Many MU departments and programs contribute cutting edge research on the ethics, policy, economics, law, sociology, and media coverage of the life sciences. The Life Sciences and Society Program greatly benefits from the strong disciplinary foundation of the MU campus and seeks to make connections across them to enhance their value and scope.
Recent Scholarship
  Agricultural Economics
Chemistry
  Ethics
  Health Management and Informatics
  Journalism
  Law
  Philosophy
  Political Science
  Rural Sociology
  Sociology
Agricultural Economics
 
Book
  • Kalaitzandonakes, N. (ed.). Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech: A Global Perspective, Kluwer-Plenum Academic Publishers, New York, 2003.
Book Chapters
  • James, H. and Rassekh, F. "Smith and Friedman on the Pursuit of Self-Interest and Profit," in D. Wasieleski (ed.), Ethics, Pearson Custom Publishing, Forthcoming. (Reprinted from L. Hartman, Perspectives in Business Ethics, 2/e, Chicago, IL: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2002, 248-256.)
  • Buccola, S.T. and Y. Xia. "The Strength and Structure of Intellectual Bio-Property Market" in Seeds of Change: Intellectual Property Protection for Agricultural Biotechnology, Jay Kesan (Ed.), CABI Publishing of Oxford, 2006.
  • Bradford, K.J., J.M. Alston, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. Regulation of Biotechnology for Specialty Crops. In Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy. R. Just, et al., eds. Springer, p. 683-97, 2006.
  • Kalaitzandonakes, N., J.M. Alston, and K. J. Bradford. Compliance Costs for Regulatory Approval of New Biotech Crops. In Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy. R. Just, et al., eds. Springer, p. 37-57, 2006.
  • Barnes, J., H. James and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "An Application of the Coasian Lens to GMO Regulation" in New Ideas in Contracting and Organizational Economics Research. H. James, editor. Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2005.
  • James, H. "Public Trust and Support for Biotechnology: Lessons for Post-Market Surveillance of GM Foods," in A. Bellows, (ed.), Focus on Agricultural Economics, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2005, 77-90.
  • Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Kaufman, "Electronic Trading, Structural Change and the Future of Agricultural Commodity Exchange" in E-Commerce in Agribusiness, T. Smitz, et al., Iowa State University Press, 2005.
  • Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and Steven S. Vickner, "Consumer Purchasing Behavior Toward GM foods in Europe" in Consumer Acceptance of Biotech Foods, R. Evenson and V. Santaniello (Eds.), Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishers, p. 23-39, 2004.
  • Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Parcell, "Do Agricultural Commodities Prices Respond to GMO Bans?" in Consumer Acceptance of Biotech Foods, R. Evenson and V. Santaniello (Eds.), Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishers, p. 1-8, 2004.
  • Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Kaufman, "Innovation in Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods" in The Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science, K. Hunt (Ed.), Marcel Dekker NY, 2004.
  • Kalaitzandonakes, N., "The Future of Agrobiotechnology: Implications for National Competitiveness" in Agricultural Biotechnology, Bhalgat, M., W. Ridely, A. Felsot, and J. Seiber (Eds.), Oxford University Press, Washington, D.C., p. 21-36, 2004.
  • Marks, L.A. "In Industries in Europe: Competition, Trends and Policy Issues" in Biotechnology (2nd Edition). Peter Johnson (ed.), London: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. pp. 170-203, 2003.
 
  
Journal Articles
  • Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and L. Wilkins, "Mass Media Framing of Biotechnology News." Public Understanding of Science, Forthcoming.
  • James, H. "Sustainable Agriculture and Free Market Economics: Finding Common Ground in Adam Smith," Agriculture and Human Values, 23(4), 2006, 427-438.
  • Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes and S. Konduru, "Images of Globalization in the Mass Media." World Economy, 29(5), 615-36, 2006.
  • Kalaitzandonakes, N. "Cartagena Protocol: A New Trade Barrier." Regulation, 29(2), 18-25, Summer 2006.
  • James, H. "Trust in Scientists and Food Manufacturers: Implications for the Public Support of Biotechnology," Journal of Agribusiness, 24(2), 2006, 119-133.
  • James, H. and Sykuta, M. "Farmer Trust in Producer- and Investor-owned Firms: Evidence from Missouri Corn and Soybean Producers," Agribusiness: An International Journal, 22(1), 2006, 135-153.
  • Alston, J., K. Bradford, and N. Kalaitzandonakes, "The Economics of Horticultural Biotechnology." Journal of Crop Improvement, 18(1/2), 413-31, 2005.
  • Hendrickson, M. and James, H. "The Ethics of Constrained Choice: How the Industrialization of Agriculture Impacts Farming and Farmer Behavior," Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 18(3), 2005, 269-291.
  • Xia, Y. and Buccola, S.T. "University Life Science Programs and Agricultural Biotechnology." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 87 (February 2005): 229-243.
  • Kalaitzandonakes, N., L.A. Marks, and S. Vickner, "Sentiments and Acts Towards GMOs." International Journal of Biotechnology, 7(1-3), 161-177, 2005.
  • James, H. "The Ethical Challenges in Farming: A Report on Conversations with Missouri Corn and Soybean Producers," Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 11(2), 2005, 239-248.
  • Parcell, J. and N. Kalaitzandonakes, "Do Agricultural Commodity Prices Respond To Bans Against Bioengineered Crops?" Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 52 (2): 201-09, 2004.
  • Kalaitzandonakes, N., L.A. Marks, and S.S. Vickner, "Media Coverage of Biotech Foods, and Influence on Consumer Choice." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(5): 1238-46, 2004.
  • Buccola, S.T. and Xia, Y. "The Rate of Progress in Agricultural Biotechnology." Review of Agricultural Economics, 26 (Spring 2004): 3-18.
  • Kalaitzandonakes, N., "Another look at Biotech Regulation" Regulation, 27 (1): 44-50, 2004.
  • Kalaitzandonakes, N. and A. Magnier, "Biotech Labeling Standards and Compliance Costs in Seed Production." Choices Magazine, Second Quarter, 2004.
  • Xia, Y. "Financing Agricultural Research in the New Biotechnology Era." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 85 (December 2003): 1259-1265.
  • James, H. "On Finding Solutions to Ethical Problems in Agriculture," Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 16(5), 2003, 439-457.
  • Kalaitzandonakes N. and J. Bijman, "So Who's Driving Biotech Acceptance?" Nature Biotechnology, 21(4): 336-39, 2003.
  • James, H. "The Effect of Trust on Public Support for Biotechnology: Evidence from the U.S. Biotechnology Study, 1997-1998," Agribusiness: An International Journal, 19(2), 2003, 155-168.
  • Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and S.S. Vickner, "Evaluating Consumer Response to GM Foods: Some Methodological Considerations" Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues 4(1): 80-94, 2003.
  • Marks, L., N. Kalaitzandonakes, L. Zakharova, "Media Coverage of Agrobiotechnology: Did the Butterfly Have an Effect?" Journal of Agribusiness, 21(1): 1-20, 2003.