Political responsibility in innovation: a challenge for the new Statute of the Region of Lombardy

The latest issue of the Quaderni dell’IRER (Istituto Regionale di Ricerca della Lombardia – Regional Research Institute of Lombardy) contains the proceedings of the June 2006 conference on Technical and ... Political responsibility in innovation: a challenge for the new Statute of the Region of Lombardy

An Interview with Dr.Marc Smith

Dr. Marc Smith is a Senior Research Sociologist leading the Community Technologies Group at Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA. His group focuses on computer-mediated collective action, and he studies and ... An Interview with Dr.Marc Smith

How to map complex issues?

In this interview, taken at the Cerisy colloquium organised by Bruno Latour and Philippe Descola on “L’anthropologie historique de la raison scientifique“, (July 12th- 19th 2006), Cristina Grasseni gathered Bruno ... How to map complex issues?

Transparency, Privacy, and Responsibility: An Interview with Jeff Jonas

More directly and obviously than many forms of innovation, software embodies the values of those who create it. This is particularly true of software used to monitor and direct human ... Transparency, Privacy, and Responsibility: An Interview with Jeff Jonas

Responsibility in Innovation: A Survey of Coming Attractions in Nanotechnology

A Conversation with Lawrence Gasman Lawrence Gasman is the cofounder of NanoMarkets, LLC and author of the recent book, Nanotechnology Applications and Markets, which examines the market for nanotechnology in ... Responsibility in Innovation: A Survey of Coming Attractions in Nanotechnology

Is responsible innovation participatory, and if so, how?

Cristina Grasseni Professor Galison, you have seen that, as a Foundation devoted to promote responsible innovation, we have set out to try and answer a few questions, which we have ... Is responsible innovation participatory, and if so, how?

Christine Peterson of the Foresight Institute

Christine Peterson of the Foresight Institute on Nanotechnology Christine Peterson writes, lectures, and briefs the media on coming powerful technologies, especially nanotechnology. She is Founder and Vice President, Public Policy, ... Christine Peterson of the Foresight Institute

Towards a New Model of Management for the Governance of Innovation. Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

Over the past few years the blog ‘Innovation, Risk and Governance’ has explored a variety of topics, but it is possible to identify two core (although not always necessarily related) ... Towards a New Model of Management for the Governance of Innovation. Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

Experiments Without Borders? Ethical and Participatory Approaches to New Technologies

Sheila Jasanoff delivered with the utmost elegance of a Harvard Professor the BIOS Annual Lecture chaired by Nikolas Rose at the London School of Economics the 15th of June 2006. ... Experiments Without Borders? Ethical and Participatory Approaches to New Technologies

Genetic Testing and its Implications: an interview with Dr. Arthur Caplan

Currently, Dr. Caplan is the Emmanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and the Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University ... Genetic Testing and its Implications: an interview with Dr. Arthur Caplan

An Interview With Dr. Ignacio Chapela

Ignacio Chapela is an assistant professor at University of California Berkeley, who, with colleague David Quist, discovered that illegally grown, genetically modified corn contaminated traditional heirloom corn in Oaxaca, Mexico. ... An Interview With Dr. Ignacio Chapela

Introduction

Over the next few months, I’ll be exploring issues related to responsibility in innovation by exploring technologies with significant but not always obvious societal implications through a series of interviews ... Introduction