Patricia is full professor and group leader Biotechnology and Society, at the Department of Biotechnology, TU Delft. She is the Flagship Manager of the BE-Basic program “Societal embedding of a Sustainable Biobased Society” (14 M€) and coordinator for the BE-Basic activities in Brazil and Malaysia. She is advisor of the Brazilian Bioenergy program.

During her career she organised the international course, “Bioethics and public perceptions” in Oxford  among others. Her research interests focus on responsible biobased innovation -in particular on its societal impact-, public opinion forming, novel designs of public communication and their relevance for policy making and ethics. She aims to bridge societal challenges to (bio)technology solutions and encourages engineers to think from a society’s perspective. 

Royal recognition

Patricia Osseweijer has received royal recognition and is now Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau. With her pioneering work and expertise at the intersection of social sciences and biotechnology, Professor Osseweijer has put the Netherlands and TU Delft on the map. In 2015, she received the Distinguished NIAS Lorentz Fellowship, an award given annually to an outstanding researcher engaged in innovative interdisciplinary research.