"It feels like the right thing to do": ethical perspectives of open science
by Ann Grand. Open science. Developed partly as a practical means to support multi-site and multi-national collaborations, it also embodies a philosophical approach to the conduct of science. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on May 24, 2012 8:24 AM. Permalink
Categories Open culture, Responsibility and Science
"Where are we going?"
The ironic title above hints at the fact that after many years of communication through our own site we have decided to spread the argument of responsibility and innovation through various social networking websites. - More
Posted by Tommaso Correale Santacroce on November 12, 2009 3:19 PM. Permalink
Read also: more depth and Request for Comments on our site.
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Read also: the similar article in 2009
Leggi in Italiano2011 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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Categories Innovation and Responsibility, This web site
23andMe Awarded Their First Patent
Following on from my post about my attendance at the Architecture for Life conference at the Kennedy School of Government I would like to direct readers to a very interesting and informative article. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on July 2, 2012 9:18 AM. Permalink
Categories biotechnology
Read also: Copenhagen il caso e il testo
Categories Democracy and Participation, Innovation and politics
Read also: A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal - part 1 or read in Issuu
Categories Democracy and Participation, Innovation and politics
A Research Strategy for Engineered Nanotechnologies
Earlier this year the National Research Council of the National Academies published a document entitled 'A Research Strategy for Environmental, Health and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanotechnologies' - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on March 16, 2012 9:44 AM. Permalink
Read also: Hands-on nanotechnology in Milan
Read also: Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility by Jeff Ubois
Categories Innovation and politics, Interviews
Read also: Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility by Jeff Ubois
Categories Innovation and politics, Interviews
A discussion with Marta Milani about sport
In view of the news that South African athlete Oscar Pistorius (often referred to as blade runner due to his prosthetic limbs) has run the qualifying time for the 2012 Olympics in London, Jonny Hankins speaks to Italian National 400 metre runner Marta Milani about the human body, technology in sports and their effects upon performance. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on July 20, 2011 2:17 PM. Permalink
Read also: Le lame di Pistorius, and Nature, New Yorker on Cognitive Enhancement
Categories Interviews
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
leggi in ItalianoA short review: Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility
Last week we put online a new publication of the Foundation Bassetti entitled "Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility", written by Jeff Ubois and available in hard copy, downloadable pdf or Issuu (on line) versions. It is a resume' of conversations conducted between Mr Ubois and 12 internationally renowned innovators and thinkers - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on January 8, 2010 10:37 AM. Permalink
See also: Jeff Ubois' blog and other FGB publications
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Categories Innovation and politics, Interviews, Responsibility and Politics, Responsibility and Science
About the Anthropology of globalization
Some brief thoughts about the essay "Per l'antropologia economica: culture e pratiche nella divisione sociale del lavoro" (For an economic anthropology: culture and practice in the social division of work), that opens the volume "Antropologia della globalizzazione" (The Anthropology of Globalization) proposed by Giulio Sapelli - (post in Italian) - More
Posted by Cristina Grasseni on September 5, 2008 5:37 PM. Permalink
See also: Storicizzare la scienza, Una nuova educazione per il futuro della biosfera and the review of Panzarani's book "L'innovazione a colori".
Categories anthropology
About the Anthropology of globalization (2)
The essay by Monica Lindh de Montoya "Il mercato come specchio o modello. Come i commercianti riconfigurano le transazioni economiche e sociali in un'economia rurale" (The market as a mirror and model. How merchants re-frame economic and social transactions in a rural economy), first published in 1999, investigates cultural change in an agricultural community in Bailadores, Venezuela, fueled by vegetable and particularly garlic production for the national market. A reading by Guido Carlotto and comment by Valentina Porcellana. - (post in Italian) - More
Posted by Cristina Grasseni on September 26, 2008 5:47 PM. Permalink
Categories anthropology
Architecture and public science communication
by Patricia Ríos Cabello. The role of aesthetics and design in science and technology museum. The collaboration of scientists, architects, and the public itself, must be kept in mind as an asset to communicate scientific knowledge and promote public engagement. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on May 25, 2012 10:02 AM. Permalink
Categories Design, Responsibility and Science
Categories Bioethics, Conference, Innovation and Responsibility, Lecture, Responsibility and Science, This web site
Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report - part 2
On the 17th of April Jonny Hankins attended a lecture given by Anne Wojcicki, CEO of direct to consumer genetics company 23andMe and a follow-on workshop. This is his report. Part 2 - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on May 8, 2012 11:14 AM. Permalink
Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report - part 3
On the 17th of April Jonny Hankins attended a lecture given by Anne Wojcicki, CEO of direct to consumer genetics company 23andMe and a follow-on workshop. This is his report. Part 3 - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on May 8, 2012 11:56 AM. Permalink
Artificial Empathy: a research diary.
Today's sciences of the artificial extend all the way to the domain of emotions. The recent re-inclusion of the emotional dimension within cognition, in the scientific trend that considers knowing as a form of doing - constructing, creating, fabricating - transforms our understanding of cognitive processes. In our we present the (relatively still brute) result of our encounters with researchers in the field of artificial agents and empathy, in order to receive comments and criticisms and initiate discussions from which we will profit, and where visitors of the Foundation's website can gain information and participate in shared reflection. - More
Posted by Luisa Damiano on August 3, 2008 4:09 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
See also:
Robotics. A new science
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Categories Artificial Empathy
Asking the relevant questions about public participation
by Brice Laurent. Participatory experiments in nanotechnology have been numerous, but their outcomes are uncertain. Some have criticized the little interest these mechanisms have received in policy circles. The Grenoble case is telling for that matter. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on January 28, 2009 3:21 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
See also: the interview with Christine Peterson by Jeff Ubois, Governance and participation in nanotechnology by Jonny Hankins, Nanotechnology in this site (2005)
Bio-orthopaedics between innovation and health policies
An interview with Alberto Gobbi. Maria Cristina Paganoni proposes an interview about the current cutting-edge research on regeneration therapies in cartilage damage, the relevant opportunities for a strategic rethinking on health policy in this area, and its impact on the social and collective thinking about issues of health and self care. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on July 29, 2009 11:40 AM. Permalink
See also: Daniel Callahan in FGB
Categories Innovation and politics
By Any Other Name
For people new to the work of the Bassetti Foundation, the concept of "responsibility in innovation" can be somewhat elusive. But like most other general concepts, responsibility in innovation is reflected in a wide variety of disciplines, though often by other names. For example... - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on May 8, 2008 11:00 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Change makers
by Peter Goldmark. On the Changemakers site, if you click through to Competitions, you will find a series of global competitions seeking proposals to "change" or "improve" a particular system, or approach a specific problem, sponsored usually by a corporation or non-profit agency. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on November 11, 2010 1:02 PM. Permalink
Read also: Workshop on the G. Bassetti Foundation
Categories Public Partecipation
Categories Public Partecipation
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
Read also: Richard R. Nelson in FGB and Responsible Innovation / Sustainable Innovation by Jeff Ubois
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Categories Lecture
Dan Sperber. New ways to describe and structure the societies
by Angela Simone. As if it were recently invented, the word interdisciplinarity can ever more regularly be heard in discussions both outside and within academia. After years of pushing towards... - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on August 29, 2011 1:29 PM. Permalink
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Categories Lecture
Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics (part 1)
In this discussion, Murray sheds light on different thinking processes useful in assessing ethical questions and innovation; particular developments in medicine and biotechnology related to sports and human enhancement; and on the Hastings Center's operations and influence. - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on July 3, 2008 1:06 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics (part 2)
In this discussion, Murray sheds light on different thinking processes useful in assessing ethical questions and innovation; particular developments in medicine and biotechnology related to sports and human enhancement; and on the Hastings Center's operations and influence. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on July 7, 2008 10:00 AM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Different forms of expertise in democratising technological cultures
On Monday 3rd of May a seminar was held in The Bassetti Foundation conference suite with Dr Wiebe E. Bijker, Professor of Technology and Society at The University of Maastricht in Holland. we now make the video and audio recordings of the seminar available in English. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on May 12, 2010 9:47 PM. Permalink
Read also: Il ruolo degli esperti nella democrazia by Margherita Fronte
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
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
Categories Publications, Recensioni
Ethics, Human Enhancement and Genetics. Report and Video
by Virginia Sanchini. The aim of the workshop was to investigate how the latest progress in biotechnologies impacts our understanding of the traditional matters of moral and political philosophy. Report, Video and Photos. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on December 9, 2011 8:39 PM. Permalink
Categories Philosophy, Responsibility and Politics
European Food Safety Authority is launching a public consultation
EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) is launching a public consultation on its draft scientific opinion on the Potential Risks Arising from Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies on Food and Feed safety and the Environment. The work follows a request from the European Commission (EC) to EFSA for advice on this issue in 2007. EFSA's opinion will help inform consideration of any future EU measures in relation to nanotechnologies in the food and feed area. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on November 25, 2008 4:20 PM. Permalink
Read also: Slow food, fast genes: the different timescapes of innovation and responsibility in the anthropology of food in Cristina Grasseni's blog.
Categories Food and Feed, Nanotechnology
Categories Report
Read also: I nuovi traguardi dell'open science by Angela Simone
Categories Site
Humanizing Tomorrow's Biomedicine
The Bassetti Foundation is pleased to announce its association with and participation at the 13th International Intensive Course in Bioethics entitled Humanizing Tomorrow's Biomedicine, that takes place between the 13th to the 24th of July 2009 in Udine, Italy. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on July 4, 2009 10:36 AM. Permalink
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Read also: Innovating Food, Innovating the Law
Categories Bioethics, Food and Feed
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
Intellectual Property and Responsibility
Professor Biagioli was kind enough to dedicate some of his time to the Foundation in the form of a conversation with Jonny Hankins. Topics covered were varied, but the major theme running through the discussion is responsibility in the patenting process. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on February 21, 2012 9:12 AM. Permalink
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 Jonny Hankins. Topics covered were varied, but the major theme running through the discussion is responsibility in the patenting process. (Part 2) - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on February 21, 2012 9:18 AM. Permalink
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 Jonny Hankins. Topics covered were varied, but the major theme running through the discussion is responsibility in the patenting process. (Part 3) - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on February 21, 2012 9:21 AM. Permalink
International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference
Notes on the Bassetti Foundation promoted panel in Florence, Italy, 20th April 2012. In drawing the framework for the seminar we began from a passage that we retain necessary, that of the passage from the individual responsibility held by the communicator to the stronger collective responsibility of the system. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on April 6, 2012 10:56 AM. Permalink
Read also: PCST12: Quality, Honesty and Beauty
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Categories Conference
Is biotechnological research in Italy a chimera? (Second part)
The second part of the interview conducted by Cristina Grasseni with Giovanna Lazzari e Cesare Galli at the Laboratory of Reproduction Technology in Cremona (Italy) in which many points of fundamental importance for a serious contemporary debate on responsibility and innovation emerge. - (post in Italian) - More
Posted by Cristina Grasseni on November 26, 2008 6:07 PM. Permalink
See also: Genetic Testing and its Implications: an interview with Dr. Arthur Caplan by Jeff Ubois; Opinione pubblica, biotecnologie e "società del rischio" a research by Poster-FGB (2002) and the videoclip Innovation is the ability to achieve the improbable.
Categories genetics
Is biotechnological research in Italy a chimera? An interview with Giovanna Lazzari and Cesare Galli
Research originality, an experimental approach and leadership within the scientific community has brought the Laboratory of Reproduction Technology (Cremona, Italy) to the cutting edge of scientific innovation regarding the cloning of breeding animals (above all with cows, horses and pigs). Giovana Lazzari and Cesare Galli were asked about the nature of the Laboratory of Reproduction Technology, their current activities and the new challenges they will have to face. - (post in Italian) - More
Posted by Cristina Grasseni on October 8, 2008 5:55 PM. Permalink
See also: Opinione pubblica, biotecnologie e "società del rischio" a research by Poster-FGB, the Call for Comments on biotechnology and the 'Topics' published on 2000/2002: Biotecnologie e Ingegneria genetica (2001-2002) and Biotecnologie e Ingegneria genetica (2000-2002)
Categories genetics
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
Judith Estrin: Closing the Innovation Gap
In this wide ranging interview, Estrin explains how business and political leaders can embrace policies that embody the values associated with innovation - openness, risk, questioning, persistence, and trust. And she warns that recent changes in business and government practice are putting innovation in the U.S. at risk. - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on January 30, 2009 1:03 AM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
See also: Innovation and Politics by Piero Bassetti
Categories Conference, Responsibility and Science
Layers of Uncertainty
A report from the third Science Technology Policy Crossroads symposium at the Harvard University Science Centre. The symposium was entitled 'Layers of Uncertainty: Conversations on the role of uncertainty in science and technology policy'. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on March 8, 2012 5:18 PM. Permalink
Read also: La società del rischio by Giuseppe O. Longo
Categories Conference, Responsibility and Politics
Mapping Controversies, an interview with Vincent Antonin Lepinay
Mapping Controversies in Science and Technology for Politics is the title of an EU sponsored project. Jonny Hankins interviewed Vincent Antonin Lepinay, lecturer on the course. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on January 30, 2012 11:21 AM. Permalink
Read also: Bruno Latour in FGB
Media, Innovation, and Bioethics
Media play a major role in the healthcare system, affecting medical research, public policy, clinical practice, and self care. Many of the goals of bioethical practice, including patient wellness, patient... - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on July 9, 2009 4:02 PM. Permalink
See also: L'etica del nuovo
Categories Media, biotechnology
Memory and Responsibility
Last month, with the support of the Bassetti Foundation, more than 60 people met at the Internet Archive in San Francisco to discuss the future of personal digital archives and the implications of innovations and new technologies related to personal and collective memory. ... - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on March 24, 2010 9:40 AM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Read also: Innovation, Knowledge and Intellectual Property: the Risks of WTO Regulations by Daniele Navarra and Participatory design: an Interview with Dr. Michael Twidale
Nature, New Yorker on Cognitive Enhancement
Back in December, Nature published a remarkable editorial, Towards Responsible Use of Cognitive-enhancing Drugs by the Healthy, that concludes "Safe and effective cognitive enhancers will benefit both the individual and society...But it would also be foolish to ignore problems that such use of drugs could create or exacerbate." - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on May 5, 2009 9:06 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
See also: Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics and the Call for Comments The implications of innovation in the health field:
false hopes for medicine?
Categories Sociology, biotechnology
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
New Publication from FGB: Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility
The Fondazione Giannino Bassetti's new publication, Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility highlights approaches to responsibility in innovation taken by leading practitioners in disruptive fields. - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on January 2, 2010 6:00 PM. Permalink
See also: FGB's publications
Notes from EPIC 2009: Innovation as a commodity
In September I went to Chicago for the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC 2009). EPIC draws from a mix of different communities, including design, computing, social science, and anthropology as conducted in academic and corporate research settings. - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on November 19, 2009 3:15 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Categories Media
Categories Innovation, Policy
On the Media and Innovation: an Interview with Scott Kirsner
As an observer of innovation across the domains life sciences, clean technology, and media, Kirsner has explored the attraction to and fear of innovation present in many large institutions, and uncovered numerous examples of innovation that reveal aspects of innovators' responsibilities, as well as the deep ambivalence many companies have about innovation. - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on December 2, 2008 5:56 AM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Categories Interview
Practicing Responsibilities: social engagement, controversy and innovation
At the Trento EASST conference, held 1-4th September 2010, workshop/track 32. "Practicing Responsibilities" was co-chaired by Cristina Grasseni (University of Bergamo / Bassetti Foundation); Luca Guzzetti (University of Genova) and Giuseppe Pellegrini (University of Padova) within the theme "social engagement, controversy and innovation". - More
Posted by Cristina Grasseni on November 4, 2010 10:57 AM. Permalink
Read also: What's the social and ethical responsibility of basic science? by Maximilian Fochler and Practicing Responsibility
Categories Responsibility
Practicing Responsibility
In the imminence of the deadline for submitting abstracts (15th March) I bring to our readers' attention the following call for papers, co-organised by the Bassetti Foundation, for a session at the next EASST conference (European Association for the Study of Science and Technology), which will take place in Trento, September 2-4th 2010, in collaboration with STS Italia. - More
Posted by Cristina Grasseni on March 1, 2010 12:46 PM. Permalink
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Categories Responsibility
Preventative governance
On Wednesday 7th July, Professor David Guston of the Arizona State University presented the work of the CSPO (Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes) and the CSN-ASU (Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University) at an invitation seminar held here at the Bassetti Foundation... - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on July 16, 2010 4:42 PM. Permalink
Read also: The Rightful Place Of Science Conference, Regulating nanotechnology through private actors? by B. Laurent and Responsibility in Innovation interview with L. Gasman
Leggi in ItalianoProceedings 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
Prof. Colin Sage on Food and McMeekin
The following comment was written and sent to the Bassetti Foundation by Prof. Colin Sage, senior lecturer within the Geography Department at University College Cork, and refers to the interview with Prof. Andrew McMeekin posted on this site on 20th april 2011. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on May 26, 2011 9:39 PM. Permalink
Categories Food and Feed, Sustainability
Regulating nanotechnology through private actors?
by Brice Laurent. While some public officials claim that the potential risks of nanotechnology will be managed as early as possible, numerous questions are raised about the relevance of existing regulation for the many different nano-products. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on February 23, 2009 10:50 AM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Read also: Asking the relevant questions about public participation by Brice Laurent
Categories Nanotechnology, Responsibility and Science
Report I - Communication Robots ATR
On January 26 we visited ATR (Advanced Telecomunication Research Institute International) a Japanese company of which some branches are specialised in the production of robots and whose headquarters are located close to Kyoto. Our interlocutor was Dr. Takayuki Kanda who gave us a a warm reception and detailed description of the research dedicated to in robots destined to social use. - More
Posted by Luisa Damiano on August 4, 2008 9:58 AM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
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Responsibility and Communication at PCST 2012 - part 1
In Florence on 20th April 2012 the Bassetti Foundation organized a seminar as part of the Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST 2012). This international conference hosted scientists, delegates from scientific institutions, researchers and journalists. What follows is a review of the papers and video of the seminar. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on May 22, 2012 6:12 PM. Permalink
Read also: PCST 2012 Notes on the Bassetti Foundation promoted panel in Florence, Italy, 20th April 2012 and the second part of the report
Leggi in Italiano
Categories Open access, Responsibility and Science
Responsibility and Communication at PCST 2012 - part 2
In Florence on 20th April 2012 the Bassetti Foundation organized a seminar as part of the Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST 2012). This international conference hosted scientists, delegates from scientific institutions, researchers and journalists. What follows is a review of the papers and video of the seminar. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on May 22, 2012 6:14 PM. Permalink
Read also: PCST 2012 Notes on the Bassetti Foundation promoted panel in Florence, Italy, 20th April 2012 and the first part of the report
Leggi in Italiano
Categories Open access, Responsibility and Science
Responsibility and innovation: a business perspective
In March 2011 prof. Andrew McMeekin was kind enough to participate in a conversation with Jonny Hankins in which he discussed (amongst other things) innovation, responsibility, sustainability and governance. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on April 20, 2011 10:25 AM. Permalink
Categories Interviews
Responsibility and innovation: a business perspective (part 2)
In March 2011 prof. Andrew McMeekin was kind enough to participate in a conversation with Jonny Hankins in which he discussed (amongst other things) innovation, responsibility, sustainability and governance. This is the second part. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on April 21, 2011 10:33 AM. Permalink
Categories Interviews
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.
Leggi in Italiano
Responsible Innovation / Sustainable Innovation
This is the paper that Jeff Ubois presented last November 2010 at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. The presentation was part of the panel organized by Cristina Orsatti entitled 'Sustainable Innovations: Forging Partnerships, Knowledge Exchange, And Reciprocity'. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on February 2, 2011 6:10 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Read also: Jeff Ubois' blog
Categories Conference
Responsible Innovation and Participatory Democracy. Daniel P. Mulhollan in FGB
Daniel Mulhollan, Director of the Congressional Research Service at the Library of the US Congress, will be the guest of the Giannino Bassetti Foundation in Milan on 3rd December 2008, within the scientific framework of the research project I forum consultivi come strumento di fiducia, promoted by IRER - the Regional Research Institute of Lombardy. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on November 28, 2008 11:52 AM. Permalink
Categories Democracy and Participation
Robotics. A new science
On 20th February an important conference on robotics took place in Rome entitled "Robotics: A New Science". The event was conceived as a seminar whose objective was that of discussing the contemporary development of robotics within the framework of recent scientific and technological developments in the informatics, telecommunication, software and electronics sectors. In this article Fiorella Operto explains the principal points of discussion. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on May 15, 2008 9:36 AM. Permalink
See also: Robot: il corpo e l'anima, a dialogue with Fiorella Operto by Borrello and Correale Santacroce, and Dal Golem all'intelligenza artificiale
Leggi in Italiano
Categories Roboethics
Read also: Changing Accepted Meanings
Categories Sustainability
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
Scott Berkun on Responsibility and Resistance
Scott Berkun is the author of The Myths of Innovation, which examines common pre- and mis-conceptions about innovation, and Making Things Happen, a book about project management. In this wide ranging discussion, Berkun offers some useful definitions of innovation, discusses resistance to innovation, and outlines some ideas on corporate responsibility (and irresponsibility). - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on April 14, 2009 12:00 AM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
See also: New science and new politics by Piero Bassetti
Categories Bioethics, Innovation and Responsibility
Smart Cities course
Harvard Graduate school of Design offers a course entitled Smart Cities: An introduction to urban Integrated Networked Solutions, and may well be one of the leading exponents of responsible innovation through design. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on September 13, 2012 11:25 AM. Permalink
Read also: Design-Push Innovation: Changing Accepted Meanings, an interview with Roberto Verganti
Categories Design
Read also: Fare la cosa giusta and 28 Seeds, a review of the event.
Springer Handbook of Robotics
On February 5, the "Springer Handbook of Robotics" by Bruno Siciliano and Oussama Khatib has won two awards "PROS Awards 2008". Prose Awards are the American equivalent of the Oscar awards in the scientific and professional field. Inside, a chapter of Veruggio and Operto entitled "Roboethics: Social and Ethical Implications of Robotics" which discusses the basic principles of roboethics, new ethics applied to robotics and robot lemmas. - More
Posted by Tommaso Correale Santacroce on March 19, 2009 3:00 PM. Permalink
Read also: Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility by Jeff Ubois
Leggi in Italiano
Categories Publications
Read also: Neuroscienze e futuro militare and Springer Handbook of Robotics
Categories enhancement
Sustainable Innovation at the American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Last week the American Anthropological Association (AAA) hosted a discussion about sustainable innovation. Grounded in observations of social practice in particular localities, two points were particularly striking. One was the close relationship between responsibility and sustainability; to be responsible, innovation must be sustainable... - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on December 2, 2010 8:48 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Read also: AAA Annual Meeting 2010 and AAA Meeting - Sustainable Innovations
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
That was the year that was
2009 was a busy year for the foundation. The following review aims at giving the reader an overview of the foundation's work by looking at its involvement in conferences, seminars, publications, education and the promotion of debate throughout the year. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on January 17, 2010 4:46 PM. Permalink
Read also: FGB Newsletter
Leggi in italianoThe "moral imperative" of biotech food
Among the many U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks is one that details U.S. pressure on the Vatican to change its stance on agricultural biotechnology. U.S. officials stated "We will continue to press the "moral imperative" of biotech... - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on January 4, 2011 1:00 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Read also: Public Participation and the Governance of Innovation and Il potenziale sovversivo di Wikileaks (in Italian)
Categories Policy, biotechnology
The Marrakech Process on sustainable consumption and production
Interpreting responsibility as sustainability, Jonny Hankins takes a look at a global project coordinated by the United Nations and going by the name of the Marrakech project. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on April 10, 2009 11:33 AM. Permalink
Read also: Ethical Leadership by Ervin Laszlo and By Any Other Name in Jeff Ubois' blog.
Categories Sustainability
Categories Innovation and Responsibility, Public Partecipation, Responsibility and Science, Sustainability
The mechanization of Empathy in Health Care - 1. Maja J. Matarić
On January 24, 2009 was held at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto an international workshop on "technology and empathy in the context of health care". Given the thematic orientation of this blog, the followsing report will concentrate on the second half of the workshop (centered on the relational implications of the therapeutic use of robots) that was organized around the interventions of two internationally recognised pioneers in the therapeutic use of robots. - More
Posted by Luisa Damiano on March 3, 2009 5:24 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
See also: Artificial Empathy: a research diary.
Leggi in Italiano
Categories Artificial Empathy, Report
The mechanization of Empathy in Health Care - 2. Takanori Shibata
Second part of the report on "technology and empathy in the context of health care" held in January. During the conference, Dr. Shibata presented essential aspects of the idea of a "Robot Therapy". Dr. Shibata is Senior Researcher at Japan's Institute of Advanced Industrial Sciences and Technology AIST (Tsukuba, Japan). He is the inventor of PARO. - More
Posted by Luisa Damiano on May 8, 2009 12:04 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Leggi in Italiano
Categories Artificial Empathy, Report
The potential role of science communication in Pakistan
Public communication of science and technology is generating knowledge and a rapid awareness in a variety of areas including rural, agro-based and related disciplines. Quick scientific and technical packages are developed for dissemination to the pertinent clients mostly located in countryside areas. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on June 5, 2012 10:08 AM. Permalink
Towards Transparency -- or Lysenkoism?
Transparency and discussions of values would seem to be a cornerstone of responsibility in innovation. But to be effective, questions and processes of disclosure intended to foster transparency need to focus on those areas where conflicts of interest are meaningful. - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on November 4, 2009 6:32 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Categories Innovation, Policy
Uncertainty and disquiet
The call for papers "Who is Responsible" has invited ethnographic reflections on the diverse meanings and use of a term, "responsibility" which "has become such a conspicuous terms in contemporary thought styles", to highlight its salience in contemporary culture and governance. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on July 23, 2012 4:00 PM. Permalink
Categories Responsibility, anthropology
Von Schomberg's Responsible Innovation Matrix
René Von Schomberg is the Directorate General for Research at the European Commission and has recently published an article and a 'Responsible Research and Innovation Matrix' on his blog. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on September 26, 2012 2:13 PM. Permalink
Leggi in Italiano
Categories Artificial Empathy
What's the social and ethical responsibility of basic science?
by Maximilian Fochler. At the Euroscience Open Forum 2008 in Barcelona a group of leading scholars from the sciences, as well as from the interdisciplinary field of Social Studies of Science (STS), gathered to debate the social and ethical responsibility of basic research - a question of vital importance for wider debates on how contemporary societies may best govern processes of innovation and their ethical and social implications. - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on October 21, 2008 3:08 PM. Permalink
See also: Sheila Jasanoff in FGB and Science and Governance: The report for the European Commission presented at the Bassetti Foundation with Brian Wynne
Categories Forum
Who's Responsible?
The 2012 European Association of Social Anthropologists conference (EASA) takes place at Université Paris Nanterre in July of this year, and long time collaborator Cristina Grasseni will participate on a panel on behalf of the Bassetti Foundation, as part of an event entitled 'Who's Responsible?' - More
Posted by Redazione FGB on May 30, 2012 9:17 AM. Permalink
Categories Conference, Innovation and Responsibility
Without risk there is no progress
In this his second posting on nanotechnology, Jonny Hankins looks at the work of the International Risk Governence Council, their white paper on risk governance and their policy brief on nanotechnology risk governance. - More
Posted by Jonny Hankins on July 29, 2008 9:42 AM. Permalink
See also: Governance and participation in nanotechnology and the interview with Christine Peterson of the Foresight Institute on Nanotechnology (by Jeff Ubois)
Categories Nanotechnology
