Objetivo There has been a dramatic increase in interest in commons in the last 10 to 15 years, from traditional commons managing the use of exhaustible natural resources by fixed numbers of people within natural borders, to global information commons, dealing with non-rival, non-excludible goods by a potentially limitless number of unknown users. The emerging global genetic-resource commons fits somewhere in between, shifting in the direction of information commons as digital-information infrastructures allow physically distributed collections to be networked in virtual global pools. In this research project we propose that networking pools of genetic resources in a global commons potentially is a workable alternative to proprietary market-based solutions, which have been shown to be unable to generate sufficient investment in the vast quantities of genetic resources that are neglected because of their unknown and/or unlikely commercial value. These neglected resources are the building blocks for future scientific research and have enormous value for sustaining biodiversity and livelihoods in developing and industrialized countries. Our hypothesis is that implementing collective intellectual property strategies and standard material transfer agreements for access to these pre-competitive research materials has become feasible in a cost effective manner through new hybrid approaches to governance which combine design features from natural resource commons and digital information commons. To substantiate these proposals, this research project will conduct a comparative institutional analysis of the use and exchange practices in the genetic-resource commons, and propose a set of governance arrangements that would put these practices on a sound legal and institutional basis. Ámbito científico social sciencessociologygovernancenatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Programa(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Tema(s) ERC-SG-SH2 - ERC Starting Grant - Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour Convocatoria de propuestas ERC-2011-StG_20101124 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Institución de acogida UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN Aportación de la UE € 1 041 600,00 Dirección PLACE DE L UNIVERSITE 1 1348 Louvain La Neuve Bélgica Ver en el mapa Región Région wallonne Prov. Brabant Wallon Arr. Nivelles Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Investigador principal Tom Dedeurwaerdere (Prof.) Contacto administrativo Anne Bovy (Ms.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Beneficiarios (1) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN Bélgica Aportación de la UE € 1 041 600,00 Dirección PLACE DE L UNIVERSITE 1 1348 Louvain La Neuve Ver en el mapa Región Région wallonne Prov. Brabant Wallon Arr. Nivelles Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Investigador principal Tom Dedeurwaerdere (Prof.) Contacto administrativo Anne Bovy (Ms.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos
