Supporting decision-making for sustainable nanotechnology

Ineke Malsch (), Vrishali Subramanian, Elena Semenzin, Danail Hristozov and Antonio Marcomini
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Ineke Malsch: Malsch TechnoValuation
Vrishali Subramanian: Ca’ Foscari University
Elena Semenzin: Ca’ Foscari University
Danail Hristozov: Ca’ Foscari University
Antonio Marcomini: Ca’ Foscari University

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2015, vol. 35, issue 1, 54-75

Abstract: Abstract Understanding how stakeholders manage risks associated with nanomaterials is a key input to the design of strategies and tools to achieve safe and sustainable nanomanufacturing. The paper presents some results of a study aiming firstly to inform the development of a software decision support tool. Further, we seek also to understand existing tools used by stakeholders as a source of capabilities and potential adaptation into decision support framework and tools. Central research questions of this study are: How is collective decision-making on risk management and sustainable nanomaterials organised? Which aspects are taken into account in this collective decision-making? And what role can a decision support tool play in such decision-making? The paper analyses 13 responses to a questionnaire survey held among participants in a meeting in October 2013 and a series of 27 semi-structured telephone interviews conducted from January until April 2014 with decision-makers from mainly European industry and regulators involved in risk management and sustainable manufacturing of nanomaterials. Findings from the study on the social organisation of collective decision-making, aspects taken into account in decisions and potential role of decision support tools are presented.

Keywords: Nanomaterials; Decision support; Risk management; Sustainable manufacturing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s10669-015-9539-4

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