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Handling Global Challenges
Managing Biosafety and Biodiversity in a Global World
EU, US, California and Comparative Perspectives
Project
This international and interdisciplinary project aims to compare regulatory policies of the European Union, the United States and California, both in general and with regard to biosafety and biodiversity, and to explore how regulatory cooperation between California, the United States and the European Union can be strengthened. California is chosen as a specific case, in the context of the United States, because it has emerged as a regulatory policy leader in the United States. Historically, California has been a regulatory first-mover at both the national and international levels. The European Union has increasingly taken up this role at the global level. The focus of the project will be both to understand general regulatory issues and to apply these to two policy areas: biosafety and biodiversity.
With regard to general topics the project (and invited papers) will focus on:
- the politics of regulation
- the political economy of regulatory competition and cooperation
- specific issues such as the “California Effect” and the “Soft Power” of the European Union
