ask and ye shall receive, h/t to https://community.skuid.com/t/readonly-picklist-radio-buttons-can-still-be-changed-on-…
add a line
field.options.type = 'RADIO_BUTTONS';
before your skuid.ui.fieldRenderers
So Robin you might try
value = skuid.utils.decodeHTML(arguments[1]); field.options.type = 'RADIO_BUTTONS'; skuid.ui.fieldRenderers[field.metadata.displaytype][field.mode]