#Decision making

The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 2)

(Mariachiara Tallacchini offers here an introduction to Jasanoff’s STS approach – …continues from the previous entry). … In her more recent and complex work, published in the United States in 1995 with the title Design on nature the author turns her gaze upon the politics that have accompanied and distinguished the history of bio-technology, thus ... The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 2)

Mariachiara Tallacchini

The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 1)

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“. Sheila Jasanoff will speak at Milan State University on May 6th on ... The Politics of Science and the re-definition of democracy (part 1)

Mariachiara Tallacchini

Terri Schiavo: Innovation, Decision Making and the Future of Ethics

Across the Atlantic, people are shocked to watch in real time the ‘phasing out’ of Terri Schiavo, which has been declared as living in a ‘vegetative state’ as a result of a sudden loss of oxigen to her brain approximately 15 years ago. Her husband, which has been her tutor over all this time, has ... Terri Schiavo: Innovation, Decision Making and the Future of Ethics