2011 and Beyond for the Bassetti Foundation
2011 was once more a busy year for the Bassetti Foundation, marking the beginnings of several projects that will run through 2012 and beyond. The following is a review of some of the major events that occurred throughout the year, things to look forward to in the new year now unfolding, a taster of the Foundation's work and a picture of its approach in addressing the problem of responsibility in innovation. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on January 23, 2012 1:06 PM. Permalink
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Consuming Genomes: Constructing the Genetic Consumer in the United States
On May 16th 2011 Margaret Curnutte gave her talk at the Foundation premises on "Consuming Genomes: Constructing the Genetic Consumer in the United States" as part of her Harvard Bassetti scholarship. Video, photos and other materials - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on July 12, 2011 5:51 PM. Permalink
Itinerary: Communicating Science
In light of the Bassetti Foundation's announcement of their involvement in the 2012 Public Communication of Science and Technology Network conference and related call for abstracts for funding, Jonny Hankins reviews some of the related materials available on the foundation website. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on June 20, 2011 2:27 PM. Permalink
Read also: itinerary: Conflict of Interest in Science
Sustainable innovations: forging partnerships, knowledge exchange, and reciprocity
These are the abstracts of the papers presented in the panel "Sustainable Innovations: Forging Partnerships, Knowledge Exchange, And Reciprocity". The panel was presented at the 2010 American Anthropological Association Annual... - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on February 10, 2011 3:36 PM. Permalink
Categories: Innovation and Responsibility, Sustainability
Categories: Innovation and Responsibility, Public Partecipation, Responsibility and Science, Sustainability
A man, his history and his DNA
One of humankind's oldest needs - to know oneself. One of the most modern technologies - the DNA testing of a single individual. This theme was raised during the round table discussion that was held in The Bassetti Foundation conference suite. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on July 2, 2010 9:10 AM. Permalink
Read also: Go Ask Your Father about DNA by Jonny Hankins
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Categories: Innovation and Responsibility, Responsibility and Science
Drones and other robots of war
Recently the press has been full of articles addressing the legality or illegality of the military use of unmanned drone aircraft in the war against terror. Their use as well as the use of other human controlled robot weaponry presents a series of ethical, moral, technical and legal problems, often more down to the way they are deployed than the actual machines themselves. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on March 4, 2010 5:57 PM. Permalink
See also: Roboethics blog
Innovation may produce unexpected side effects
The latest edition of the economics journal "Project M" features an interview with Foundation President Piero Bassetti. The interview addresses the issues that are closest to The President's heart: how can we firstly define innovation and responsibility and secondly push innovators into thinking ethically about the consequences of their actions, given the possibly far-reaching and unforeseeable effects of their choices and decisions. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on December 11, 2009 11:03 AM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Categories: Innovation and Responsibility
Proceedings of The Network Society, Business, Innovation and Responsibility' conference
In this the first of two postings reporting the proceedings of the conference entitled 'The Network Society, Business, Innovation and Responsibility', Jonny Hankins provides a summary of the speakers' presentations. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on November 25, 2009 9:02 AM. Permalink
Read also: Innovazione e creatività
Drugs for People, not for Profit.
In this article Jonny Hankins focuses his attention upon a report entitled 'A Bitter Pill To Swallow, Drugs for people, not just for profit'. Published by the think-tank Compass the report offers a critique into the current state of the pharmaceutics industry and the societal responsibility that it bears. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on September 10, 2009 11:00 AM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Read also: Daniel Callahan in FGB
New Developments in Solar Power Technology
In this his second posting on sustainability, Jonny Hankins looks at one of the great challenges facing the renewable energy industry, how to make solar energy production cheaper for the end user. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on May 20, 2009 2:28 PM. Permalink
Satellite traffic problems
On February 10th there was a traffic accident of a new type. Two satellites were involved, one an American "Iridium" communications satellite and the other an abandoned Russian "Cosmos" military satellite. The American satellite was still in use but the Russian machine had been out of service since 1995 and was no longer actively controlled. It had been launched on 16th June 1993 and was in service for 2 years. The crash took place 491miles above Siberia in one of the most popular orbits for these types of vehicle (military, weather and communications). - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on February 24, 2009 12:01 PM. Permalink
Categories: Innovation and Responsibility, Responsibility and Politics
Responsibility and uncertainty: new perspectives upon responsible action
Maria Antonietta Foddai, professor of the philosophy of law in the faculty of law at the University of Sassari offers a rich reflection on the modern concept of responsibility, offering a new approach to the problem: the construction of responsibility must derive from within a social common project. The new subject of responsibility therefore becomes an "us" that shares responsible action. Nicole Lozzi met her on behalf of the Bassetti Foundation. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on September 6, 2008 7:56 AM. Permalink
See also: "New rites for democracy?" and "'Audit Cultures', a cura di Marilyn Strathern" in Grasseni's blog.
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New version of our website
Dear readers or visitors, at the end of August we launched a new version of our website featuring several changes to our graphics and site layout. You will surely notice that the menu items have changed... - More
Posted by Tommaso Correale Santacroce on September 21, 2007 7:51 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
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