JONATHAN HANKINS
Author, Speaker
Journal of Responsible Innovation, Issue 3, a Review
Late last year the third issue of the first volume of the Journal of Responsible Innovation was published through Taylor and Francis. In this post we review the publication. The journal opens with an editorial by Editor in Chief David Guston. In Giving content to responsible innovation, Guston expresses his interest and excitement at the ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Issue 3, a Review
EST-Frame Final Conference Report
On December 2 the EST-Frame Final Conference took place in Brussels Belgium. The conference was entitled “Assessing emerging technologies – Towards an integrated approach“. The program can be found here. In his short welcome speech and introduction, Thomas Reiss explained that assessments tools are needed because of questions about ethics. He argued that assessments may ... EST-Frame Final Conference Report
Journal of Responsible Innovation, Issue 2, a Review
The second issue of the Journal of Responsible innovation opens with an Editorial written by Editor in Chief David Guston. In “Responsible innovation: a going concern” (available on open access), Guston describes how RI “continues to be a timely and important topic at the interface of scholarship and practice”. He cites the US Presidential Commission ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Issue 2, a Review
Responsible Innovation: Values and Valorisation Conference
On May 21 – 22, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) hosted the Third International Conference on Responsible Innovation in The Hague, The Netherlands. The conference brought together researchers from various academic disciplines, as well as representatives from both public and private sector to discuss the merits, practices and necessity of responsible innovation for ... Responsible Innovation: Values and Valorisation Conference
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. Readers will know several of the Keynote Speakers from previous posts. Jeroen Van den Hoven has a chapter in Owen, Bessant and Heintz’s book ... Bassetti Foundation at the Responsible Innovation 2014 Conference
The Bassetti Foundation in the Netherlands
The Bassetti Foundation is pleased to announce that Foreign Scientific Correspondent Jonathan Hankins will shortly take up a new position in the Netherlands. Hankins has been stationed in Boston USA for the last 3 years, a geographic positioning that has allowed the Foundation to expand its operations in the USA. Developments over these years have ... The Bassetti Foundation in the Netherlands
A Review of the INSS meeting
As many readers will know, last weekend I attended the Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (INSS) meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was fortunate enough to have been selected to present a poster as part of the Saturday afternoon poster session. The poster can be seen here via the Bassetti Foundation Flikr account, alongside many ... A Review of the INSS meeting
Bassetti Foundation at the INSS International Meeting
The Second Annual Meeting of the Integrated Network for Social Sustainability takes place in Charlotte North Carolina between the 4th and 6th of April, and Jonathan Hankins will be there to represent the Bassetti Foundation and present during the poster session. Prepared together with long term Foundation Collaborator Cristina Grasseni, Hankins will present a poster ... Bassetti Foundation at the INSS International Meeting
A review of the Journal of Responsible Innovation
In this post I would like to take a look at the first issue of the new Journal of Responsible Innovation. As readers may know the journal is edited by David Guston and published through Taylor and Francis, who have generously made the first edition open access. All of the following articles are free to ... A review of the Journal of Responsible Innovation
Focus on SciencesPo
On Feb 10th 2014, long time friend of the Bassetti Foundation Bruno Latour opens his Scientific Humanities course to the world in MOOC form. The course is offered online, is conducted in English and is free, with just a simple registration required. According to the website “Scientific humanities means the extension of interpretative skills to ... Focus on SciencesPo
The 2013 SAGE Conference: Place, Politics & Potential
The SAGE Conference is organized by the Worcester Solidarity and Green Economy Alliance. This year the conference ran over 2 days in November and both myself and long time collaborator and former Scientific Director Cristina Grasseni were present, Grasseni as Plenary Speaker on the final day. The conference was organized into workshops, each addressing different ... The 2013 SAGE Conference: Place, Politics & Potential
S.NET, a Review of the Panel Sessions
As a follow up on my previous S.NET post I would like to take a brief look at the contents and debates provoked during some of the panel sessions. The conference hosted a series of panel sessions, many of which directly addressed issues surrounding responsible innovation. The following are a selection. In the Theories of ... S.NET, a Review of the Panel Sessions














