Journal of Responsible Innovation, Special Issue on Public engagement in contested political contexts

As regular readers will know, 2021 brought great changes to the Journal of Responsible Innovation as it took on Open Access status. Alongside a celebratory ‘bumper issue’ (reviewed here), two supplement Special Issues were released. In this post we offer an overview of the first with a review of the second to follow. As Shannon ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Special Issue on Public engagement in contested political contexts

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Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 7, Issue 3 reviewed – Part 2

(This is the second part of the review of vol 7, issue 3. Here the first.) This mammoth issue of the Journal continues with Civic ethics as a normative framework for responsible research and innovation by Félix Lozano and Irene Monsonís-Payá. In this article the authors explore the potential of discursive ethics proposed by Habermas ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 7, Issue 3 reviewed – Part 2

Jonathan Hankins

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 7, Issue 3 reviewed – Part 1

December 2020 saw the release of Issue 3 of Volume 7 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation. It was a bumper issue, with 25 articles and perspectives, a celebration of the journal’s move to becoming an open access publication. In this post we review the first half of the publication, offering an overview and summary ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 7, Issue 3 reviewed – Part 1

Jonathan Hankins

Corso di Perfezionamento in Etica e Metodologia della Sperimentazione Clinica Oncologica

Coordinatore: Gianluca Vago Co-coordinatore: Virginia Sanchini Segnaliamo il Corso di Perfezionamento in Etica e Metodologia della Sperimentazione Clinica Oncologica, promosso dal Dipartimento di Oncologia ed Emato-Oncologia dell’Università degli Studi di Milano. Il Corso si propone di fornire il know-how etico, metodologico e regolatorio necessario per condurre sperimentazioni cliniche oncologiche e si rivolge a tutte le ... Corso di Perfezionamento in Etica e Metodologia della Sperimentazione Clinica Oncologica

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ROSIE Project Final Virtual Meeting, a Review

The ROSIE: RESPONSIBLE & INNOVATIVE SMEs IN CENTRAL EUROPE project held its final event (virtually) on 23 June 2020, a celebration and presentation of three year’s work carried out across 8 central European countries and involving 11 partners. The aim of the project was to improve skills among entrepreneurs and innovation actors and to promote ... ROSIE Project Final Virtual Meeting, a Review

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Collaboration during COVID-19 | Bottom-up and open source initiatives: report them here!

( Update: April 9, 2020. We therefore await your reports to: anticovid19@fondazionebassetti.org ) Finding concrete answers to the needs emerging from the pandemic. From the 3D printing of respirator valves to systems for tracing contagion in real time, from the production of protective clothing that help prevent the contagion of medical workers to protein folding ... Collaboration during COVID-19 | Bottom-up and open source initiatives: report them here!

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PhD Position in the field of Ethics in the Life Sciences, Wageningen University

Wageningen University (NL) have advertised a post for a PhD candidate in the field of ethics in the life sciences, doing ontological and ethical investigations of cell-factories and their applications. The position is part of the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies Gravitation program, a new ten year long international research program of seven universities in ... PhD Position in the field of Ethics in the Life Sciences, Wageningen University

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The SIENNA Project. Webinar on technology, legal issues and human rights challenges 5 March 2020

The SIENNA project addresses ethical issues in three new and emerging technology areas: human genomics, human enhancement and human-machine interaction. These areas all come with major socio-economic impact and raise issues related to human rights, the project aiming to identify and assess ethical issues and risks and produce three ethical frameworks. The SIENNA project has ... The SIENNA Project. Webinar on technology, legal issues and human rights challenges 5 March 2020

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Call for papers Special Issue in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Special Issue in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics The Normative Dimension of Transformations towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy – Expanding the Economic Perspective The editors invite papers for a special issue which will focus on the ethical aspects to be considered in a transformation to a sustainable bioeconomy. Motivation Recent discussions have shown that ... Call for papers Special Issue in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

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The Future Of Positive Packaging. Call for Application.

Call for Applications: Part of the Positive Packaging Program by Perrier, SoScience launches in September the sixth edition of The Future Of: more info here 30-50 experts and professionals of the theme from different organizations will be selected (social entrepreneurs, company, NGO, start-up, research laboratory, industrials, investor…) in order to tackle this question: How to ... The Future Of Positive Packaging. Call for Application.

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PhD course Philosophy of Responsible Innovation

The PhD course Philosophy of Responsible Innovation (8-17 January 2020) in Wageningen and Delft (Netherlands) is now open for registration. This course discusses the main philosophical issues in relation to Responsible Innovation, an emerging concept in the EU context which highlights the relevance of social-ethical issues in research and innovation practices. This emerging concept calls ... PhD course Philosophy of Responsible Innovation

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It’s Circular Forum 2019 – 12/12

Event: It’s Circular Forum 2019. Future Cities: smart, digital and circular. Le città del futuro interconnesse. Title: Rinnovare: energie, strumenti e visioni “circolari” per gli abitanti del pianeta. Date: 2019 03 14 Time: 11:04 min. Place: Auditorium Assimpredil Ance, Milano. Language: Italiano. Part: 12/12 url Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/336641204 Photos: Album in Flickr. Post: It’s Circular Forum. ... It’s Circular Forum 2019 – 12/12

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