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Submission of Evidence to The Cabinet Office Enquiry on The Biological Security Strategy

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Hobson, Thomas 
Edwards, Brett 
Sutherland, William 
Sundaram, Lalitha 
O hEigeartaigh, Sean 

Abstract

This is a joint submission from researchers at the Centre for the Study of Existential Riski and BioRISC - Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine’sii , alongside collaborators from the University of Bath, the University of Bradford and the Biological Security Research Centre at London Metropolitan University. We argue here that there are a number of cross-cutting lessons to be learned from extant approaches to biosecurity, but that UK biological security — and the role of the UK as a soft-power leader in biosecurity globally — would be greatly enriched by the following: • Work to enhance the capacity and policy participation of civil society and academic actors in developing and implementing the UK’s biological security strategy on an ongoing basis • Work to further enhance biosecurity and bioethics education across both practice and policy communities • Further developing an approach that sees biological security as intrinsically connected to a number of other intersecting concerns, most notably, environmental degradation and climate change. • Establishing a national coordinating institution to act as a focal point for the UK’s national biological security strategy.

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biosecurity, policy, UK Government, Biosecurity Education, Collaboration, Civil Society, Horizon Scanning

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Cabinet Office

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