#sustainability
Food For Good
On 4 April 2023 Jonathan Hankins and Cristina Grasseni showed a group of students from Nottingham Trent university (UK) round the community garden Food For Good in Utrecht (NL).As regular readers will know, both share an interest in local food production. Cristina is Principal Investigator in Food Citizens?, an ongoing EU funded project that aims ... Food For Good
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Future of River Basins and Deltas Seminar
The PBL (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency) held a seminar in Rotterdam on 11+12 October 2022 dedicated to the future of river basins and deltas, which I attended on behalf of the Bassetti Foundation. The specific deltas discussed were the Rheine-Meuse, Mississippi and Yangtze, with the seminar rationale being that river basins and deltas are crucial ... Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Future of River Basins and Deltas Seminar
Responsible Innovation in Health. A book review.
Responsible Innovation in Health. Concepts and Tools for Sustainable Impact draws on RRI literature and approaches to develop the concept of Responsible Innovation in Health (RIH) and a toolbox for its implementation. It is free to download here and here (under OUTCOMES). The publication grows out of the authors’ work in the In Fieri Research ... Responsible Innovation in Health. A book review.
Postdoctoral position for Sustainable Development Assessment
The Transdisciplinarity Lab (TdLab) at the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS) seek a postdoctoral researcher to join their group for the EU project Delivering the next generation of Open Integrated Assessment Models for net-zero, sustainable development (DIAMOND), funded by Horizon Europe. The team will lead the implementation of a transdisciplinary approach to co-create the ... Postdoctoral position for Sustainable Development Assessment
Open Scholarship, Responsible Innovation and Anticipatory Governance Workshop
The Open Scholarship, Responsible Innovation and Anticipatory Governance workshop was held on 29-30 June at Käte Hamburger Kolleg (KHK), Cultures of Research, RWTH Aachen University. Foreign Scientific Correspondent Jonathan Hankins attended and files the following report. In his introduction to the workshop, René von Schomberg shared his view that a well-developed open scholarship science system ... Open Scholarship, Responsible Innovation and Anticipatory Governance Workshop
Resources from Voedsel Anders
I recently attended the 2022 Voedsel Anders conference held at Wageningen University on 10 – 11 June. This particular University is a fitting place for such a gathering as it is home to Wageningen Food and Biobased Research institution, where ‘with our clients and partners, we can create economical viable and sustainable solutions to contribute ... Resources from Voedsel Anders
Some Take-aways from the Sustainable Research Symposium 2022
After a COVID enforced two-year hiatus, I was pleased to physically step back into my first in-person symposium this month, the Sustainable Research Symposium 2022. This was the second such simposium, hosted on 19 May this year by the Dutch section of Green Labs, an organization described as a community and resources platform for sustainable ... Some Take-aways from the Sustainable Research Symposium 2022
Working Towards Sustainable Science Practices: The Second Sustainable Research Symposium
The Sustainable Research Symposium 2022 will be held on May 19th between 9am – 3pm CET at the Princess Maxima Center, Utrecht Science Park in the Netherlands and broadcast online. The symposium is a unique free event about sustainable research which can be followed in person (places are limited however) or online. It was organized ... Working Towards Sustainable Science Practices: The Second Sustainable Research Symposium
The future of One Health. Call for proposal
SoScience is a social company specialized in Responsible Research and Innovation. In partnership with the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, we just launched The Future Of One Health. The Future Of programs, recognized by the UN as a good practice to achieve the SDGs, aims to gather 30 to 50 experts (researchers, academics ... The future of One Health. Call for proposal
Collective food procurement as responsible innovation
Collective food procurement is an emerging phenomenon at multiple levels, well beyond purchasing: for example through foraging and self-production; short food chains and direct sales; or food governance through local institutions, but also through networks of NGOs. The Food Citizens? project has comparatively investigated in the cities of Gdańsk (Poland), Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and Turin ... Collective food procurement as responsible innovation
MARIE Webinar Week: A Review
After more than 4 years in operation, between 7-9 September 2021 the MARIE Interreg project hosted 3 days of seminars, with networking slots and video drops and some light-hearted fun. Day 1 The topic for the first day was Responsibility and sustainable strategies: Moving Towards S4+. After taking a voluntary quiz and language lesson about ... MARIE Webinar Week: A Review
Art in responsible innovation. A conversation with Maurizio Montalti
In this, the second post in the Art in Responsible Innovation series, Jonathan Hankins is joined in conversation by Maurizio Montalti, Founder of Officina Corpuscoli and pioneer in the study and development of mycelium-based technologies for the design and production of natural biomaterials and products. Maurizio Montalti is a designer, scientist and artist whose research ... Art in responsible innovation. A conversation with Maurizio Montalti








