PhD position in New social collectives in a smart and sustainable energy system

4 year, full-time PhD position in New social collectives in a smart and sustainable energy system Linkoping University, Department of Thematic Studies: Technology and Social Change Application Deadline: 7 December 2020 Linkoping University (Sweden) has advertised a fully funded 4 year PhD position in New social collectives in a smart and sustainable energy system. Research ... PhD position in New social collectives in a smart and sustainable energy system

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European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series

The European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series is a part of the ERA CoBioTech additional activities programme. It runs from 30 September through until 4 November, every Wednesday afternoon from 14:00 – 15:00 CET. Regular readers will know several of the speakers and many of the topics. The series is dedicated to exploring the ... European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series

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Responsible Innovation: Business Opportunities and Strategies for Implementation, a Book Review

Responsible Innovation: Business Opportunities and Strategies for Implementation is a new offering in the SPRINGER BRIEFS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION GOVERNANCE series. Edited by Katharina Jarmai, it is available in paper version or as a free download, and offers a lot of food for thought for anyone interested in responsible innovation approaches and applications within ... Responsible Innovation: Business Opportunities and Strategies for Implementation, a Book Review

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PhD Position in the field of Ethics in the Life Sciences, Wageningen University

Wageningen University (NL) have advertised a post for a PhD candidate in the field of ethics in the life sciences, doing ontological and ethical investigations of cell-factories and their applications. The position is part of the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies Gravitation program, a new ten year long international research program of seven universities in ... PhD Position in the field of Ethics in the Life Sciences, Wageningen University

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Call for papers Special Issue in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Special Issue in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics The Normative Dimension of Transformations towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy – Expanding the Economic Perspective The editors invite papers for a special issue which will focus on the ethical aspects to be considered in a transformation to a sustainable bioeconomy. Motivation Recent discussions have shown that ... Call for papers Special Issue in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

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Living Innovation

The Bassetti Foundation would like to draw readers’ attention to a fascinating and intriguing interview with René von Schomberg, recently published on the LIVING INNOVATION website. LIVING INNOVATION aims to develop responsible, smart home solutions that tackle societal challenges and respond to pressing societal trends, involving industry leaders engaging with lead users in co-creation processes. ... Living Innovation

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The Future Of Positive Packaging. Call for Application.

Call for Applications: Part of the Positive Packaging Program by Perrier, SoScience launches in September the sixth edition of The Future Of: more info here 30-50 experts and professionals of the theme from different organizations will be selected (social entrepreneurs, company, NGO, start-up, research laboratory, industrials, investor…) in order to tackle this question: How to ... The Future Of Positive Packaging. Call for Application.

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Innovation, Responsibility and Medicine: interview with Daniel Callahan

(April 20, 2005) Cristina Grasseni Let’s start with a question that is relevant to the aims and interests of the FGB, which is discussing responsibility in innovation. How would you relate it to your own interests? Daniel Callahan I have long had a fascination with technology and particularly its power to change the way we ... Innovation, Responsibility and Medicine: interview with Daniel Callahan

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Utrecht Degrowth Symposium

The first Utrecht Degrowth Symposium was held at Utrecht University on Friday 28 June, aiming to consolidate the emerging degrowth platform in the Netherlands with international experts from various disciplines. As Foreign Correspondent I attended on behalf of the Bassetti Foundation. What follows is a short report with an overview of the topic from my ... Utrecht Degrowth Symposium

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PRISMA Industrial Roadmap

Thursday 27 June, 2019 saw the final meeting of the PRISMA project in Brussels, with Jonathan Hankins attending on behalf of the Bassetti Foundation. Prisma is an almost completed European Union Horizon 2020 funded project whose aim was to develop a road mapping methodology for RRI in industry, based upon a series of freshly completed ... PRISMA Industrial Roadmap

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