WP7 assesses stakeholder responses to scenarios developed in WP6 and advise on possible strategies and policies for addressing the identified threats and opportunities posed by the arrival of synthetic animal proteins. The WP applies a group model building approach (GMB), a participatory approach that is used to facilitate the participants’ ability to think in systems. The workshops will be conducted with stakeholders from different bio-based sectors (e.g., agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture).

The workshops will take place in an iterative process, capturing three rounds with workshops. The first round will be an initial stakeholder workshop, where we identify stakeholders’ views on biosynthetic proteins, as first specifications for the social simulation modelling. In the second round, we will then continue with follow up workshops to evaluate the first models and develop first response strategies and polices. The results from the second workshop will feed back into the modelling and will be followed by a third round with the stakeholders to validate these findings. Based on these, the project will design a final report with policy recommendations and publish one peer reviewed article. In addition, the findings will be disseminated in form of a newspaper article and one international conference presentation.

WP manager: Pia Otte