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Journal of Responsible Innovation Launch Party
On Saturday 15th February the Bassetti Foundation were proud to attend and co-sponsor the launch party for the new Journal of Responsible Innovation. The launch took place at the Crystal Ballroom, Fairmont Chicago during the AAAS 2014 Annual Meeting, and Ottavia Bassetti, Jeff Ubois and Jonathan Hankins were in attendance on behalf of the Bassetti ... Journal of Responsible Innovation Launch Party
2014 1mn
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Making Science Public Blog on RI
The Nottingham University Making Science Public blog has opened a debate about responsible innovation. On February 24, 2014, Brigitte Nerlich posted an article entitled Responsible innovation: Great expectations, great responsibilities. She argues that “Responsible (research and) innovation is becoming a new language for thinking about relations between science and society, science in society, science with ... Making Science Public Blog on RI
2014 3mn
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ProGReSS put Interview Videos Online
The VIRI website reports that the international consortium ProGReSS has published a series of interviews with Responsible Research and Innovation leaders on the YouTube channel ProgressRRI. The consortium aims to develop a governance model for RRI based on constitutional values and will eventually publish 11 interviews on the channel. In one interview, Petra Ahrweiler, director ... ProGReSS put Interview Videos Online
2014 1mn
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Erik Fisher Speaks to US Presidential Commission
The 16th meeting of the (US) Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues takes place on February 10th and 11th in Washington DC. Erik Fisher, associate director for integration with the Center for Nanotechnology in Society and principal investigator for the SocioTechnical Integration Research (STIR) project, will address the issue of whether including an ... Erik Fisher Speaks to US Presidential Commission
2014 1mn
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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 Jonathan Hankins, Ottavia Bassetti and Jeff Ubois will represent the Bassetti Foundation. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of ... AAAS Meeting and Journal for Responsible Innovation Launch
2014 3mn
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Integrated Network for Social Sustainability
Jonathan Hankins is pleased to have received and accepted the offer to participate in the National Science Foundation funded Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (INSS) as a representative of the Bassetti Foundation. The overall goal of the network is to produce a clearer, more applicable definition of social sustainability, and to create opportunities for engaging ... Integrated Network for Social Sustainability
2014 3mn
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L’uso delle neuroscienze nella giustizia.
Continuano gli incontri di caffè-scienza allo Urban Center di Milano (Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II – angolo Piazza della Scala) Negli ultimi decenni l’insieme degli studi sul sistema nervoso e delle cause fisiche, genetiche e biologiche dei meccanismi che stanno dietro allo sviluppo dei principali fenomeni mentali e delle loro disfunzioni sono stati sensibilmente approfonditi. I ... L’uso delle neuroscienze nella giustizia.
2014 2mn
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Beyond Alternative Food Networks, a book review
Long time Bassetti Foundation collaborator Cristina Grasseni recently published her latest book. Beyond Alternative Food Networks is described by MIT Professor Heather Paxson as “Much more than a book about alternative ways of sourcing and consuming food…. it challenges the rationalist mythology at the heart of capitalism and reveals the affective relations and contingent practices ... Beyond Alternative Food Networks, a book review
2014 3mn
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Caso Stamina: è libertà di cura?
“Affrontare le questioni pubbliche del nostro tempo – negli ambiti delle scienze e delle biotecnologie, della psicologia e delle neuroscienze, dell’economia, della politica, della comunicazione interculturale – significa mettere nel conto scelte morali e politiche fondamentali. Di questo tratta il vasto campo dell’etica pubblica, espressione assai abusata e spesso fraintesa.” Su questa linea il CESEP ... Caso Stamina: è libertà di cura?
2014 1mn
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Looking Back on 2013
As we wish our readers season’s greetings and best wishes for the coming year, we reflect upon what has been an eventful and fulfilling year for the Bassetti Foundation and our collaborators. 2013 saw an appreciable expansion in international affairs for the Foundation, and the launch of several long term global projects. Without doubt the ... Looking Back on 2013
2014 5mn
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The Innovation Principle
Recently twelve of Europe’s largest corporations submitted a letter to the European Commission , urging them to adopt an “Innovation Principle” to be taken into full consideration during policy and legislative processes. The Innovation Principle is described as being simple, ‘whenever precautionary legislation is under consideration, the impact upon innovation should also be taken into ... The Innovation Principle
2013 2mn
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Responsible Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Special Eurobarometer
November saw the publication of the European Commission’s Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), Science and Technology Special Eurobarometer. A summary is free to download here. The summary follows on from that of 2010, in addressing European citizens’ general attitudes towards science and technology, and aims to inform the Commission regarding delivery of the Europe 2020 ... Responsible Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Special Eurobarometer
2013 6mn
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