Technoscience and life sciences

Bernd Stahl, Recent Articles of Interest

I would like to draw readers’ attention to two recently published articles on Responsible Innovation. Both are written or co-authored by Bernd Carsten Stahl of De Montfort University, are freely available through open access platforms and offer plenty of food for thought. The first article is entitled Responsible research and innovation: The role of privacy ... Bernd Stahl, Recent Articles of Interest

Jonathan Hankins

22/10
2013 4min
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Game changers: Frontiers of Interaction

Torna a Milano Frontiers of Interaction (FOI), “spettacolo ibrido” che innesta musica, installazioni interattive, laboratori, incontri ad un convegno internazionale mutato in evento. È un momento esperienziale da cui, chi ne sa cogliere il flusso, può estrarre veramente molte cose: sapere, piacere, incontri. Più che rivolgersi a coloro che vengono chiamati “game changers”, sembra essere ... Game changers: Frontiers of Interaction

Tommaso Correale Santacroce

08/10
2013 2min
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Blogging Responsible Innovation

In this post I would like to take a look at how and where Responsible Innovation is addressed through blogging. Last week saw the launch of the (University of) Manchester Policy Blogs. The blogs provide a platform for researchers and academics to blog about policy-related issues, including how science policy relates to and interacts with ... Blogging Responsible Innovation

Jonathan Hankins

03/10
2013 6min
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Responsible Innovation Links the Future to the Present

The new edition of Research Fortnight carries an article on open access by Jack Stilgoe entitled “Responsible innovation links the future to the present”. In this short piece Stilgoe argues that “The effects of science are unpredictable, unevenly spread and increasingly disruptive. We need to do more to shape technologies before they are fully formed”. ... Responsible Innovation Links the Future to the Present

Redazione FGB

27/09
2013 1min
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NIH program explores the use of genomic sequencing in newborn healthcare

The US National Institutes of Health has announced that it will spend $25 million over five years to support a program looking into the medical and ethical repercussions of sequencing the DNA of babies. The awards will fund studies on the potential for genome and exome sequencing to expand and improve newborn health care. Genomic ... NIH program explores the use of genomic sequencing in newborn healthcare

Redazione FGB

16/09
2013 1min
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Elena Cattaneo e Giuseppe Testa a confronto sulle staminali etiche

Non molto tempo prima di essere nominata senatrice a vita, Elena Cattaneo, direttrice del laboratorio Stem Cell Biology and Pharamacology of Neurodegenerative Diseases dell’Università di Milano, era stata intervistata per la rivista Tecnoscienza dalla sociologa Assunta Viteritti, dell’Università La Sapienza di Roma. Dal lungo articolo pubblicato nell’ultimo numero, disponibile gratuitamente online, emergono bene le difficoltà ... Elena Cattaneo e Giuseppe Testa a confronto sulle staminali etiche

Margherita Fronte

10/09
2013 4min
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Winter School on the Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Technologies

The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU) will hold its Second Annual Winter School on the Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Technologies on January 3-10, 2014, at Saguaro Lake Ranch in Mesa, AZ. The CNS-ASU Winter School is designed to give an introduction to and practical experience with the methods and theory ... Winter School on the Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Technologies

Redazione FGB

19/08
2013 1min
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Developing a Framework for Responsible Innovation

Last month Jack Stilgoe, Richard Owen and Phil Macnaghten published an open access article in the Research Policy journal that is available through the Science Direct website entitled ‘Developing a Framework for Responsible Innovation’. Readers will probably know Stilgoe from various references made on this site including his ‘Year (and a bit) in responsible Innovation’ ... Developing a Framework for Responsible Innovation

Jonathan Hankins

26/07
2013 7min
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World Economic Forum Global Information Technology Report

The World Economic Forum recently released its Global Information Technology Report 2013. The report has a Network Readiness Index that aims to measure how prepared countries are to adopt and make the most of new technology. Factors such as investment in broadband and other telecommunications fields obviously enter, but so does the quality of the ... World Economic Forum Global Information Technology Report

Redazione FGB

19/07
2013 2min
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Neuroetica: nascita di una disciplina. Dai laboratori alla vita quotidiana.

Si è svolta all’Università di Padova, dall’8 al 10 maggio 2013, la quinta edizione del Convegno Scientifico Internazionale di Neuroetica, dal titolo Neuroetica: Nascita di una disciplina. Dai laboratori alla vita quotidiana. Nella prestigiosa cornice dell’Aula Nievo, al Palazzo del Bo, si sono confrontati studiosi di assoluto spessore, impegnati a meglio definire i confini di ... Neuroetica: nascita di una disciplina. Dai laboratori alla vita quotidiana.

Andrea Lavazza

16/07
2013 7min
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Pastor Adam Mabry in Conversation

Many of the debates surrounding the issues that we address at the Bassetti Foundation could relate in some way to a lack of absolutism. An individual must make moral and ethical decisions without a black and white idea of right and wrong (in the biblical sense). Conversations surrounding this idea led me to take up ... Pastor Adam Mabry in Conversation

Jonathan Hankins

12/07
2013 18min
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Il DNA diventa social

I percorsi che una tecnologia intraprende una volta che è stata messa a punto e resa disponibile alla collettività vanno spesso molto al di là di quanto chi l’ha sviluppata avesse in mente. Così, se la rivoluzione nella medicina pronosticata dai promotori del Progetto genoma di fatto non c’è ancora stata, il DNA è invece ... Il DNA diventa social

Margherita Fronte

02/07
2013 8min
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