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#Responsibility and Science
SMART-map project
SMART-map (RoadMAPs to Societal Mobilisation for the Advancement of Responsible Industrial Technologies) is a coordination and support action financed by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Programme. Bassetti Foundation is a key partner of the SMART-map consortium. SMART-map’s goal is to define and implement concrete roadmaps for the responsible development of industrial technologies and ... SMART-map project
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
Turning the tide or surfing the wave?
We publish an excerpt from the paper by Simone Amaldi and Guido Gorgoni in which they explore the political and economic context in which the concept of Responsible Research and Innovation has gained attention and taken shape. — Turning the tide or surfing the wave? Responsible Research and Innovation, fundamental rights and neoliberal virtues. The ... Turning the tide or surfing the wave?
Game-changing innovations and responsibility. A dialogue with David Guston.
On November, 14th, The Fondazione Bassetti had the honor to host Professor David Guston, Founding Director of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and Co-Director of the Institute for the Future of Innovation in Society Arizona State University. Professor Guston spoke on Synbio and he held a lecture titled “From Frankenstein to ... Game-changing innovations and responsibility. A dialogue with David Guston.
David Guston in Bassetti Foundation
Six years on from his previous visit to Milan, the Bassetti Foundation is honoured to host Professor David Guston, Founder of the Centre for Nanotechnology in Society, and the Virtual Institute for Responsible Innovation (of which we are members alongside collaborating with him on the Journal of Responsible Innovation) and also the School for the ... David Guston in Bassetti Foundation
Exploring bioethically-relevant discourse: research perspectives. Colloquium.
21 October 2016, Università degli Studi di Milano Polo di Mediazione Interculturale e di Comunicazione Dipartimento di Scienze della mediazione linguistica e di studi interculturali Room P1, first floor Piazza Montanelli 1, Sesto San Giovanni This one-day colloquium focuses on the discursive representation of bioethical issues both in specialized and in popularizing forms of communication, ... Exploring bioethically-relevant discourse: research perspectives. Colloquium.
World Bioethics Day 2016
World Bioethics Day “Conversations on human dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms” 19 ottobre 2016 Sala Napoleonica Università degli Studi di Milano Via Sant’Antonio, 12 – Milano Durante l’11° UNESCO Chair in Bioethics svoltasi l’anno scorso a Napoli, è stata indetta la prima giornata mondiale dedicata alla bioetica: il World Bioethics Day 2016 Human Dignitiy ... World Bioethics Day 2016
Advocacy e Training
Il 18 maggio, dalle ore 10.30 alle 17.30 si terrà a Roma il primo evento italiano di Advocacy e Training del progetto europeo RRI Tools (www.rri-tools.eu), finanziato dal Settimo Programma Quadro, nell’ambito del quale Fondazione Cariplo – coordinatore Hub per l’Italia e la Svizzera – e Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, partner dell’Hub Italiano, collaborano al think ... Advocacy e Training
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
Jos Malda awarded the 2015 Nanonica Prize
Press Release: Reinforced hydrogels for cartilage tissue repair. The 2015 Nanonica Prize has been awarded to Jos Malda, associate professor at the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands, for developing a new microfiber 3D printing technique that can increase the stiffness of a hydrogel composite by up to 54-fold, within a similar range as ... Jos Malda awarded the 2015 Nanonica Prize
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): The Problematic Quest for ‘Right’ Impacts
Between March 10 and 11th the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): The Problematic Quest for “Right” Impacts conference takes place in Donostia-San Sebastián. The event has been organized by Arizona State University and the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, and regular readers will be familiar with many of the topics and speakers. The conference ... Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): The Problematic Quest for ‘Right’ Impacts
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