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Prof. Dr. Patricia Osseweijer
Section Biotechnology and Society, Faculty of Applied Sciencies, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CJ Delft, the Netherlands

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Encyclopedia
Published: 06 July 2021 in Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
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Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) are fuels that have potential to be sustainably produced and to generate lower carbon emissions when compared to the conventional kerosene. Wider SAF production and utilization represent nowadays an important step to move towards a more sustainable aviation industry, which has committed to significantly reduce their net carbon emissions by 2050. To reach this target, significant efforts have been done to develop sustainable technologies for the production of aviation fuels able to be implemented in a large scale. This chapter summarizes and discusses the different technologies that have been proposed to produce aviation biofuels, their potential to be upscaled and techno-economic perspectives, as well as the impact of SAF on sustainability. At the end, the industry point of view on the prospects for a wider production and use of aviation biofuels is also presented.

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Solange I. Mussatto; Ingrid Lopes Motta; Rubens Maciel Filho; Luuk van der Wielen; Rafael Capaz; Joaquim Seabra; Patricia Osseweijer; John Posada; Marcelo De Freitas Gonçalves; Pedro Rodrigo Scorza; Giuliano Dragone. Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Production, Use and Impact on Decarbonization. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences 2021, 1 .

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Solange I. Mussatto, Ingrid Lopes Motta, Rubens Maciel Filho, Luuk van der Wielen, Rafael Capaz, Joaquim Seabra, Patricia Osseweijer, John Posada, Marcelo De Freitas Gonçalves, Pedro Rodrigo Scorza, Giuliano Dragone. Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Production, Use and Impact on Decarbonization. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. 2021; ():1.

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Solange I. Mussatto; Ingrid Lopes Motta; Rubens Maciel Filho; Luuk van der Wielen; Rafael Capaz; Joaquim Seabra; Patricia Osseweijer; John Posada; Marcelo De Freitas Gonçalves; Pedro Rodrigo Scorza; Giuliano Dragone. 2021. "Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Production, Use and Impact on Decarbonization." Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences , no. : 1.

Research article
Published: 29 June 2021 in Policy Sciences
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Environmental problems are usually not tackled with path-departing policies but rather with incrementally adjusted or unchanged policies. One way to address incremental change is the policy feedback approach, which initially focussed on self-reinforcing feedback and path-dependency. Today, self-undermining feedback is also increasingly being studied, centring on agency and change. However, it is unclear precisely how actors use power in policy feedback processes. Therefore, this study applied a power perspective and the policy arrangement approach to a case study of the reorientation towards a circular economy in Dutch wastewater policy between 2008 and 2018, which resulted in incremental instead of fundamental policy change. Here it was observed that self-undermining feedback was generated from 2008 onwards but the balance quickly shifted back to self-reinforcing feedback, indicating that the analysed power struggles led to incremental change. These dynamics resemble a shift from the so-called paths and forks (i.e. fork in the road) towards the boomerang pattern (i.e. returning to its original position) of policy change. The patterns are explained by focussing on powerful actors that resist change through the use of incremental reforms, the ongoing struggles of these actors in facilitating self-reinforcing feedback and the role of interpretation in using feedback as a resource. Overall, this study provides a nuanced understanding of incremental change by directing attention to the power struggles of actors in policy feedback processes. For practitioners, the study emphasises the importance of power struggles in enabling a circular economy.

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Kasper Ampe; Erik Paredis; Lotte Asveld; Patricia Osseweijer; Thomas Block. Power struggles in policy feedback processes: incremental steps towards a circular economy within Dutch wastewater policy. Policy Sciences 2021, 54, 579 -607.

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Kasper Ampe, Erik Paredis, Lotte Asveld, Patricia Osseweijer, Thomas Block. Power struggles in policy feedback processes: incremental steps towards a circular economy within Dutch wastewater policy. Policy Sciences. 2021; 54 (3):579-607.

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Kasper Ampe; Erik Paredis; Lotte Asveld; Patricia Osseweijer; Thomas Block. 2021. "Power struggles in policy feedback processes: incremental steps towards a circular economy within Dutch wastewater policy." Policy Sciences 54, no. 3: 579-607.

Journal article
Published: 12 March 2021 in Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
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More pluralised understandings of incumbencies are often overlooked in transitions research, which may lead to underestimating the enabling roles of incumbents in niche projects. This study explores these roles by applying a power framework to five struggles revolving around a path-breaking decentralised wastewater treatment project in the city of Ghent (Belgium). Remarkably, incumbents from multiple regimes use power to enable the niche project. The study identifies and discusses four patterns in the enabling role of incumbents in niche projects. These patterns are clarified by focussing on incumbents from multiple regimes, belonging to local authorities, neighbouring and more distant regimes, as well as on the power of structural trends related to the urgency of sustainability challenges. As such, the study contributes to the understanding of multiple incumbencies and the conditions under which these may reinforce niche projects. For practitioners, the study underscores the role of power dynamics in the water/wastewater sector.

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Kasper Ampe; Erik Paredis; Lotte Asveld; Patricia Osseweijer; Thomas Block. Incumbents’ enabling role in niche-innovation: Power dynamics in a wastewater project. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 2021, 39, 73 -85.

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Kasper Ampe, Erik Paredis, Lotte Asveld, Patricia Osseweijer, Thomas Block. Incumbents’ enabling role in niche-innovation: Power dynamics in a wastewater project. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 2021; 39 ():73-85.

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Kasper Ampe; Erik Paredis; Lotte Asveld; Patricia Osseweijer; Thomas Block. 2021. "Incumbents’ enabling role in niche-innovation: Power dynamics in a wastewater project." Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 39, no. : 73-85.

Journal article
Published: 17 December 2020 in Sustainability
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The growth in biofuels’ investment brings with it concerns about the social and environmental impacts of the sector. Several tools and frameworks have been used to address these concerns, including the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) framework. This paper analyzes whether this framework can be applied in contexts where local culture and values shape differently the freedom of speech and engagement, such as in developing countries in which biofuel innovation projects are often implemented. A literature review focused on eight case studies of other authors was used to explore the role of “participation” as a structural element of the RRI framework and the impact of its absence where effective participation in the innovation development process is not possible. In conclusion, we highlight how this inspirational normative framework, designed to influence innovation, is misused to judge its impacts. More than that, the conclusions of such misused applications reflect more the difficulties involved in applying guidelines than the responsible character of the innovation, whose impacts are usually defined upfront materially and measurably.

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Andreia Marques Postal; Gabriela Benatti; Mar Palmeros Parada; Lotte Asveld; Patrícia Osseweijer; José Da Silveira. The Role of Participation in the Responsible Innovation Framework for Biofuels Projects: Can It Be Assessed? Sustainability 2020, 12, 10581 .

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Andreia Marques Postal, Gabriela Benatti, Mar Palmeros Parada, Lotte Asveld, Patrícia Osseweijer, José Da Silveira. The Role of Participation in the Responsible Innovation Framework for Biofuels Projects: Can It Be Assessed? Sustainability. 2020; 12 (24):10581.

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Andreia Marques Postal; Gabriela Benatti; Mar Palmeros Parada; Lotte Asveld; Patrícia Osseweijer; José Da Silveira. 2020. "The Role of Participation in the Responsible Innovation Framework for Biofuels Projects: Can It Be Assessed?" Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10581.

Journal article
Published: 07 July 2020 in Science and Engineering Ethics
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Biobased production has been promoted as a sustainable alternative to fossil resources. However, controversies over its impact on sustainability highlight societal concerns, value tensions and uncertainties that have not been taken into account during its development. In this work, the consideration of stakeholders’ values in a biorefinery design project is investigated. Value sensitive design (VSD) is a promising approach to the design of technologies with consideration of stakeholders’ values, however, it is not directly applicable for complex systems like biorefineries. Therefore, some elements of VSD, such as the identification of relevant values and their connection to a technology’s features, are brought into biorefinery design practice. Midstream modulation (MM), an approach to promoting the consideration of societal aspects during research and development activities, is applied to promote reflection and value considerations during the design decision making. As result, it is shown that MM interventions during the design process led to new design alternatives in support of stakeholders' values, and allowed to recognize and respond to emerging value tensions within the scope of the project. In this way, the present work shows a novel approach for the technical investigation of VSD, especially for biorefineries. Also, based on this work it is argued that not only reflection, but also flexibility and openness are important for the application of VSD in the context of biorefinery design.

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Mar Palmeros Parada; Lotte Asveld; Patricia Osseweijer; John Alexander Posada. Integrating Value Considerations in the Decision Making for the Design of Biorefineries. Science and Engineering Ethics 2020, 26, 2927 -2955.

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Mar Palmeros Parada, Lotte Asveld, Patricia Osseweijer, John Alexander Posada. Integrating Value Considerations in the Decision Making for the Design of Biorefineries. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2020; 26 (6):2927-2955.

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Mar Palmeros Parada; Lotte Asveld; Patricia Osseweijer; John Alexander Posada. 2020. "Integrating Value Considerations in the Decision Making for the Design of Biorefineries." Science and Engineering Ethics 26, no. 6: 2927-2955.

Journal article
Published: 07 July 2020 in Energy
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Exergy and environmental analyses have been developed to determine the performance of the electricity generation in the Dutch mix. A comparative assessment of diverse technological routes, including fossil and renewable energy resources consumption, is carried out in terms of the exergy costs and specific CO2 emissions. Hence, an exergoeconomy methodology is used to properly allocate the renewable and non-renewable exergy costs and specific CO2 emissions among the various products of the polygeneration energy systems. By using a suitable methodology, the distribution of irreversibility throughout the different steps of the energy conversion processes of the Dutch electricity mix is characterized in the light of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The results may help to propose performance indicators that support the Dutch government and research institutions. To identify sustainable energy planning strategies and fairly comparing electricity generation and end-use processing stages with other types of energy resources, such as fuels used in transportation, residential and industrial sectors. In brief, the weighted average of the renewable and non-renewable unit exergy costs and the specific CO2 emissions of the electricity generated in each route of the Dutch mix is calculated and compared to another electricity mix with a higher share of renewable energy resources. The weighted average renewable and non-renewable unit exergy costs of the electricity generated in the Netherlands are calculated as cR = 0.8375 kJ/kJE/W and cNR = 1.7180 kJ/kJE/W, respectively (cR/cNR= 0.49). Furthermore, the specific CO2 emissions in the Dutch electricity generation achieve 373.21 gCO2/kWhE/W.

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Pablo Silva Ortiz; Daniel Flórez-Orrego; Silvio De Oliveira Junior; Rubens Maciel Filho; Patricia Osseweijer; John Posada. Unit exergy cost and specific CO2 emissions of the electricity generation in the Netherlands. Energy 2020, 208, 118279 .

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Pablo Silva Ortiz, Daniel Flórez-Orrego, Silvio De Oliveira Junior, Rubens Maciel Filho, Patricia Osseweijer, John Posada. Unit exergy cost and specific CO2 emissions of the electricity generation in the Netherlands. Energy. 2020; 208 ():118279.

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Pablo Silva Ortiz; Daniel Flórez-Orrego; Silvio De Oliveira Junior; Rubens Maciel Filho; Patricia Osseweijer; John Posada. 2020. "Unit exergy cost and specific CO2 emissions of the electricity generation in the Netherlands." Energy 208, no. : 118279.

Paper
Published: 01 July 2020 in Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
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Mass and energy balances are an excellent tool to explore the integration of resource recovery technologies into wastewater treatment processes and reveal recoverable resource quantities and occurring trade-offs at an early process design stage.

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Philipp Kehrein; Mark Van Loosdrecht; Patricia Osseweijer; John Posada; John Alexander Posada Duque. Exploring resource recovery potentials for the aerobic granular sludge process by mass and energy balances – energy, biopolymer and phosphorous recovery from municipal wastewater. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 2020, 6, 2164 -2179.

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Philipp Kehrein, Mark Van Loosdrecht, Patricia Osseweijer, John Posada, John Alexander Posada Duque. Exploring resource recovery potentials for the aerobic granular sludge process by mass and energy balances – energy, biopolymer and phosphorous recovery from municipal wastewater. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. 2020; 6 (8):2164-2179.

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Philipp Kehrein; Mark Van Loosdrecht; Patricia Osseweijer; John Posada; John Alexander Posada Duque. 2020. "Exploring resource recovery potentials for the aerobic granular sludge process by mass and energy balances – energy, biopolymer and phosphorous recovery from municipal wastewater." Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 6, no. 8: 2164-2179.

Journal article
Published: 20 May 2020 in Sustainability
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This paper guides decision making in more sustainable urban water management practices that feed into a circular economy by presenting a novel framework for conceptually designing and strategically planning wastewater treatment processes from a resource recovery perspective. Municipal wastewater cannot any longer be perceived as waste stream because a great variety of technologies are available to recover water, energy, fertilizer, and other valuable products from it. Despite the vast technological recovery possibilities, only a few processes have yet been implemented that deserve the name water resource factory instead of wastewater treatment plant. This transition relies on process designs that are not only technically feasible but also overcome various non-technical bottlenecks. A multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach is needed to design water resource factories (WRFs) in the future that are technically feasible, cost effective, show low environmental impacts, and successfully market recovered resources. To achieve that, the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) design space needs to be opened up for a variety of expertise that complements the traditional wastewater engineering domain. Implementable WRF processes can only be designed if the current design perspective, which is dominated by the fulfilment of legal effluent qualities and process costs, is extended to include resource recovery as an assessable design objective from an early stage on. Therefore, the framework combines insights and methodologies from different fields and disciplines beyond WWTP design like, e.g., circular economy, industrial process engineering, project management, value chain development, and environmental impact assessment. It supports the transfer of the end-of-waste concept into the wastewater sector as it structures possible resource recovery activities according to clear criteria. This makes recovered resources more likely to fulfil the conditions of the end-of-waste concept and allows the change in their definition from wastes to full-fledged products.

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Philipp Kehrein; Mark Van Loosdrecht; Patricia Osseweijer; John Posada; Jo Dewulf. The SPPD-WRF Framework: A Novel and Holistic Methodology for Strategical Planning and Process Design of Water Resource Factories. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4168 .

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Philipp Kehrein, Mark Van Loosdrecht, Patricia Osseweijer, John Posada, Jo Dewulf. The SPPD-WRF Framework: A Novel and Holistic Methodology for Strategical Planning and Process Design of Water Resource Factories. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (10):4168.

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Philipp Kehrein; Mark Van Loosdrecht; Patricia Osseweijer; John Posada; Jo Dewulf. 2020. "The SPPD-WRF Framework: A Novel and Holistic Methodology for Strategical Planning and Process Design of Water Resource Factories." Sustainability 12, no. 10: 4168.

Review
Published: 03 April 2020 in Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
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This critical review reveals the technologies and potentials to recover water, energy, fertilizers and products from municipal WWTPs but also analyses the various bottlenecks that may their hinder successful implementation.

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Philipp Kehrein; Mark van Loosdrecht; Patricia Osseweijer; Marianna Garfí; Jo Dewulf; John Posada. A critical review of resource recovery from municipal wastewater treatment plants – market supply potentials, technologies and bottlenecks. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 2020, 6, 877 -910.

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Philipp Kehrein, Mark van Loosdrecht, Patricia Osseweijer, Marianna Garfí, Jo Dewulf, John Posada. A critical review of resource recovery from municipal wastewater treatment plants – market supply potentials, technologies and bottlenecks. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. 2020; 6 (4):877-910.

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Philipp Kehrein; Mark van Loosdrecht; Patricia Osseweijer; Marianna Garfí; Jo Dewulf; John Posada. 2020. "A critical review of resource recovery from municipal wastewater treatment plants – market supply potentials, technologies and bottlenecks." Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 6, no. 4: 877-910.

Journal article
Published: 28 January 2020 in Processes
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The life cycle human health (HH) impacts related to aviation biofuels have been understood in a limited way. Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods for assessing HH are often associated with a high level of uncertainty and a low level of consensus. As a result, it remains challenging to perform a robust assessment of HH impacts with a suitable LCIA method. This study aims to systematically compare six commonly used LCIA methods for quantifying HH impacts, in order to empirically understand the potential impacts of aviation biofuel production on HH and how the results are affected by the choice of methods. Three aviation biofuel production pathways based on different feedstocks (sugarcane, eucalyptus, and macauba) were analyzed and compared to fossil aviation biofuels, on the basis of a functional unit of 1 MJ aviation fuel. The majority of the LCIA methods suggest that, in respect to midpoint impacts, macauba-based biofuel is associated with the lowest impacts and eucalyptus-based biofuel the highest; whereas at endpoint level, the results are more scattered. The LCIA methods agree that biomass conversion into aviation biofuel, H2 production, and feedstock cultivation are major contributors to life cycle HH impacts. Additionally, we provide a guideline for determining an appropriate method for assessing HH impacts.

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Zhizhen Wang; Patricia Osseweijer; John A. Posada. Human Health Impacts of Aviation Biofuel Production: Exploring the Application of Different Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) Methods for Biofuel Supply Chains. Processes 2020, 8, 158 .

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Zhizhen Wang, Patricia Osseweijer, John A. Posada. Human Health Impacts of Aviation Biofuel Production: Exploring the Application of Different Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) Methods for Biofuel Supply Chains. Processes. 2020; 8 (2):158.

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Zhizhen Wang; Patricia Osseweijer; John A. Posada. 2020. "Human Health Impacts of Aviation Biofuel Production: Exploring the Application of Different Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) Methods for Biofuel Supply Chains." Processes 8, no. 2: 158.

Journal article
Published: 19 December 2019 in Sustainability
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The term “responsibility” embodies many meanings, also in the context of corporate research and innovation (R&I). The approach of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has emerged as a promoter for responsible conduct of innovation but so far lacks a systematic framework for describing, inventorying, and eventually managing different responsibilities that R&I units hold in companies and further in society. In this paper we take forward the idea of developing RRI into a “meta-responsibility” approach, for orchestrating responsibilities in corporate R&I. First, we introduce a frame for defining responsibility, which is inclusive of four elements (care, liability, accountability, and responsiveness), and is attentive to the intrinsic uncertainty of the R&I setting. Drawing on empirical data from interviews, we then examine how these responsibility elements become operationalised in an actual R&I project. As a result, we develop a meta-responsibility map for corporate R&I, bringing various and sometimes contradicting principles, expectations and obligations under the common terminology of responsibility. We suggest that such integrative outlook on responsibilities increases theoretical solidity and practical applicability of RRI as an innovation management approach. Regarding R&I practices, we conclude that the meta-responsibility map can support R&I units in exploring their co-existing and sometimes conflicting responsibilities, and in managing those responsibilities in the highly uncertain R&I setting. In particular, meta-responsibility shows applicability in (i) balancing risk and precaution, (ii) exposing and addressing concerns about the goals and impacts of innovation, and (iii) accelerating sectoral transition whilst securing one’s own competitive advantage in it.

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Matti Sonck; Lotte Asveld; Patricia Osseweijer. Meta-Responsibility in Corporate Research and Innovation: A Bioeconomic Case Study. Sustainability 2019, 12, 38 .

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Matti Sonck, Lotte Asveld, Patricia Osseweijer. Meta-Responsibility in Corporate Research and Innovation: A Bioeconomic Case Study. Sustainability. 2019; 12 (1):38.

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Matti Sonck; Lotte Asveld; Patricia Osseweijer. 2019. "Meta-Responsibility in Corporate Research and Innovation: A Bioeconomic Case Study." Sustainability 12, no. 1: 38.

Journal article
Published: 05 November 2019 in Journal of Rural Studies
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Sugarcane expansion in Brazil during the 2000s was partly restricted by several discussions about the sustainability aspects of its cultivation. These discussions were mainly based on surveys that sometimes use highly aggregated data not including local perspectives and particularities, and sometimes used case studies with small samples which, while listening to local perspectives, cannot be considered representative of the whole sector. This work aims at filling this gap by considering both the perceptions of the local community, which add primary data on impact, and a large sample, to increase the research representativeness. To do so, we present the results of 353 interviews, covering 33 municipalities in five states of the Center-South region of Brazil (the largest cultivation area in the country). The results show that the expansion of biofuels has generated conflict mostly related to environmental and social issues, although there is good acceptance of the sugarcane mills in general. Our conclusions point to the importance of including local voices for a deeper understanding of the advantages and limitations of the expansion of biofuels.

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Andreia Marques Postal; Farahnaz Pashaei Kamali; Lotte Asveld; Patricia Osseweijer; Jose Maria F. J. da Silveira. The impact of sugarcane expansion in Brazil: Local stakeholders' perceptions. Journal of Rural Studies 2019, 73, 147 -162.

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Andreia Marques Postal, Farahnaz Pashaei Kamali, Lotte Asveld, Patricia Osseweijer, Jose Maria F. J. da Silveira. The impact of sugarcane expansion in Brazil: Local stakeholders' perceptions. Journal of Rural Studies. 2019; 73 ():147-162.

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Andreia Marques Postal; Farahnaz Pashaei Kamali; Lotte Asveld; Patricia Osseweijer; Jose Maria F. J. da Silveira. 2019. "The impact of sugarcane expansion in Brazil: Local stakeholders' perceptions." Journal of Rural Studies 73, no. : 147-162.

Articles
Published: 24 October 2019 in Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning
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Recently, calls have increased for a paradigm shift or transition towards resource recovery and a circular economy in the Dutch wastewater system. However, we have observed diverging interpretations on the nature of the transition. This reflects the political environment of sustainability transitions: political struggle emerges over the definition of problems, futures and strategies to be used. In order to help clarify the emerging debate and identify political choices, we conducted a discourse analysis. We identified three discourses that reveal some of the political choices to be made. One discourse is becoming dominant and focusses on optimising the large-scale infrastructure, market development and legislative changes. The discourse draws on the existing infrastructure and current political-economic institutions, which gives it an advantage in becoming dominant. Our findings also suggest that this discourse shapes a transition pathway that is characterised by lock-in effects and, at most, incremental changes instead of a fundamental shift in the established Dutch wastewater system.

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Kasper Ampe; Erik Paredis; Lotte Asveld; Patricia Osseweijer; Thomas Block. A transition in the Dutch wastewater system? The struggle between discourses and with lock-ins. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 2019, 22, 155 -169.

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Kasper Ampe, Erik Paredis, Lotte Asveld, Patricia Osseweijer, Thomas Block. A transition in the Dutch wastewater system? The struggle between discourses and with lock-ins. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 2019; 22 (2):155-169.

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Kasper Ampe; Erik Paredis; Lotte Asveld; Patricia Osseweijer; Thomas Block. 2019. "A transition in the Dutch wastewater system? The struggle between discourses and with lock-ins." Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 22, no. 2: 155-169.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2018 in Renewable Energy
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Catarina I. Santos; Constança C. Silva; Solange I. Mussatto; Patricia Osseweijer; Luuk A.M. van der Wielen; John A. Posada. Integrated 1st and 2nd generation sugarcane bio-refinery for jet fuel production in Brazil: Techno-economic and greenhouse gas emissions assessment. Renewable Energy 2018, 129, 733 -747.

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Catarina I. Santos, Constança C. Silva, Solange I. Mussatto, Patricia Osseweijer, Luuk A.M. van der Wielen, John A. Posada. Integrated 1st and 2nd generation sugarcane bio-refinery for jet fuel production in Brazil: Techno-economic and greenhouse gas emissions assessment. Renewable Energy. 2018; 129 ():733-747.

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Catarina I. Santos; Constança C. Silva; Solange I. Mussatto; Patricia Osseweijer; Luuk A.M. van der Wielen; John A. Posada. 2018. "Integrated 1st and 2nd generation sugarcane bio-refinery for jet fuel production in Brazil: Techno-economic and greenhouse gas emissions assessment." Renewable Energy 129, no. : 733-747.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2018 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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Social dimension appears to be the least developed of all dimensions of sustainability, not receiving the same attention as environmental or economic dimension. While biomass utilization is considered to have considerable impact on the social well-being of farmers and local communities, a better understanding of its social sustainability is urgently needed. The process for determining social issues, however, is subject to relatively arbitrary decisions, and lacks comprehensive structure. Social issues must be based on those social objectives and indicators that can be empirically measured and analyzed using at the existing level of knowledge and data available. This study, therefore, aims to identify the most important and relevant social and governance issues for the biofuel sector, and also to determine the issues for which reliable data and practical methods may become available and ultimately simplified for understanding by stakeholders. The sugarcane biojet fuel supply chain in Brazil was used as a case study with a research design of two steps: literature review and expert survey. From the literature review, 13 social issues and 5 governance issues were selected for inclusion in the expert survey. The survey results showed that highly relevant issues were generally perceived as highly important. Furthermore, very practical issues were also perceived as very reliable and simple issues. It was concluded that future research should mostly focus on quantitative assessment of human health and safety, labor rights, working conditions, which were perceived very important but less reliable, practical, and simple. Moreover, this study showed that all governance issues are certainly regarded as important for sustainability, but insufficiently recognized in conventional sustainability assessment schemes. The current certification schemes cover only a limited number of social issues and require addressing social issues more broadly. Learning from this study helps decision makers to extend understandings of the social dimension of sustainability.

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Farahnaz Pashaei Kamali; João Augusto Rossi Borges; Patricia Osseweijer; John A. Posada. Towards social sustainability: Screening potential social and governance issues for biojet fuel supply chains in Brazil. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2018, 92, 50 -61.

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Farahnaz Pashaei Kamali, João Augusto Rossi Borges, Patricia Osseweijer, John A. Posada. Towards social sustainability: Screening potential social and governance issues for biojet fuel supply chains in Brazil. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2018; 92 ():50-61.

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Farahnaz Pashaei Kamali; João Augusto Rossi Borges; Patricia Osseweijer; John A. Posada. 2018. "Towards social sustainability: Screening potential social and governance issues for biojet fuel supply chains in Brazil." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 92, no. : 50-61.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2017 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Elisa M. de Medeiros; John A. Posada; Henk Noorman; Patricia Osseweijer; Rubens Maciel Filho. Hydrous bioethanol production from sugarcane bagasse via energy self-sufficient gasification-fermentation hybrid route: Simulation and financial analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production 2017, 168, 1625 -1635.

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Elisa M. de Medeiros, John A. Posada, Henk Noorman, Patricia Osseweijer, Rubens Maciel Filho. Hydrous bioethanol production from sugarcane bagasse via energy self-sufficient gasification-fermentation hybrid route: Simulation and financial analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2017; 168 ():1625-1635.

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Elisa M. de Medeiros; John A. Posada; Henk Noorman; Patricia Osseweijer; Rubens Maciel Filho. 2017. "Hydrous bioethanol production from sugarcane bagasse via energy self-sufficient gasification-fermentation hybrid route: Simulation and financial analysis." Journal of Cleaner Production 168, no. : 1625-1635.

Journal article
Published: 07 September 2017 in Life Sciences, Society and Policy
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The concept of mutual responsiveness is currently based on little empirical data in the literature of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). This paper explores RRI’s idea of mutual responsiveness in the light of recent RRI case studies on private sector research and development (R&D). In RRI, responsible innovation is understood as a joint endeavour of innovators and societal stakeholders, who become mutually responsive to each other in defining the ‘right impacts’ of the innovation in society, and in steering the innovation towards realising those impacts. Yet, the case studies identified several reasons for why the idea of mutual responsiveness does not always appear feasible or desirable in actual R&D situations. Inspired by the discrepancies between theory and practice, we suggest three further elaborations for the concept of responsiveness in RRI. Process-responsiveness is suggested for identifying situations that require stakeholder involvement specifically during R&D. Product-responsiveness is suggested for mobilising the potential of innovation products to be adaptable according to diverse stakeholder needs. Presponsiveness is suggested as responsiveness towards stakeholders that are not (yet) reachable at a given time of R&D. Our aim is to contribute to a more tangible understanding of responsiveness in RRI, and suggest directions for further analysis in upcoming RRI case studies.

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Matti Sonck; Lotte Asveld; Laurens Landeweerd; Patricia Osseweijer. Creative tensions: mutual responsiveness adapted to private sector research and development. Life Sciences, Society and Policy 2017, 13, 14 .

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Matti Sonck, Lotte Asveld, Laurens Landeweerd, Patricia Osseweijer. Creative tensions: mutual responsiveness adapted to private sector research and development. Life Sciences, Society and Policy. 2017; 13 (1):14.

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Matti Sonck; Lotte Asveld; Laurens Landeweerd; Patricia Osseweijer. 2017. "Creative tensions: mutual responsiveness adapted to private sector research and development." Life Sciences, Society and Policy 13, no. 1: 14.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2016 in Environmental Science & Policy
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For addressing climate change, public support for changes in policy is needed, as well changes in individual lifestyles. Both of these appear to be intimately related with people’s worldviews. Understanding these worldviews is therefore essential. In order to research and ‘map’ them, we translated the theoretical ‘Integrative Worldview Framework’ (IWF) into an empirical, quantitative approach. We constructed a worldview-scale aiming to distinguish between four major worldviews – labeled traditional, modern, postmodern, and integrative – and explored their interface with opinions and behaviors with respect to climate change. The survey was conducted with representative samples of citizens in the Netherlands and the USA (n = 527 and n = 556). The hypothesized worldviews were found in the data with a reasonable degree of reliability, especially in the Dutch sample. We also found consistent relationships between these worldview-clusters and a range of opinions, political priorities, and behaviors. In both countries postmoderns and integratives displayed significantly more concern about climate change as well as more sustainable behaviors, compared with moderns and traditionals. The implications of these findings for environmental policy and social science are noteworthy.

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Annick De Witt; Joop de Boer; Nicholas Hedlund; Patricia Osseweijer. A new tool to map the major worldviews in the Netherlands and USA, and explore how they relate to climate change. Environmental Science & Policy 2016, 63, 101 -112.

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Annick De Witt, Joop de Boer, Nicholas Hedlund, Patricia Osseweijer. A new tool to map the major worldviews in the Netherlands and USA, and explore how they relate to climate change. Environmental Science & Policy. 2016; 63 ():101-112.

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Annick De Witt; Joop de Boer; Nicholas Hedlund; Patricia Osseweijer. 2016. "A new tool to map the major worldviews in the Netherlands and USA, and explore how they relate to climate change." Environmental Science & Policy 63, no. : 101-112.

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Published: 03 August 2016 in Public Understanding of Science
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Biotechnological innovations prompt a range of societal responses that demand understanding. Research has shown such responses are shaped by individuals’ cultural worldviews. We aim to demonstrate how the Integrative Worldview Framework (IWF) can be used for analyzing perceptions of biotechnology, by reviewing (1) research on public perceptions of biotechnology and (2) analyses of the stakeholder-debate on the bio-based economy, using the Integrative Worldview Framework (IWF) as analytical lens. This framework operationalizes the concept of worldview and distinguishes between traditional, modern, and postmodern worldviews, among others. Applied to these literatures, this framework illuminates how these worldviews underlie major societal responses, thereby providing a unifying understanding of the literature on perceptions of biotechnology. We conclude the IWF has relevance for informing research on perceptions of socio-technical changes, generating insight into the paradigmatic gaps in social science, and facilitating reflexive and inclusive policy-making and debates on these timely issues.

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Annick Hedlund-Dewitt; Patricia Osseweijer; Robin Pierce. Understanding public perceptions of biotechnology through the “Integrative Worldview Framework”. Public Understanding of Science 2016, 26, 70 -88.

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Annick Hedlund-Dewitt, Patricia Osseweijer, Robin Pierce. Understanding public perceptions of biotechnology through the “Integrative Worldview Framework”. Public Understanding of Science. 2016; 26 (1):70-88.

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Annick Hedlund-Dewitt; Patricia Osseweijer; Robin Pierce. 2016. "Understanding public perceptions of biotechnology through the “Integrative Worldview Framework”." Public Understanding of Science 26, no. 1: 70-88.

Journal article
Published: 22 March 2015 in Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
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The approach of responsible research and innovation (RRI) has been proposed to support the introduction of technologies that touch upon socially sensitive issues. RRI is intended to help designers and manufacturers of new technologies identify and accommodate public concerns when developing a new technology by engaging with a wide range of relevant actors in an interactive, transparent process. However what this approach amounts to exactly remains elusive as of yet, i.e. it is unclear what its contribution to the societal embedding of new technologies should consists of exactly. The transition to a sustainable bio-economy that uses biomass as its main resource is a complicated trajectory involving many actors and touching upon societally sensitive issues such as the use of genetic modification. In this paper we pose the question in what way RRI can stimulate the development and diffusion of a sustainable bio-economy in The Netherlands and Europe. We claim that for the further development and diffusion of the bio-economy, trust among actors in the relevant value-chain is a prerequisite. RRI can play a pivotal part in the bio-economy by providing conditions for trustworthiness of actors and by enhancing trusting relationships. This can be achieved through instruments such as personal relationships, third person guarantors, institutions and the communication of values. From the application of RRI to the context of the bio-economy, lessons can be drawn for other socially intricate technological trajectories.

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Lotte Asveld; Jurgen Ganzevles; Patricia Osseweijer. Trustworthiness and Responsible Research and Innovation: The Case of the Bio-Economy. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 2015, 28, 571 -588.

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Lotte Asveld, Jurgen Ganzevles, Patricia Osseweijer. Trustworthiness and Responsible Research and Innovation: The Case of the Bio-Economy. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 2015; 28 (3):571-588.

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Lotte Asveld; Jurgen Ganzevles; Patricia Osseweijer. 2015. "Trustworthiness and Responsible Research and Innovation: The Case of the Bio-Economy." Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 28, no. 3: 571-588.