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Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics (part 1)
03/07
2008
2008
An Interview with Dr. Thomas Murray (Thomas Murray is President of The Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institute founded in 1969 and based in Garrison, NY.) One of the ... Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics (part 1)
Robotics. A new science
15/05
2008
2008
Fiorella Operto offers some reflections on the conference “Robotics. A new science” that took place in Rome in February at the Accademia dei Lincei. A growing international debate proposes the ... Robotics. A new science
By Any Other Name
08/05
2008
2008
For people new to the work of the Bassetti Foundation, the concept of “responsibility in innovation” can be somewhat elusive. But like most other general concepts, responsibility in innovation is ... By Any Other Name
The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 2)
28/04
2008
2008
(Mariachiara Tallacchini offers here an introduction to Jasanoff’s STS approach – …continues from the previous entry). … In her more recent and complex work, published in the United States in ... The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 2)
The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 1)
21/04
2008
2008
The fourth Lecture of the Fondazione Giannino Bassetti will feature prof. Sheila Jasanoff, professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University, one of ... The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 1)
Governance and participation in nanotechnology
07/04
2008
2008
A look at Wikipedia gives a thorough if not quite technical description of what nanotechnology is or could be defined as. The description opens with “Nanotechnology is a highly multidisciplinary ... Governance and participation in nanotechnology
Design-Push Innovation: Changing Accepted Meanings (part 2)
21/03
2008
2008
(An interview with Roberto Verganti – …continues from the previous entry) Jeff Ubois: There was a Japanese cartoon that had flashing robot eyes. They were strobing at a rate that ... Design-Push Innovation: Changing Accepted Meanings (part 2)
Design-Push Innovation: Changing Accepted Meanings (part 1)
19/03
2008
2008
An interview with Roberto Verganti Roberto Verganti is a visiting scholar in the Technology and Operations Management unit at the Harvard Business School, and Professor of Management of Innovation at ... Design-Push Innovation: Changing Accepted Meanings (part 1)
Building a bridge between science and society
27/02
2008
2008
Looking for the foundations of the communication of science. (Bergamo, February 14-15 2008) by Roberta Gabbatore (See the images) On Thursday 14th February 2008 in the splendid setting of the ... Building a bridge between science and society
New Rites For Democracy?
27/02
2008
2008
On February 15th 2008, at the premises of the Bassetti Foundation in Milan, the sociologist of science Brian Wynne opened the seminar chaired by Piero Bassetti and Mariachiara Tallacchini about ... New Rites For Democracy?
A seminar on governance and science at the Bassetti Foundation in Milan
21/02
2008
2008
(Photos) On Friday 15th February 2008, at the premises of the Bassetti Foundation in Milan, Piero Bassetti opened the seminar on Science and Governance introducing Brian Wynne, chairman of the ... A seminar on governance and science at the Bassetti Foundation in Milan
Robotics: a new science
16/02
2008
2008
The International Symposium “Robotics: a new science” takes place on Wednesday 20th of February 2008 at Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Via Della Lungara 10 in Rome. The conference is ... Robotics: a new science