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Denise Flaherty-Roussilhon

Research Associate, Faculty of Science, Athena Institute

Research Associate, Network Institute

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Denise Flaherty Roussilhon is a junior lecturer, (interim) communications officer, and researcher at the Athena Institute. She teaches courses at the interface of science and society, manages the website for the Athena Institute, supports researchers and educators to share their good news externally, and supports research for the Holomicrobiome project.

She has a background in biotechnology, and is particularly interested in how legislation and policy, societal preferences, and economic markets interact to influence development trajectories of sustainable and/or societally relevant emerging innovations.

Broad topics of interest include: artificial intelligence (gen AI), the human microbiome, (industrial) biotechnology, inclusive health care/systems, EU 'sustainability' legislation (NFRD, CSRD, Taxonomy), and the ambiguiousness the word sustainable.

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