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The Rightful Place Of Science Conference

Between the 16th and 19th of May 2010 the Consortium For Science Policy and Outcomes will hold their 2010 conference at Mission Palms HotelinTempe, Arizona, USA. The conference is entitled “The Rightful Place of Science?” and its stated aim is to ”address the challenges facing a society that is at once utterly dependent on science ... The Rightful Place Of Science Conference

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Salvatore Veca, Etica e verità – Saggi (ingannevolmente) brevi

I cinque scritti di Veca, raccolti a ricordo di Guido Venosta e a commento di un suo breve saggio, Dal profit al non profit, affrontano con dovizia di richiami e conferme di autori antichi, moderni e contemporanei un dilemma destinato a rimanere tale, ovvero destinato ad essere riproposto indefinitamente senza mai poter essere accantonato – ... Salvatore Veca, Etica e verità – Saggi (ingannevolmente) brevi

Alberto Schena

Polveri & Veleni. La salute è scritta nelle nostre scelte.

Polveri & Veleni di Luca Carra e Margherita Fronte Edizioni Ambiente, 2009 pagine: 208 – euro 12,00 – ISBN 978-88-96238-16-5 Di tutti i giri d’Italia, il più sorprendente è quello che cerca di trovare un filo per tessere in un’unica narrazione la crisi da polveri, carbonio e ossidi della Pianura Padana; le malattie che nascono ... Polveri & Veleni. La salute è scritta nelle nostre scelte.

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Bio-orthopaedics between innovation and health policies

An interview with Alberto Gobbi By Maria Cristina Paganoni “Bio-orthopaedics”, the youngest and most promising offspring of orthopaedics, can be broadly summarized as the attempt to regenerate damaged joint tissue by activating healing processes at the molecular level. In the light of the current resurgent interest, in the national press, for knee injuries and the ... Bio-orthopaedics between innovation and health policies

Is ethics a branch of Politics?

Returning to take a more in-depth look at the work of The Hastings Center and its interest in bio-ethics, I would like to review their recent online and hardback publication entitled From Birth to Death and Bench to Clinic: The Hastings Center Bioethics Briefing Book for Journalists, Policymakers, and Campaigns. Reading this book I became ... Is ethics a branch of Politics?

Cristina Grasseni
Jonathan Hankins

Judith Estrin: Closing the Innovation Gap

Judith Estrin is the author of Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy, the Chief Executive Officer of JLabs LLC in Menlo Park, Calif., and serves on the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company and FedEx Corporation. Best known for her work as an entrepreneur, and for ... Judith Estrin: Closing the Innovation Gap

Technoscientific Innovation

Responsibility and New Models of Democracy in Science and Society Relationship Edited by Giuseppe Pellegrini I libri della Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, Rubbettino, 2008 Il ritmo e la pervasività delle innovazioni tecnoscientifiche pone nuove e pressanti domande al mondo della politica in un momento in cui le decisioni riguardanti l’ambiente e la vita dei cittadini non ... Technoscientific Innovation

Bioetica, bioetiche: narrazioni e costruzioni culturali

Il linguaggio della bioetica – costruito sul giuramento di Ippocrate e sul codice di Norimberga – combina, attraverso la filosofia morale, i termini bios e ethos offrendo gli strumenti utili per fare ordine in un ambito in cui lo yuk factor, la reazione viscerale, come l’ha definita Leon Kass, spesso ha la meglio sulla razionalità. ... Bioetica, bioetiche: narrazioni e costruzioni culturali

Valentina Porcellana

Design-Push Innovation: Changing Accepted Meanings (part 2)

(An interview with Roberto Verganti – …continues from the previous entry) Jeff Ubois: There was a Japanese cartoon that had flashing robot eyes. They were strobing at a rate that induced epileptic seizures in some people. Roberto Verganti: You know, another example is TV shows, you come from that industry, media, where the Simpsons was ... Design-Push Innovation: Changing Accepted Meanings (part 2)

Design-Push Innovation: Changing Accepted Meanings (part 1)

An interview with Roberto Verganti Roberto Verganti is a visiting scholar in the Technology and Operations Management unit at the Harvard Business School, and Professor of Management of Innovation at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His research explores the management of innovation, particularly design driven innovation in rapidly changing environments. In this interview, we discuss ... Design-Push Innovation: Changing Accepted Meanings (part 1)