European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series 2021

Following the success of the 2020 edition (reviewed here), ERA CoBioTech invites you to the European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series 2021. This second online seminar series continues the ERA CoBioTech additional activities programme, organized in the framework of the European BioTech Hub by FNR in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh and Durham ... European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series 2021

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Luck as a challenge for the responsible governance of science and technology. JRI Special Issue part 2.

In this post we take a look at the second recent Open Access Special Issue offered by the Journal of Responsible Innovation: Luck as a challenge for the responsible governance of science and technology. In their introduction and overview of the various contributions to this Special Issue, Editors Martin Sand and Samantha Copeland describe the ... Luck as a challenge for the responsible governance of science and technology. JRI Special Issue part 2.

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Journal of Responsible Innovation, Special Issue on Public engagement in contested political contexts

As regular readers will know, 2021 brought great changes to the Journal of Responsible Innovation as it took on Open Access status. Alongside a celebratory ‘bumper issue’ (reviewed here), two supplement Special Issues were released. In this post we offer an overview of the first with a review of the second to follow. As Shannon ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Special Issue on Public engagement in contested political contexts

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Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 7, Issue 3 reviewed – Part 2

(This is the second part of the review of vol 7, issue 3. Here the first.) This mammoth issue of the Journal continues with Civic ethics as a normative framework for responsible research and innovation by Félix Lozano and Irene Monsonís-Payá. In this article the authors explore the potential of discursive ethics proposed by Habermas ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 7, Issue 3 reviewed – Part 2

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Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 7, Issue 3 reviewed – Part 1

December 2020 saw the release of Issue 3 of Volume 7 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation. It was a bumper issue, with 25 articles and perspectives, a celebration of the journal’s move to becoming an open access publication. In this post we review the first half of the publication, offering an overview and summary ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 7, Issue 3 reviewed – Part 1

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Corso di Perfezionamento in Etica e Metodologia della Sperimentazione Clinica Oncologica

Coordinatore: Gianluca Vago Co-coordinatore: Virginia Sanchini Segnaliamo il Corso di Perfezionamento in Etica e Metodologia della Sperimentazione Clinica Oncologica, promosso dal Dipartimento di Oncologia ed Emato-Oncologia dell’Università degli Studi di Milano. Il Corso si propone di fornire il know-how etico, metodologico e regolatorio necessario per condurre sperimentazioni cliniche oncologiche e si rivolge a tutte le ... Corso di Perfezionamento in Etica e Metodologia della Sperimentazione Clinica Oncologica

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ROSIE Project Final Virtual Meeting, a Review

The ROSIE: RESPONSIBLE & INNOVATIVE SMEs IN CENTRAL EUROPE project held its final event (virtually) on 23 June 2020, a celebration and presentation of three year’s work carried out across 8 central European countries and involving 11 partners. The aim of the project was to improve skills among entrepreneurs and innovation actors and to promote ... ROSIE Project Final Virtual Meeting, a Review

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Collaboration during COVID-19 | Bottom-up and open source initiatives: report them here!

( Update: April 9, 2020. We therefore await your reports to: anticovid19@fondazionebassetti.org ) Finding concrete answers to the needs emerging from the pandemic. From the 3D printing of respirator valves to systems for tracing contagion in real time, from the production of protective clothing that help prevent the contagion of medical workers to protein folding ... Collaboration during COVID-19 | Bottom-up and open source initiatives: report them here!

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Collaborare ai tempi del COVID-19 | Iniziative bottom-up e open source: mandaci le tue segnalazioni!

( Aggiornato il: 20 aprile 2020. Per le segnalazioni scrivere a: anticovid19@fondazionebassetti.org ) Dare risposte concrete ai bisogni emersi con la pandemia. Dalla stampa 3D di valvole per i respiratori, a sistemi per tracciare in tempo reale i contagi, dalla produzione di protezioni per prevenire il contagio, alla simulazione del ripiegamento proteico per sviluppare nuove ... Collaborare ai tempi del COVID-19 | Iniziative bottom-up e open source: mandaci le tue segnalazioni!

Anna Pellizzone

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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