The project was handled by a core research group consisting of two researchers (the authors) and two managers from different municipalities, and a project group consisting of representatives from all the municipalities, the interest group Norsk Vann, and the two researchers.
The centerpiece of the study was three invitation-only workshops that brought together the study leads and the core research group for structured discussions of the benefits, risks, and governance options for genome editing.
Two years ago, on the verge of mass deployment of DISCO surveillance, Professor Lau transferred me out of the core research group with the official excuse that I would be "appointed with other tasks". I was set up with a sinecure in a mental-health management agency in Shenzhen.
The study leads and core research group have backgrounds in various disciplines, including the life sciences, social sciences, and the humanities, an approach designed to ensure a rigorous research process underpinned by the inclusion of a variety of perspectives, and further complemented by numerous areas of expertise.
As the project group was mainly concerned with giving feedback, all the heavy lifting of the project was left to the core research group.
The scenario specifics and consequences that are not included were omitted from the analysis based on the screening process (interviews, project group and core research group discussion).
In the following, the financial and resource use of the core research group and the project group are discussed, and the sub case studies and their expected results are explained in more detail.
Based on the feedback from municipalities within the questionnaires, work with the project group, and a literature study, the core research group produced a document to identify the most relevant future consequences for the Norwegian urban drinking water network based on the main scenarios identified in Table 2.
More generally, it should be considered whether enough expertise exists in the core research group to perform the computational steps of an assembly.
As approved by the Research Ethics Committee, samples were anonymised upon collection therefore, for research undertaken outside the core research group, surname data and full date of birth will be excluded.
