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Arizona State University Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies
The Winter School provides junior scholars and scientists an introduction to and practical experience with methods and theory for better understanding the social dimensions of emerging technologies. The 2026 Winter School will be focused on the broad notion of impact with an aim to explore ways for participants to increase and diversify the impact of ... Arizona State University Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies
Steward.exe Release their First Track
On 28 September 2025, Steward.exe released blockroots.tar, the first of a series of tracks and albums. Born from the meeting between Italian composer Luca Severino and Jonathan Hankins, Steward.exe aims to be a synthesis of sound research and ethical reflection in the age of artificial intelligence. The project emerged in 2025 as a natural evolution ... Steward.exe Release their First Track
Utrecht Science Week
Utrecht Science Week takes place from Friday 26 September to Sunday 5 October at the Utrecht Science Park (Netherlands), offering a host of interesting (and predominantly free) activities for everyone. The following is an overview, with the full program available here. In Friday’s keynote lecture “Cracking the Code on Cancer and Other Serious Diseases: The ... Utrecht Science Week
Research-Technology Management Journal Call for Papers
The Research-Technology Management journal has posted a call for manuscripts (max 5000 words) for a special issue on Responsible Innovation for Emerging Technology: Navigating Ethics, Society, Diplomacy, and Sustainability, edited by Nuran Acur, Dr Jarryd Daymond, Dr Carlos Carbajal, and Prof. Minu Kumar. The deadline for manuscript submission is 01 October 2025. The editors are ... Research-Technology Management Journal Call for Papers
Webinar – Exploring RRI in Bioprinted Organoids: Reflections from the ENLIGHT Project
We are delighted to invite you to join the webinar “Exploring RRI in Bioprinted Organoids: Reflections from the ENLIGHT Project.” Bioprinted organoids represent one of the most promising and rapidly advancing frontiers in biomedical science, with transformative implications for research, diagnostics, and regenerative medicine. For the research innovation community, the challenge now lies not only ... Webinar – Exploring RRI in Bioprinted Organoids: Reflections from the ENLIGHT Project
Neuralink’s brain-computer interfaces: medical innovations and ethical challenges
March of 2025 saw the release of Neuralink’s brain-computer interfaces: medical innovations and ethical challenges, authored by Andrea Lavazza, Michela Balconi, Marcello Ienca, Francesca Minerva, Federico Gustavo Pizzetti, Massimo Reichlin, Francesco Samorè, Vittorio A. Sironi, Marta Sosa Navarro and Sarah Songhorian. The article appears in the open access publication Frontiers in Human Dynamics, and is part of a series of 10 articles that appear in a collection ... Neuralink’s brain-computer interfaces: medical innovations and ethical challenges
Looking Back on 2024
IN MEMORY OF ANDREINA BASSETTI Through her profound civic spirit, Andreina Rocca Bassetti gained esteem and affection from all of those who had the pleasure to meet her. The work of the Bassetti Foundation (which she co-founded with her brother Piero Bassetti) is both a reflection and result of her dedication, and we endeavor to ... Looking Back on 2024
Opportunities in digital transformation, organizing and STS at the IT University of Copenhagen
IT University of Copenhagen invite applicants who can contribute to strengthening the IT University’s research and teaching in how digital technologies affect organising and organisational transformations, for instance how AI or new data management practices engender changes in public institutions, NGOs or private companies. The candidates need to have a background in qualitative humanities or social ... Opportunities in digital transformation, organizing and STS at the IT University of Copenhagen
Responsible Innovation Lectures at Leiden University
On Thursday 5th and Monday 9th of December (2024), Bassetti Foundation correspondent Jonathan Hankins brought discussion about responsible innovation and sociotechnical imaginaries to Leiden University Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, as part of its Social Theories undergraduate course. Here his report: In December of 2024 I was given the opportunity to discuss responsible ... Responsible Innovation Lectures at Leiden University
Performance Lecture at the International School Utrecht
The Bassetti Foundation recently continued its long-term collaboration with the International School Utrecht as on 23 October Jonathan Hankins delivered a Performance Lecture about sociotechnical imaginaries during a Diploma Years TOK (theory of Knowledge) lesson. The Foundation and the school have been collaborating since 2018, when topics under discussion were ‘the driverless society’ and developments ... Performance Lecture at the International School Utrecht
New directions in the anthropology of entrepreneurship: beyond social embeddedness
Long-time Bassetti Foundation collaborator Cristina Grasseni recently presented a paper at the European Association of Social Anthropology (EASA) conference in Barcelona, held between 18-26 July. The conference theme was ‘Doing and Undoing with Anthropology’, with Grasseni participating in a full-day panel entitled New directions in the anthropology of entrepreneurship: beyond social embeddedness convened by Joost ... New directions in the anthropology of entrepreneurship: beyond social embeddedness
Call for application for the Twelfth Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies
Call for application for the Twelfth Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies: Accelerating Impactful Scholarship. The Twelfth Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies: Accelerating Impactful Scholarship is supported by National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure and takes place from January 3-10, 2025 at Saguaro Lake Ranch in Mesa, Arizona. The Winter School provides junior scholars and scientists ... Call for application for the Twelfth Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies