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dr. ing. R. (Ruth) Mampuys
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dr. ing. R. (Ruth) Mampuys

Role
Research fellow

Ruth Mampuys is a senior research fellow at the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. At the WRR she worked on the projects COVID19 scenarios and The Tilting World Order. In addition, she is a visiting fellow at the department Theory and Methodology of the Erasmus School of Law in Rotterdam.

She earned her PhD (Cum Laude) as an external doctoral candidate at the same university with a dissertation titled "The Deadlock in European GM Crop Authorisations as a Wicked Problem by Design: A Need for Repoliticisation of the Decision-making Process." In this work, Ruth examined the role of political decision-making in addressing complex "wicked problems" such as biotechnology. Before this, she was employed by the Netherlands Commission on Genetic Modification (COGEM), where her work revolved around biotechnological developments and their societal, ethical, and legal implications. Ruth studied biochemistry and later philosophy of science, technology, and society. Her current academic research focuses on the governance of biotechnology in view of 1) sustainability goals and perspectives and 2) biotechnology-AI convergence from an ELSI, biosafety and biosecurity perspective.

Projects

WRR publications

Publications

  • Poort, L.M., Swart, J.A.A., Mampuys, R., et al. (2022). Restore politics in societal debates on new genomic techniques. Agric Hum Values 39, 1207–1216.
  • Brom, F., de Hoog,  J., Knottnerus,  J.A., Mampuys, R., van der Lippe, T., (2022). Coronavirus disease 2019 scenarios for a long-term strategy under fundamental uncertainty. J Clin Epidemiol. 2022 Aug;148:196-199.
  • Mampuys, R. (2022). The Deadlock in European Decision-Making on GMOs as a Wicked Problem by Design: A Need for Repoliticization. Science, Technology, & Human Values 48(6), 1329-1359.
  • Mampuys, R. (2021). The deadlock in European GM crop authorisations as a wicked problem by design. A need for repoliticisation of the decision-making process. Thesis, Sociology, Theory and Methodology, Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam 2021.
  • Hamilton, R.A., Mampuys, R., Galaitsi, S.E., Collins, A., Istomin, I., Ahteensuu, M., Bakanidze, L. (2021). Opportunities, Challenges, and future considerations for top-down governance for biosecurity and synthetic biology. In: Emerging Threats of Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology. Addressing security and resilience issues. Eds. TrumpB.D., Florin, M.V., Perkins, E., & Linkov, E., Springer.
  • Trump, B.D., Galaitsi, S.E., Appleton, E., Bleijs, D.A., Florin, M., Gollihar, J.D., Hamilton, R.A., Kuiken, T., Lentzos, F., Mampuys, R., Merad, M., Novossioloiva, T., Oye, K., Perkins, E., Garcia-Reyero, N., Rhodes, C. & Linkov, I. (2020). Building biosecurity for synthetic biology. Molecular Systems Biology 16(7): e9723.
  • Mampuys, R., Poort, L. (2019). Controversy first: factors limiting the success of EU Dir 2015/412 for national decision-making on the cultivation of GM crops. Journal of Law, Innovation and Technology 11(2): 175-202.
  • Mampuys, R., van der Wilk, F. (2018). Balanceren tussen technologie en beleid; ‘Trendanalyse biotechnologie’ van de COGEM als toekomstverkenning. In ‘Met de Kennis van Morgen; toekomstverkenningen voor de Nederlandse overheid. van der Duijn, P., & Snijders, D., (Red.). Amsterdam University Press.
  • Mampuys, R. (2018). Socio-economic considerations in regulatory decision-making on genetically modified crops. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB). Collection of Biosafety Reviews Vol. 10 (2018): 8-34.
  • Mampuys, R., Brom, F.W.A. (2017). Emerging crossover technologies: how to organize a biotechnology that becomes mainstream. Environment Systems and Decisions 38: 163-169.
  • Mampuys, R., Brom, F.W.A. (2015). Ethics of dissent: a plea for restraint in the scientific debate about the safety of GM crops. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 28(5): 903-924.
  • Mampuys, R., Brom, F.W.A. (2015). Governance strategies for responding to alarming studies on the safety of GM crops. Journal of Responsible Innovation 2(2): 201-219.
  • Pauwels, K., Mampuys, R., Golstein, C. et al. (2013). Event report: SynBio Workshop (Paris 2012) – Risk assessment challenges of Synthetic Biology. Journal für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit 8(3): 215-226.
  • Mampuys, R., Roeser, S. (2011). Replicating GM Viruses in Cancer Therapy; a Conflict of Emotions? Journal of Disaster Research 6(5): 514-521.
  • Mampuys, R., Brom, F.W.A. (2010). The quiet before the storm: anticipating developments in synthetic biology. Poiesis & Praxis: International Journal of Technology Assessment and Ethics of Science 7(3): 151-168.