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Science and society: the Bassetti Foundation was present at the UE’s Forum

The European Union action portfolio Science and society includes projects funded by the European Commission that aim at finding a common ground of action with reference to the perception of science in the public domain. The public forum held at Bruxelles from 9th to 11th March 2005 aimed at assessing, five years after the Lisbon ... Science and society: the Bassetti Foundation was present at the UE’s Forum

Project ‘Public Participation and Governance of Innovation’

The Bassetti Foundation with the collaboration of IRER and Observadeveloped, between July 2003 and September 2004, an institutional experiment in dialogue by experts, citizens and stakeholders. The project was promoted by Lombardy Region . This page contains the links to the documents published in the Bassetti Foundation web site 6 July 2004 – Governance of ... Project ‘Public Participation and Governance of Innovation’

Can Citizen Participation Enrich Research Policy?

Nuclear power, GMOs, stem cells: the more science advances, the more society seems to make resistance. We often say and hear that this vision has been surpassed by increasingly sophisticated analyses of the relationships between research and the citizens. Indeed, one could trace the history of the policy framing of such relationships by analysing the ... Can Citizen Participation Enrich Research Policy?

Paul Dumouchel

Paul Dumouchel is Professor in the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto) where he teaches political philosophy as well as philosophy of sciences. His main fields of research are philosohy of social and biological sciences, as well as political philosophy. He is the author of Emotions (Paris: les empécheurs de ... Paul Dumouchel

Luisa Damiano

(Update on March, 2013) Luisa Damiano (PhD) is a Research Fellow in Philosophy of Science at the University of Bergamo (Italy), where she just established, together with Gianluca Bocchi, the Epistemology of the Sciences of the Artificial Research Group (ESARG). Her main research fields are: – Epistemology of Cognitive Sciences and Philosophy of Mind, with ... Luisa Damiano

Luisa Damiano
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Public Participation and the Governance of Innovation: main Results of the research project promoted by Lombardia Region, Irer, Bassetti Foundation and Observa.

Public Participation and the Governance of Innovation: evaluation of procedures for citizens involvement Main Results from of the research project promoted by Lombardia Region, Irer, Bassetti Foundation and Observa. Techno-scientific innovations with an impact on the lives of citizens are increasingly at the centre of strong debates. Issues like medical and agricultural biotechnologies and emergencies ... Public Participation and the Governance of Innovation: main Results of the research project promoted by Lombardia Region, Irer, Bassetti Foundation and Observa.

“Public Participation and Governance of Innovation” Project: an institutional experiment in dialogue by experts, citizens and stakeholders.

This project, promoted by Lombardy Region with the collaboration of the Fondazione Bassetti and Observa, made a significant advance in March, when meetings were organised for citizens from Lombardy Region (selected by district, age, gender and educational level), experts, biotech companies and representatives of farmers’, consumers’ and environmentalists’ associations. The issue for discussion at the ... “Public Participation and Governance of Innovation” Project: an institutional experiment in dialogue by experts, citizens and stakeholders.

Genomics and sustainable medicine : Interview with President of The Hastings Center, Thomas Murray

On 14 April 2005 Thomas Murray, president of The Hastings Center, was interviewed by Cristina Grasseni and Piero Bassetti during his visit to the Rockefeller Foundation headquarters in Bellagio (Como, Italy) to take part in a working conference about genetics and genomics knowledge in medical innovation ————– Cristina Grasseni – Maybe we could start by ... Genomics and sustainable medicine : Interview with President of The Hastings Center, Thomas Murray

Nanotechnologies: how the subject has been covered in the Bassetti Foundation website

Articles on the theme of Nanotechnologies are amongst the most widely read in this site. Consequently, a few months ago we introduced a page that brings together references to the various texts in the site that discuss this topic. Over the last few days, I have been reviewing that page and adding some links. Particularly ... Nanotechnologies: how the subject has been covered in the Bassetti Foundation website

Nanotechnology: Swiss Re investigates the opportunities and risks of nanotechnology from an insurance perspective

London / Zurich, 10 May 2004 – The use of nanotechnology in industrial and commercial production, although still in its infancy, is growing rapidly. Swiss Re addressed the opportunities and risks of nanotechnology at a media conference in London as part of its contribution to open risk dialogue. The publication "Nanotechnology: Small matter, many unknowns" ... Nanotechnology: Swiss Re investigates the opportunities and risks of nanotechnology from an insurance perspective

Nanotechnologies: risk study initiatives

The following excerpts are taken from the article: Nanotechnology: Looking As We Leap, di Ernie Hood pubblicato in Environmental Health Perspectives (the peer-reviewed journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences), Settembre 2004. ‘To ensure that nanotechnology flourishes responsibly and with strong public support, Kulinowski [NbE: Kristen Kulinowski, executive director for education and policy ... Nanotechnologies: risk study initiatives

Latest updates in the blog ‘Innovation, Risk and Governance’

I have posted the last of a triad of ‘guideline’ entries for readers and potential contributors in my blog ‘Innovation, Risk & Governance‘. The first post on ‘Conceptualising Innovation: A theoretical and practical agenda‘ delineates the theoretical guidelines, perceived as being also of interest to practitioners, about Innovation, which is understood as social and economic ... Latest updates in the blog ‘Innovation, Risk and Governance’