Doctoral Dissertation Research: Bioprospecting and Scientific Knowledge in Post-Conflict Societies

博士论文研究：冲突后社会的生物勘探和科学知识

• 批准号: 2046089
• 负责人: Paulla Ebron
• 金额: $ 2.4万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2046089&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Bioprospecting; Scientific

The doctoral dissertation project investigates the mobilization of biodiversity as a resource for building post-conflict futures in societies transitioning from war to peace. In a context where pharmaceutical and other industries are increasingly searching for alternative sources of materials to develop their products, places that exhibit high biodiversity are experiencing unprecedented interest in bioprospecting—the survey, study, and commercialization of biological resources. This research examines what is at stake when biodiversity is mobilized as a resource for producing economic gain in regions recovering from war. The doctoral student investigates the potential of bioprospecting as a means of shaping local communities' expectations, scientists' practices, and peacemaking aspirations. In addition to contributing to the training of a graduate student in the methods of empirical, scientific data collection and analysis, this research will enrich scientific understanding of the role of scientists and environmental knowledge in the context of political transition, particularly post-conflict scenarios. More broadly, the findings of this research will advance the scientific analysis of the simultaneous production of science, nature, and peacebuilding aspirations. By broadening the participation of people and locations historically underrepresented, this project will inform scientists and policymakers working in the fields of peacebuilding, bioprospecting, and science and innovation. By conducting twelve months of ethnographic fieldwork, the doctoral student will follow a group of scientists, rural residents, and state officials in laboratories, coastal landscapes, and government offices as they embark on a bioprospecting project in a biodiverse and conflict-affected area. This research will examine the conditions that enable the survey and marketization of biodiversity and how bioprospecting is experienced and constituted through the encounters between scientists, rural residents, and government officials. Data will be collected through participant observation, laboratory ethnography, participatory mapping exercises, interviews, life-histories, and document analysis. After data integration and analysis, results will be disseminated among scientists, state officials, academics, and residents of relevant places.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该博士论文项目研究了生物多样性的调动，作为从战争向和平过渡的社会中建设冲突后未来的资源，在制药和其他行业越来越多地寻找替代材料来源来开发其产品的背景下。高度生物多样性对生物勘探——生物资源的调查、研究和商业化产生了前所未有的兴趣。这项研究探讨了当生物多样性被用作从战争中恢复的地区产生经济收益的资源时，所面临的风险。的生物勘探作为塑造当地社区的期望、科学家的实践和和平愿望的一种手段除了有助于对研究生进行实证、科学数据收集和分析方法的培训之外，这项研究还将丰富对生物勘探的科学理解。更广泛地说，这项研究的结果将通过扩大科学家的参与，促进对科学、自然和建设和平愿望同时产生的科学分析。历史上代表性不足的人和地点，这该项目将为从事和平建设、生物勘探以及科学和创新领域工作的科学家和政策制定者提供信息，通过进行为期十二个月的民族志实地考察，博士生将跟踪一组科学家、农村居民和国家官员在实验室、沿海景观、本研究将探讨生物多样性调查和市场化的条件，以及如何通过双方的接触来体验和构成生物勘探。数据将通过参与观察、实验室人种学、参与性绘图练习、访谈、生活史和文件分析来收集。数据整合和分析后，结果将在科学家、国家官员和政府官员中传播。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。