Joyce Tait is the former Director and now Scientific Advisor of the ESRC Innogen Centre (Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics).
She is a Professor in the University of Edinburgh with an interdisciplinary background, covering natural and social sciences, particularly developments in life sciences, strategic and operational decision making in companies and public bodies; policy analysis; risk assessment and regulation; Foresight; and public attitudes and communication. Current research foci include GM crops, stem cells, genetic databases, the agro-biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries and their governance, and synthetic genomics. She is a member of: the Board of Directors of the Scottish Stem Cell Network; the Scientific and Technical Council of the International Risk Governance Council and the Governing Council of the Roslin Institute.
