See also: Looking Back on 20**.
Categories Democracy and Participation, Design, Governance, Innovation and Responsibility, Innovation and politics, Open culture, Public Partecipation, Responsibility and Politics, Responsibility and Science, Site, This web site, biotechnology
Building a biotech cluster: a meeting with Eliot Forster
On the 22nd of November 2018, the Bassetti Foundation had the pleasure and honour of hosting the 'Building a biotech cluster: the MedCity experience' seminar, an audience with Eliot Forster. - More
by Anna Pellizzone, redazione FGB, 28 December 2018 Permalink
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Categories Conference, Lecture, Public Partecipation, Responsibility and Politics, Responsibility and Science
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review Special Issue: Responsible Innovation in the Agri-food Sector.
Wageningen Academic Publishers have just released the International Food and Agribusiness Management Review Special Issue: Responsible Innovation in the Agri-food Sector (on open access). - More
by Redazione FGB, 20 June 2018 Permalink
Between health and well-being, hybrid technology and governance problems: the 'health app'. A meeting with Federica Lucivero.
Last September the Bassetti Foundation had the pleasure of hosting Federica Lucivero, Senior Researcher at the Ethox Centre of the Big Data Institute of the University of Oxford and coordinator of the Digital Health Network at King's College London. Her lecture was titled 'Health apps between medicine and lifestyle'. - More
by Anna Pellizzone, Redazione FGB, 28 February 2018 Permalink
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Read also: Looking Back on 2016
Categories Innovation Poiesis Intensive, Innovation and Responsibility, Innovation and politics, Responsibility and Politics, Responsibility and Science, Video
The Regional Forum for Research and Innovation
In their sitting of 28 December, the Lombard Regional Government nominated ten international experts in the relationship between technoscience and society. The experts will make up the Regional Forum for Research and Innovation, recently created under the 29/2016 law following a call that received 150 candidates from across the globe and closed in September. - More
by Redazione FGB, 30 December 2017 Permalink
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Categories Governance, Innovation and Responsibility, Innovation and politics, Politics, Responsibility and Science
Categories Bioethics, Design, Innovation and Responsibility, Lecture, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, Video, biotechnology
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See also: all meeting and lesson videos and The Self At Your Wrist.
Categories Bioethics, Design, Innovation Poiesis Intensive, Innovation and Responsibility, Nanotechnology, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, Roboethics, biotechnology, enhancement, genetics
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 Jonathan Hankins in attendance to report on proceedings. - More
by Redazione FGB, 26 April 2017 Permalink
Read also: other posts on VIRI
Categories Innovation and Responsibility, Law, New Technologies, Policy, Responsibility and Politics, Responsibility and Science, Roboethics
Trust in expert knowledge in medicine and Technoscience. A meeting with Silvia Camporesi
We addressed these issues with Silvia Camporesi who from the starting point of the publication of extracts from the Investigating Trust in Expert Knowledge International Conference published in a special issue of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, held a symposium at the Bassetti Foundation on 27 February 2017. We share videos, photos, slides and other material. - More
by Redazione FGB, 30 March 2017 Permalink
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Read also: the presentation of the meeting and Game-changing innovations and responsibility. A dialogue with David Guston.
Categories Bioethics, Ethics, Innovation and politics, Lecture, Politics, Responsibility and Science
SMART-map project
SMART-map is a coordination and support action financed by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Programme. Its goal is to define and implement concrete roadmaps for the responsible development of technologies and services in three key time-changing fields: precision medicine, synthetic biology and 3D printing in biomedicine. - More
by Redazione FGB, 25 January 2017 Permalink
Read also: 30 mesi di SMART-map e SMARTmap - le immagini
Categories Bioethics, Governance, Innovation and Responsibility, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, biotechnology
Categories Innovation Poiesis Intensive, Innovation and Responsibility, Innovation and politics, Report, Responsibility and Politics, Responsibility and Science
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. - More
by Guido Gorgoni, Simone Arnaldi, 7 December 2016 Permalink
Categories Innovation and Responsibility, Innovation and politics, Responsibility and Politics, Responsibility and Science
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. Here presentation, videos, slides and photos. - More
by Angela Simone, Redazione FGB, 29 November 2016 Permalink
Read also: Journal of Responsible Innovation reviews and some posts on VIRI
Categories Bioethics, Governance, Innovation and Responsibility, Responsibility and Science, biotechnology, genetics
Read also: Journal of Responsible Innovation reviews
See also: The Fungus of Design, Osmosi #4. Incontro con Maurizio Montalti (in Italian)
Categories Design, Innovation Poiesis Intensive, Innovation and Responsibility, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, biotechnology
Jos Malda awarded the 2015 Nanonica Prize
Press Release: 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 that of the human cartilage. - More
by Redazione FGB, 18 April 2016 Permalink
Read also: other posts in Nanotechnology
Categories Innovation Poiesis Intensive, Innovation and Responsibility, Innovation and politics, Report, Responsibility and Science
Categories Innovation and Responsibility, Innovation and politics, Responsibility and Science, Sustainability
Read also: RRI Tools is on: jump on board! and other posts on RRI.
Fourth NWO Responsible Innovation Conference
On 24 - 25 August 2015 the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) hosted the Fourth International Conference on Responsible Innovation in The Hague, the Netherlands. Read the report from the event. - More
by Redazione FGB, 4 September 2015 Permalink
Categories Governance, Innovation and Responsibility, Responsibility and Politics, Responsibility and Science
Categories Innovation and Responsibility, Innovation and politics, Responsibility and Science, Sustainability
The Self At Your Wrist - 3/3
The interaction between the human body and electronics is a process that started at a distant point in time. Anyone who thinks that this is just a simple evolution due to hardware miniaturization is guilty of oversimplification. Part 3 of 3. - More
by Fabio Besti, 28 April 2015 Permalink
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Read also: Journal of Responsible Innovation review
Categories Innovation and Responsibility, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, anthropology, enhancement
The Self At Your Wrist - 2/3
The interaction between the human body and electronics is a process that started at a distant point in time. Anyone who thinks that this is just a simple evolution due to hardware miniaturization is guilty of oversimplification. Part 2 of 3. - More
by Fabio Besti, 27 April 2015 Permalink
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Categories Innovation and Responsibility, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, anthropology, enhancement
The Self At Your Wrist - 1/3
The interaction between the human body and electronics is a process that started at a distant point in time. Anyone who thinks that this is just a simple evolution due to hardware miniaturization is guilty of oversimplification. Part 1 of 3. - More
by Fabio Besti, 24 April 2015 Permalink
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Categories Innovation and Responsibility, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, anthropology, enhancement
The RRI Tools Hubs Meeting
The RRI Tools Hubs Meeting brings to Lisbon around 60 researchers, science communicators, educators and policy makers, from 30 countries, to debate and present concrete examples of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in action. - More
by Redazione FGB, 22 April 2015 Permalink
Read also: RRI Tools is on: jump on board!
Civil Society in Research and Innovation: What's next?
The Foundation recently participated in the Civil Society in Research and Innovation: What's next? Event at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels. The event was promoted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the CONSIDER project (Civil society organisations in designing research governance) - More
by Redazione FGB, 19 March 2015 Permalink
Read also: EST-Frame Final Conference Report and A Review of the INSS meeting
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Categories Innovation Poiesis Intensive, Innovation and Responsibility, Innovation and politics, Responsibility and Science
Bassetti Foundation at the Responsible Innovation 2014 Conference
The conference runs through the 21st and 22nd of May and is titled 'Responsible Innovation: Values and Valorisation', and will be one of the largest conferences on responsible innovation this year. - More
by Redazione FGB, 30 April 2014 Permalink
Categories Governance, Innovation and Responsibility, Responsibility and Politics, Responsibility and Science
AAAS Meeting and Journal for Responsible Innovation Launch
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is holding its annual meeting in Chicago from 13th to 17th February, and Ottavia Bassetti, Jonathan Hankins, and Jeff Ubois will represent the Bassetti Foundation. - More
by Redazione FGB, 5 February 2014 Permalink
Read also: Interview with Bruno Latour and Bruno Latour in Milan (2003)
Categories Democracy and Participation, Governance, Innovation and Responsibility, Responsibility and Science
Design Will Own The Future at The Singularity University
Our distinguished delegation was honored in visiting the Singularity University. This is the temple of innovation innovation! Located in the Nasa Research center in the heart of the Silicon Valley and a stones throw from the likes of Google Headquarters, it is the perfect place to wrap up a series of events that have engaged us over the past few days. There could be no better setting to seek further dialogue and gain more understanding on the power and responsibility of innovation. - More
by Francesco Bassetti, 24 June 2013 Permalink
Categories Eventi, Innovation Poiesis Intensive, Innovation and Responsibility, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science
Managing the Responsible Emergence of Science and Innovation in Society
This week saw the digital release of Richard Owen, John Bessant and Maggie Heintz's book entitled Responsible Innovation: Managing the Responsible Emergence of Science and Innovation in Society. - More
by Redazione FGB, 30 April 2013 Permalink
Read also: A Handbook for Responsible Innovation
Categories Innovation and Responsibility, Public Partecipation, Publications, Responsibility and Science
A Report On Responsible Research and Innovation
As a follow up to my post regarding René Von Schomberg's Matrix for Responsible Innovation I would like to point readers towards a freely downloadable document entitled 'A Report On Responsible Research and Innovation'. - More
by Jonathan Hankins, 26 February 2013 Permalink
Categories Innovation and Responsibility, Report, Responsibility and Politics, Responsibility and Science
Risk and Responsibility in Innovation. Videos.
On November 27, 2012 at Università Bocconi, Michael Bruch held a lecture on the role insurers can play in the development of innovative technologies such as nanotechnologies. Here the videos and other materials. - More
by Redazione FGB, 4 January 2013 Permalink
Read also: Risk and Responsibility in Innovation.
Categories Conference, Responsibility and Science
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
by Saima Siddiqui, 5 June 2012 Permalink
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
by Patricia Ríos Cabello, 25 May 2012 Permalink
Categories Design, Responsibility and Science
'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
by Ann Grand, 24 May 2012 Permalink
Categories Open culture, 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
by Margherita Fronte, 22 May 2012 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
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Categories Open access, Responsibility and Science
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
by Margherita Fronte, 22 May 2012 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
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Categories Open access, Responsibility and Science
Categories Bioethics, Conference, Innovation and Responsibility, Lecture, Responsibility and Science, This web site
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
by Redazione FGB, 12 July 2011 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, Jonathan Hankins reviews some of the related materials available on the foundation website. - More
by Redazione FGB, 20 June 2011 Permalink
Read also: itinerary: Conflict of Interest in Science
Categories Innovation and Responsibility, Public Partecipation, Responsibility and Science, Sustainability
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
by Redazione FGB, 16 July 2010 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 ItalianoA 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
by Redazione FGB, 2 July 2010 Permalink
Read also: Go Ask Your Father about DNA by Jonathan Hankins
leggi in ItalianoDifferent forms of expertise
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
by Redazione FGB, 12 May 2010 Permalink
Read also: Il ruolo degli esperti nella democrazia by Margherita Fronte
A 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
by Redazione FGB, 8 January 2010 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
Drugs for People, not for Profit.
In this article Jonathan 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
by Redazione FGB, 10 September 2009 Permalink
Read also: Daniel Callahan in FGB
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
by Redazione FGB, 23 February 2009 Permalink
Read also: Asking the relevant questions about public participation by Brice Laurent
Categories Nanotechnology, Responsibility and Science
The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 2)
The fourth Lecture of the Fondazione Giannino Bassetti will feature prof. Sheila Jasanoff, professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University, one of the authors of the report to the EU "Taking European Knowledge Society Seriously". Mariachiara Tallacchini offers here an introduction to Jasanoff's STS approach. (Part 2) - More
by Mariachiara Tallacchini, 28 April 2008 Permalink
See also: Science and Governance: The report for the European Commission presented at the Bassetti Foundation
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Categories Democracy and Participation, Innovation and politics, Lecture, Responsibility and Science
Governance and participation in nanotechnology
This is the first of a number of postings that Jonathan Hankins will devote to nanotechnologies, their novelty in technoscientific society and their impact on our thinking of responsible innovation. Here, a first look at informative websites and newsletters on nanotechnologies, societal impact and decision making. - More
by Redazione FGB, 7 April 2008 Permalink
See also: interviews with Christine Peterson of the Foresight Institute on Nanotechnology and with Lawrence Gasman, cofounder of NanoMarkets (by Jeff Ubois)
Categories Nanotechnology, Responsibility and Science
Science and Governance: the provocation of responsibility.
Conversation with Mariachiara Tallacchini. "Within the cultural horizons of the European Commission the STS point of view was missing; no report had ever used the science and technology studies perspective. Nicole Dewandre who was in charge of Science and Governance within the Directorate General for Research, was given the mandate to commission an expert group coordinated by Brian Wynne, which could be the European and international expression of this approach. [...] Our thesis is that the public fear of science is not produced by a deficit of knowledge, but by the doubts that the citizens feel in relation to the institutions themselves..." - More
by Redazione FGB, 9 February 2008 Permalink
See also: article by Valentina Porcellana
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Science and Governance: the EU report on Science and Governance presented at FGB
The driving force of the science on the economic and social development compelled politics and laws to set rules for the technoscience and its innumerable deployments. The "Science and Governance Taking European Knowledge Society Seriously" Report, committed by the European Commission, meet the exigence of reflecting in a responsible way about the links between science and society. The Italian transalation will be presented at the Giannino Bassetti Foundation headquarters by the science sociologist Brian Wynne and by the jurist Mariachiara Tallacchini. - More
by Redazione FGB, 1 February 2008 Permalink
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