和技术研究与经济社会学和国际关系进行富有成效的接触。最后，本论文希望对正在进行的关于农业生物技术社会控制的国际政策辩论做出贡献。

1After several years of intense public debate and continuous regulatory restructuring, a new system for the control of agricultural biotechnology is currently taking shape in the European Union. Based on the ability to make a distinction between genetically modified and conventional organisms in food commodities, this system aims to detect, identify and trace throughout the production chain all bio-engineered products entering the European market. The commingling of conventional and genetically modified products, or any situation in which a single, clear-cut categorization cannot be established, is defined in practice as a form of pollution, which must be discovered, controlled and ultimately prevented. It is this policing of purity that this the focus on this dissertation research grant. The dissertation tracks the controversies surrounding testing methodologies and the emergence of the principle of traceability for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the EU. Given the transnational nature of the commodity flows, detection instruments and new regulatory provisions must operate beyond the strict geographical boundaries of the European Union. The dissertation explores the development of this new control system in the context of EU-US relations and compares developments on both sides of the Atlantic. Support is requested for additional fieldwork in Europe and the United States to complete the previous research. Intellectually, the dissertation draws together a number of disciplines and research interests. By analyzing the role of techno scientific instruments in the stabilization and/or disruption of transnational marketplaces and regulations, the research tries to bring Science and Technology Studies into fruitful contact with Economic Sociology and International Relations. Finally, the dissertation hopes to make a contribution to the ongoing international policy debate regarding social control of agricultural biotechnology.