JONATHAN HANKINS
Author, Speaker
Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 2
(…continues from the previous entry). On the following day the Harvard STS program hosted a workshop entitled Architectures for Life to continue the debate. Guests and speakers included many world leaders in the field of genetics including George Church of the Harvard and Wyss Institute, who took part in the opening panel of the day ... Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 2
2012 4mn
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Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 1
On the 17th of April I attended a lecture given by Anne Wojcicki, CEO of direct to consumer genetics company 23andMe. The event which was entitled “Deleterious Me: Whole Genome Sequencing, 23andMe, and the Crowd-Sourced Health Care Revolution” was part of the Science and Democracy lecture series, organized by Sheila Jasanoff at the John F ... Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 1
2012 7mn
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Safeguarding Venice, the Mose Project
On March 20th 2012 MIT hosted an event entitled ‘The Safeguarding of Venice and its Lagoon: The Mose System’ and Jonathan Hankins was present as representative of the Bassetti Foundation. The widely reported Mose system aims to bring an end to the flooding of Venice caused by a combination of high tides and storms and ... Safeguarding Venice, the Mose Project
2012 4mn
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A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 2
The Union of Concerned Scientists is about to open its new ‘Center for Science and Democracy’, and I was fortunate enough to meet and record a conversation with the centre’s Program Manager Pallavi Phartiyal. (…continues from the previous entry). J H: Global warming or climate change is a political problem here. If you come from ... A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 2
2012 10mn
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A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 1
Cambridge Massachusetts hosts one of the main offices of the Union of Concerned Scientists, described on their own website as “the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world” They go on to state that “UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure ... A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 1
2012 10mn
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Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 3)
Professor Biagioli was kind enough to dedicate some of his time to the Foundation in the form of a conversation with Jonathan Hankins. Topics covered were varied, but the major theme running through the discussion is responsibility in the patenting process. Many extremely interesting points came up, from how to lessen constraints on scientific research ... Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 3)
2012 11mn
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Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 2)
Professor Biagioli was kind enough to dedicate some of his time to the Foundation in the form of a conversation with Jonathan Hankins. Topics covered were varied, but the major theme running through the discussion is responsibility in the patenting process. Many extremely interesting points came up, from how to lessen constraints on scientific research ... Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 2)
2012 10mn
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Intellectual Property and Responsibility
Professor Mario Biagioli is a Distinguished Professor of Law and Science and Technology Studies (STS), and Director of the new Center for Innovation Studies at University of California, Davis. To quote the website the Innovation studies center’s research “engages the many dimensions of the process of technoscientific innovation, from those that make it possible to ... Intellectual Property and Responsibility
2012 7mn
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Jonathan Hankins
(2023, May) Jonathan Hankins holds a degree in Sociology, a Masters in Applied Social Research and a PhD in Human Capital Formation and Labour Market Relations, and has been collaborating with the Foundation since 2006. Amongst his responsibilities he is main author of the English language section of the Foundation website carrying out the roles ... Jonathan Hankins
2012 1mn
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Can We Improve the Health of the Planet?
In December and January Jonathan Hankins published a series of posts on the Technology Bloggers community blog entitled ‘Can We Improve the Health of the Planet?’ an extension of his work on the subject of ‘Sustainability as Responsibility’. The series ran for 6 weeks, with one post a week. Topics included cutting fuel emissions in ... Can We Improve the Health of the Planet?
2012 1mn
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Vincent Lepinay on Mapping Controversies at MIT
Event: interview. Title: Vincent Lepinay on Mapping Controversies at MIT Date: 2012 01 30 Time: 8 min. Place: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/35529694 Post: Vincent Lepinay on Mapping Controversies at MIT. This is an interview to Prof. Vincent Lepinay carried out by Jonathan Hankins about the MIT Mapping ... Vincent Lepinay on Mapping Controversies at MIT
2012 1mn
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Mapping Controversies, an interview with Vincent Antonin Lepinay
Mapping Controversies in Science and Technology for Politics is the title of an EU sponsored project. The Mapping Controversies website offers an explanation of the history and techniques involved in implementing the project, started several years ago by Foundation collaborator Bruno Latour, and I would like to offer a summary of the project’s aims based ... Mapping Controversies, an interview with Vincent Antonin Lepinay
2012 3mn
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