Experts play important roles in global biotech governance. In serving their roles, they are often selected based on their expertise rather than the representativeness of social diversity. However, current biotechnology development generates many value-laden issues. This led us to ask what may affect experts’ attitudes towards such issues, besides expertise. In this paper, we explored experts’ attitudes towards human genetic data governance—a value-laden global challenge. Thirty-two experts from 12 countries were interviewed regarding their attitudes towards the commercialization of, global sharing of, and personal privacy protection in acquiring and using human genetic data. By analysing the interview transcripts with thematic analysis, we found that experts differ in their attitudes, and organizational affiliation and national regulatory context influence their attitudes. The results call for rethinking the role of epistemic community and facilitating inclusive participation of experts from various socioeconomic backgrounds in addressing global challenges.

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让专家参与全球生物技术治理：是什么影响了他们对充满价值的挑战的判断？

专家在全球生物技术治理中发挥着重要作用。在担任他们的角色时，他们通常是根据他们的专业知识而不是社会多样性的代表性来选择的。然而，当前的生物技术发展产生了许多充满价值的问题。这导致我们询问除了专业知识之外，还有哪些因素会影响专家对此类问题的态度。在本文中，我们探讨了专家对人类基因数据治理的态度——这是一项充满价值的全球挑战。采访了来自 12 个国家的 32 位专家，就他们对获取和使用人类基因数据的商业化、全球共享和个人隐私保护的态度进行了采访。通过对访谈笔录进行主题分析，我们发现专家们的态度不同，和组织隶属关系和国家监管环境影响他们的态度。结果要求重新思考认知社区的作用，并促进来自不同社会经济背景的专家在应对全球挑战中的包容性参与。