Fifth Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy and Ethics and Annual VIRI meeting

The Fifth Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies:Law, Policy and Ethics will be held at the new Beus Center for Law & Society in Phoenix, AZ between May 17-19, 2017, with Foundation Foreign Correspondent jonny Hankins in attendance to report on proceedings. The conference consists of both plenary and session presentations and discussions on ... Fifth Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy and Ethics and Annual VIRI meeting

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Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 3, Issue 3 Reviewed

Late December 2016 saw the publication of the third and final issue of Volume 3 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation. A review of issue 1 is available here, and issue 2 is reviewed here. In this post we offer an overview of issue 3. The issue opens with an editorial from Editor in Chief ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 3, Issue 3 Reviewed

Jonathan Hankins

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Volume 3, Issue 2 Reviewed

The second issue of Volume 3 of the Journal of Responsible innovation opens with an editorial from Erik Fisher. In Mission impossible? Developing Responsible Innovation in a Global Context, Fisher describes how the issue’s four research papers scrutinize the barriers to responsible innovation, while seeking to extend it into new empirical and theoretical domains. The ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Volume 3, Issue 2 Reviewed

Jonathan Hankins

Looking Back on 2016

2016 was a busy year for the Bassetti Foundation (FGB), involving our participation in projects and conferences and events across the world. In this editorial we cast a light upon some of the year’s major events. Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World January saw FGB participate in the Go4 Joint Final ... Looking Back on 2016

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Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 3, Issue 1 Reviewed

Earlier this summer saw the publication of the first issue of Volume 3 of the Journal of Responsible innovation. In this post we review the issue, the first to be published under new Editor In Chief Erik Fisher. In his first editorial in this position, Fisher describes how the journal has grown since its launch ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 3, Issue 1 Reviewed

Jonathan Hankins

Fungal Futures, a Review of the Exhibition

The Fungal Futures exhibition runs from March 24 to May 16 2016, and is being held at the Old Botanical Gardens, part of the University of Utrecht Museum, in the centre of the beautiful city of Utrecht. The exhibition is curated by Maurizio Montalti of Officina Corpuscoli, whom regular readers will know through an interview ... Fungal Futures, a Review of the Exhibition

Jonathan Hankins

Responsible Research and Innovation: The Problematic Quest For Right Impacts.

The Responsible Research and Innovation: The Problematic Quest For Right Impacts International Conference took place between March 11th and 12th, 2016 at the Donastia International physics Centre, Donastia-San Sebastian. The conference was followed by the Annual VIRI meeting. I attended both the conference and the AGM in my role as Bassetti Foundation Foreign Correspondent. In ... Responsible Research and Innovation: The Problematic Quest For Right Impacts.

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Sally Randles

2015, promoting responsible forms of innovation

As regular readers will know, the mission of the Bassetti foundation involves promoting and participating in debates surrounding the development of responsible forms of innovation. Each year the foundation forms partnerships and promotes events with governance institutions, universities, private companies, NGO’s and foundations and international research groups. In this short review we cast our lens ... 2015, promoting responsible forms of innovation

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Volume 2, Journal of Responsible Innovation, a review

The close of the year saw the publication of the third and final issue of Volume 2 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation. In this article we review the volume. Early in 2015, Volume 2 opened with the publication of issue 1. Articles included 4 research articles and a special perspectives section: responsible research and ... Volume 2, Journal of Responsible Innovation, a review

Jonathan Hankins

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 2, Issue 1 Reviewed

The current and first issue of the second volume of the Journal of Responsible Innovation opens with an editorial by Editor in Chief David Guston. Responsible innovation: who could be against that? opens with an interesting issue, with Guston arguing that although the goals of RI are easy to understand and accept, some members of ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 2, Issue 1 Reviewed

Jonathan Hankins

2014, A Year in Responsible Innovation

2014 was a busy year for the Bassetti Foundation. In this post we describe some of the International conferences and projects that the Foundation participated in. American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting The American Association for the Advancement of Science held its annual meeting in Chicago from 13th to 17th February, and Ottavia ... 2014, A Year in Responsible Innovation

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Journal of Responsible Innovation, Issue 2, a Review

The second issue of the Journal of Responsible innovation opens with an Editorial written by Editor in Chief David Guston. In “Responsible innovation: a going concern” (available on open access), Guston describes how RI “continues to be a timely and important topic at the interface of scholarship and practice”. He cites the US Presidential Commission ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Issue 2, a Review

Jonathan Hankins