Kooperative und hierarchische Erscheinungsformen institutionellen Wandels

该项目的目标是以转基因作物为例，分析欧洲农业技术、体制和结构变化的时空动态。自2004年以来，欧盟成员国对转基因作物的政策越来越不一致，对共同的监管框架和市场提出了挑战。这一分析将以体制、结构和技术变革理论为基础，特别侧重于路径依赖模型。第一步，将收集和评估每个成员国农场结构以及转基因作物采用和反对的定量数据。数据分析将辅之以关于国家政策的文件分析。其目的是确定整个欧盟的空间和时间发展的不同模式，并确定可能的驱动因素，如农场规模，有机农场的份额，或人们的看法和偏好。统计和计量经济学技术将用于研究关键变量之间的关系。在第二步中，利益攸关方与在欧盟层面运作的不同行为者，如成员国、地区、非政府组织、转基因产业和欧盟行政部门的代表进行访谈，将揭示行为者在国家或欧洲政策层面创造或打破发展道路的战略。

The objective of the project is to analyze the spatial and temporal dynamics of technological, institutional and structural changes in European agriculture based on the example of genetically modified (GM) crops. Since 2004 member states of the European Union (EU) have increasingly diverging policies towards GM crops, challenging the common regulatory framework and market. This analysis will be based on theories of institutional, structural and technological change with a specific focus on path-dependency models. In the first step, quantitative data on farm structures as well as GM crop adoption and opposition for each member state will be gathered and evaluated. Data analysis will be complemented by document analysis regarding national policies. The objective is to identify different patterns in spatial and temporal developments across the EU and to identify possible drivers such as farm sizes, share of organic farms, or people’s perceptions and preferences. Statistical and econometric techniques will be applied to study the relationships between key variables. In the second step, stakeholder interviews with different actors operating at the EU level such as representatives of member states, regions, NGOs, the GM industry and the EU administration will shed light on actors’ strategies to create or break development paths at the national or European policy level.