Aisha So

PhD Candidate
Innovation Studies
a.m.so@uu.nl

Aisha So is PhD candidate at the Copernicus institute of Sustainable Development. As a part of the CropXR project, she investigates the societal aspects of plant breeding innovation and the diverse societal views on the concept of agricultural resilience. What is 'resilience'? According to whom? And how can we connect this to plant breeding innovation and agriculture? Aisha is interested in the underlying dynamics of research and innovation, and she is very motivated to contribute to both their democratization and the realization of constructive dialogue and mutual learning.

Aisha obtained her Bachelor in Nanobiology at Delft University of Technology and the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. For her masters, she studied both Plant Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University. Combining her interests and expertise in biotechnology, policy, and innovation governance, she wrote her master thesis on the roles and responsibilities of plant scientists in the polarized context of genome-edited crops. 

Graduate school affiliations: Netherlands Graduate School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture (WTMC), Netherlands Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences (EPS)