{"id":12441,"date":"2020-05-18T13:52:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T11:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/ansatte\/richard-helliwell\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T15:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:23:32","slug":"richard-helliwell","status":"publish","type":"employees","link":"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/en\/employees\/richard-helliwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Helliwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ui-provider gp b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">Richard Helliwell is a senior researcher at Ruralis based in Trondheim, Norway. Richard\u2019s research covers a variety of topics at the interface of environmental, agricultural, science and policy issues. This has included the social and ethical dimensions of plant genome editing, antimicrobial resistance in livestock, animal health and welfare governance, and the implications for rural and agricultural systems of the bioeconomy. 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