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Focus on SciencesPo

On Feb 10th 2014, long time friend of the Bassetti Foundation Bruno Latour opens his Scientific Humanities course to the world in MOOC form. The course is offered online, is conducted in English and is free, with just a simple registration required. According to the website “Scientific humanities means the extension of interpretative skills to ... Focus on SciencesPo

Jonathan Hankins

Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 3)

Professor Biagioli was kind enough to dedicate some of his time to the Foundation in the form of a conversation with Jonathan Hankins. Topics covered were varied, but the major theme running through the discussion is responsibility in the patenting process. Many extremely interesting points came up, from how to lessen constraints on scientific research ... Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 3)

Jonathan Hankins

Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 2)

Professor Biagioli was kind enough to dedicate some of his time to the Foundation in the form of a conversation with Jonathan Hankins. Topics covered were varied, but the major theme running through the discussion is responsibility in the patenting process. Many extremely interesting points came up, from how to lessen constraints on scientific research ... Intellectual Property and Responsibility (part 2)

Jonathan Hankins

Intellectual Property and Responsibility

Professor Mario Biagioli is a Distinguished Professor of Law and Science and Technology Studies (STS), and Director of the new Center for Innovation Studies at University of California, Davis. To quote the website the Innovation studies center’s research “engages the many dimensions of the process of technoscientific innovation, from those that make it possible to ... Intellectual Property and Responsibility

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Cristina Grasseni at the Harvard STS Circle

On Monday 28th of November long time Bassetti Foundation collaborator Dr Cristina Grasseni chaired a seminar at The STS Circle (Science, Technology and Society), part of the Harvard Kennedy School in Boston. The STS program is directed by Sheila Jasanoff who convened the seminar entitled ‘Skilled Visions: Critical Ecologies of Belonging’, in which Grasseni presented ... Cristina Grasseni at the Harvard STS Circle

Cristina Grasseni
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MIRRORS: New Challenges for Knowledge-based Societies

(Read in English – Preview) Through the Mirrors of Science: New Challenges for Knowledge-based Societies, pubblicato nel 2010 per la Ontos Verlag, raccoglie i risultati conseguiti durante i due anni di attività di ricerca del progetto MIRRORS (Monitoring Ideas Regarding Research Organizations and Reasons in Science) finanziato dalla Commissione europea nell’ambito del “settimo programma quadro” ... MIRRORS: New Challenges for Knowledge-based Societies

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Practicing Responsibility

Nell’imminenza della deadline (prorogata al 22 marzo) per proporre comunicazioni scientifiche, segnalo il seguente call for papers su "politica, policies e governance della scienza", co-organizzato dalla Fondazione Bassetti, nell’ambito della conferenza EASST_010 (European Association for the Study of Science and Technology) che si terrà a Trento il 2-4 settembre in collaborazione con STS Italia. Si ... Practicing Responsibility

Catturare Proteo. Tecnoscienza e società della conoscenza in Europa

Piero Bassetti, Presidente della Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, e Cristina Grasseni, antropologa dell’Università di Bergamo e Direttore scientifico della Fondazione, partecipano al Secondo convegno nazionale organizzato dall’Associazione italiana di studi sociali sulla scienza e la tecnologia (STS-Italia). Il convegno, che si tiene a Genova dal 19 al 21 giugno 2008, è intitolato “Catturare Proteo. Tecnoscienza e ... Catturare Proteo. Tecnoscienza e società della conoscenza in Europa

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Building a bridge between science and society

Looking for the foundations of the communication of science. (Bergamo, February 14-15 2008) by Roberta Gabbatore (See the images) On Thursday 14th February 2008 in the splendid setting of the ex monastery of Saint Augustine (now part of the University) in Bergamo’s upper town the conference “Building a bridge between science and society. Looking for ... Building a bridge between science and society