André Rosado

André contributes to capacity-building projects that enable an understanding and application of relevant policies and legal frameworks related to biodiversity, biotechnology and genetic resources. Notably, André works with the coordination and teaching of a PhD course on global policies and legal frameworks for research and development involving plant genetic resources.

Before joining SLU, André spent nearly 7 years with the United Nations System supporting capacity-building programmes for biodiversity and biotechnology across the Global South, particularly in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. He assisted governments in these regions to comply with provisions under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. 

Environmental law and policy lectures in undergraduate courses: 

• 2020-2022, Guest Lecturer. Department of Biology, La Molina National Agrarian University, Peru.

Interdisciplinary research in environmental law and policy for biodiversity, biosafety and genetic resources.

• 2023, STSM Visiting Researcher. Institute for Political Sciences, Heidelberg University, Germany.
• 2020, STSM Visiting Reseacher. Department of Plant Breeding. SLU, Sweden. 
• 2019, Guest Researcher. Department of Plant Breeding. SLU, Sweden.
• 2015-2017, Pre-doctoral Fellow. Regulatory Science Group. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Italy.

Participant in networks: 

• COST Action TOP-AGRI “Towards Zero Pesticides Agriculture: European Network for Sustainability”
• COST Action ROOT-BENEFIT "Beneficial root-associated microorganisms for sustainable agriculture" 
• European Sustainable Agriculture through Genome Editing 
• NetworkNature nature-based solutions community   
• SLU Global

Commission Member in: 

• IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law
• IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy

Academic degrees: 

• Master of Science in Sustainable Development. KU Leuven, Belgium. 2024.
• Master of Laws in Environmental Law and Management. Aberystwyth University, UK. 2023.
• Bachelor of Science in Biology. La Molina National Agrarian University, Peru. 2012.

Other relevant training: 

• Postgraduate diploma in Protocol and Diplomacy. Diplomatic Academy of Peru, Peru. 2015. 
• Postgraduate diploma in International Relations. Diplomatic Academy of Peru, Peru. 2013-2014.
• Undergraduate Studies in Biology and Biotechnology. Dankook University, South Korea. 2010-2011.

Prior employment: 

• 2022. Policy Assistant. Flanders Marine Institute, Belgium.
• 2019-2020. Programme Specialist. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Italy. 
• 2018. Legal Consultant on Biodiversity and Biosafety. The Americas Fund, Peru. 
• 2017-2018. Programme Assistant. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Italy. 
• 2014-2015. Project Assistant. La Molina National Agrarian University, Peru.
• 2013-2014. Biosafety Project Assistant. United Nations Office for Project Services, Peru. 

Dissertations:

• Rosado, A. (2024). Theoretical aspects and an overarching framework to map data ecosystems: A comparative case study. [Master thesis: KU Leuven].
• Rosado, A. (2023). Legal concepts under international and national biosafety law: A comparative assessment of the regulatory status of precision breeding products in selected jurisdictions in the Global South. [Master thesis: Aberystwyth University].

Contributions to books: 

• Rosado, A. (2024). Interpreting precision breeding: Key legal concepts under international law and current domestic regulatory approaches in the Global South. In A. Ricroch, D. Miladinovic, J. Sweet, D. Eriksson, K. Van Laere, E. Wozniak-Gientka (eds.), A Roadmap for Plant Genome Editing. Springer, Cham.

Peer-reviewed articles: 

• Rosado, A. & Eriksson, D. (2022). Biosafety legislation and the regulatory status of the products of precision breeding in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Plants, People, Planet, 1-18.
• Rosado, A. & Craig, W. (2017). Biosafety regulatory systems overseeing the use of genetically modified organisms in the Latin America and Caribbean region. AgBioForum, 20(2), 120-132.

Conference abstracts: 

• Rosado, A., Eriksson, D. (2024). PhD course on global policies and legal frameworks for research and innovation with plant genetic resources. Nordic Conference on Genetic Resources: Posibilities and Urgency. The Nordic Genetic Resources Centre. Sweden.
• Rosado, A. (2024). Policies and regulatory frameworks of plant genome editing in the Global South. 5th AAB-PlantEd Congress: Agricultural Biotechnology in the Era of Genome Editing. Association of Applied Biologists & Ondokuz Mayis University. Turkey. 
• Rosado, A., Eriksson, D. (2021). Overview of biosafety regulations to support the future regulatory status of precision breeding products in some non-EU countries. Second PlantEd Conference Plant Genome Editing. Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council & University of Salento. Italy.
• Rosado, A., Moronta F, Farolfi F, Craig, W. (2019). The ICGEB e-learning portfolio: Key outcomes and lessons learned. 15th International Society for Biosafety Research Symposium. International Society for Biosafety Research. Spain. 

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