Looking Back on 2016

2016 was a busy year for the Bassetti Foundation (FGB), involving our participation in projects and conferences and events across the world. In this editorial we cast a light upon some of the year’s major events. Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World January saw FGB participate in the Go4 Joint Final ... Looking Back on 2016

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Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): The Problematic Quest for ‘Right’ Impacts

Between March 10 and 11th the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): The Problematic Quest for “Right” Impacts conference takes place in Donostia-San Sebastián. The event has been organized by Arizona State University and the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, and regular readers will be familiar with many of the topics and speakers. The conference ... Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): The Problematic Quest for ‘Right’ Impacts

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2016 INSS Meeting, Call for Papers

The Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (INSS) annual meeting will take place from June 8 – 10 this year, and the organizers have published a call for papers. The call closes on 10 February. As readers may recall, the Bassetti Foundation participates in the INSS through the membership of Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins, who will ... 2016 INSS Meeting, Call for Papers

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Responsible Research and Innovation Conference Updates

As readers will know the Responsible Research and Innovation Conference was held on 14 and 15 January 2016 at the EESC in Brussels. The event organizers have now updated the conference website so that it includes downloadable visuals presented by the various speakers at the conference. Speakers included many of the philosophical leaders in the ... Responsible Research and Innovation Conference Updates

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2015, promoting responsible forms of innovation

As regular readers will know, the mission of the Bassetti foundation involves promoting and participating in debates surrounding the development of responsible forms of innovation. Each year the foundation forms partnerships and promotes events with governance institutions, universities, private companies, NGO’s and foundations and international research groups. In this short review we cast our lens ... 2015, promoting responsible forms of innovation

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Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World

On 14 -15 January 2016 the Go4 Joint Final Conference “Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World” will take place at the EESC in Brussels, Belgium. The Go4 conference will present key results drawn from 3 year’s work of four major FP7 projects. All of the projects share a common concern to ... Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World

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Engaging Society in Responsible Research and Innovation: What’s Next?

The Engaging Society in Responsible Research and Innovation: What’s Next? conference will take place between Monday 9th November – Tuesday 10th November 2015, at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Brussels. The two-day conference marks the culmination of the EU funded Engage2020. The project has spent two years mapping engagement ... Engaging Society in Responsible Research and Innovation: What’s Next?

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Fourth NWO Responsible Innovation Conference

On 24 – 25 August 2015 the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) hosted the Fourth International Conference on Responsible Innovation in The Hague, the Netherlands. Readers may recall the conference from last year, when Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins presented during the poster session. This year’s conference aimed to discuss the merits, practices and necessity ... Fourth NWO Responsible Innovation Conference

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INSS Annual Conference Report

The INSS Third Annual Conference took place this year between April 9th and 10th, with Bassetti Foundation Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins attending the London site. This year’s conference was held over 5 sites, in an attempt to make the event as sustainable as possible by cutting down on travel for the participants. Several seminars and ... INSS Annual Conference Report

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2014, A Year in Responsible Innovation

2014 was a busy year for the Bassetti Foundation. In this post we describe some of the International conferences and projects that the Foundation participated in. American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting The American Association for the Advancement of Science held its annual meeting in Chicago from 13th to 17th February, and Ottavia ... 2014, A Year in Responsible Innovation

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