The researchers are working on the innovative concept of safe-by-design for industrial biotechnology and how this can be put into researchers daily practice. In contrast to  often applied add-on measures and protocols aiming for inherent safety once a product has been designed, the safe by design approach stimulates inclusion of safety at the start of each experimental design.

For experimental designs that are ‘safe-by-design’ you would want to include various stakeholder perspectives as early in the design process as possible, varying from initial (experimental) designs to coming up with ideas for a product; its use, purpose, the risks etc. This is, however, a daunting task as at that moment of the research there are still so many uncertainties and unknown risks to consider. How to design for safety if the use is still unknown let alone who to engage? Hence, the researchers are developing means to stimulate responsible learning for possible stakeholders. A protocol for inherent safe design and a serious game for biosafety and biosecurity are being developed.