Framing responsible innovation in synthetic biology: the need for a critical discourse analysis approach

Journal of Responsible Innovation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 104-108

  Li, Fujia ^a   Owen, Richard ^a   Simakova, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical discourse analysis; politics of RI; responsible innovation (RI); synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026464942     PISSN: 23299460     EISSN: 23299037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23299460.2014.1002059     Document Type: Article

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