JONATHAN HANKINS
Author, Speaker
Blogging Responsible Innovation
In this post I would like to take a look at how and where Responsible Innovation is addressed through blogging. Last week saw the launch of the (University of) Manchester Policy Blogs. The blogs provide a platform for researchers and academics to blog about policy-related issues, including how science policy relates to and interacts with ... Blogging Responsible Innovation
2013 6mn
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Developing a Framework for Responsible Innovation
Last month Jack Stilgoe, Richard Owen and Phil Macnaghten published an open access article in the Research Policy journal that is available through the Science Direct website entitled ‘Developing a Framework for Responsible Innovation’. Readers will probably know Stilgoe from various references made on this site including his ‘Year (and a bit) in responsible Innovation’ ... Developing a Framework for Responsible Innovation
2013 7mn
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Pastor Adam Mabry in Conversation
Many of the debates surrounding the issues that we address at the Bassetti Foundation could relate in some way to a lack of absolutism. An individual must make moral and ethical decisions without a black and white idea of right and wrong (in the biblical sense). Conversations surrounding this idea led me to take up ... Pastor Adam Mabry in Conversation
2013 18mn
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Rethinking Responsibility at the Brookings Institute
Last week on behalf of the Bassetti Foundation I attended the Brookings Institution in Washington DC for their public forum to discuss the role of social responsibility in each stage of the innovation process. The event was well attended, with several of Washington’s leading thinkers on the issue in attendance. After a brief introduction, moderator ... Rethinking Responsibility at the Brookings Institute
2013 8mn
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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‘. The print copy release is scheduled for next month, and interested readers can download any or all of the chapters through the Wiley website Online Library where ... Managing the Responsible Emergence of Science and Innovation in Society
2013 3mn
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The Karp Laboratory for Advanced Biomaterials and Stem Cell Based Therapeutics
On Wednesday 3rd of April I took a tour of Karp Laboratory for Advanced Biomaterials and Stem Cell Based Therapeutics in Cambridge Massachusetts with my 7 year old son. The tour was organized by Christina Nicolson as part of her work to promote science to children. The tour was aimed at children from 8 years ... The Karp Laboratory for Advanced Biomaterials and Stem Cell Based Therapeutics
2013 3mn
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A Conversation with Hilary Sutcliffe of Matter
Hilary Sutcliffe is the Director of Matter, described on the homepage as ” a new ‘action tank’ whose aim is “Bringing Responsible Innovation to life”. As a follow up to his review of their “Report On Responsible Research and Innovation” Jonathan Hankins posed a series of questions regarding the future of Responsible Innovation to the ... A Conversation with Hilary Sutcliffe of Matter
2013 9mn
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The Future of Energy at Harvard University
On Monday I attended the first in a lecture series entitled The future of Energy at Harvard University. The series is organized by HUCE (Harvard University Center for the Environment) and involves 3 lectures between now and the end of April. The first lecture was delivered by Alison Macfarlane, Chairperson of the Nuclear Regulation Commission ... The Future of Energy at Harvard University
2013 3mn
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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 document entitled “A Report On Responsible Research and Innovation” that is free to download from the MATTER homepage linked below. The document was written by Hilary Sutcliffe, the Director of MATTER, on ... A Report On Responsible Research and Innovation
2013 2mn
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Late Lessons from Early Warnings
Last month the European Union published its long awaited report “Late Lessons from Early Warnings 2. Science, precaution, innovation“, a follow on after more than a decade from the first report of the same name. This is an enormous document of moire than 650 pages, extremely detailed and interesting, but a little difficult to navigate ... Late Lessons from Early Warnings
2013 2mn
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An Interview with Chris Howard, CEO of Libboo
Chris Howard is CEO and co owner of Libboo, a high profile online publishing venture based in Cambridge Massachusetts. In this interview carried out in January 2013, Jonathan Hankins poses questions of responsibility and ethics surrounding the company’s use and patenting requests for an innovative method of measuring how certain individuals may be able to ... An Interview with Chris Howard, CEO of Libboo
2013 14mn
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Nuffield Council on Bioethics Biotechnologies Report
In December of last year the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published a report entitled Emerging Biotechnologies: technology, choice and the public good. In this post Jonathan Hankins reviews the report and its findings and recommendations. According to the guide that accompanies the report, it ‘is intended to stimulate thinking in a variety of contexts in ... Nuffield Council on Bioethics Biotechnologies Report
2013 8mn
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