#innovation and politics

Developing a Framework for Responsible Innovation

Last month Jack Stilgoe, Richard Owen and Phil Macnaghten published an open access article in the Research Policy journal that is available through the Science Direct website entitled ‘Developing a Framework for Responsible Innovation’. Readers will probably know Stilgoe from various references made on this site including his ‘Year (and a bit) in responsible Innovation’ ... Developing a Framework for Responsible Innovation

Jonathan Hankins

Rethinking Responsibility at the Brookings Institute

Last week on behalf of the Bassetti Foundation I attended the Brookings Institution in Washington DC for their public forum to discuss the role of social responsibility in each stage of the innovation process. The event was well attended, with several of Washington’s leading thinkers on the issue in attendance. After a brief introduction, moderator ... Rethinking Responsibility at the Brookings Institute

Jonathan Hankins

Farmaci di origine biologica e biosimilari: profili di responsabilità medica (parte II)

(Il presente articolo è la prosecuzione di Farmaci di origine biologica e biosimilari: quale livello di sicurezza per prodotti innovativi?) Nei contesti medici in cui si utilizzano i farmaci biologici, o i loro eventuali biosimilari, si accentuano le difficoltà connesse alla scelta del farmaco idoneo ad essere prescritto al paziente in cura. Se si considera, ... Farmaci di origine biologica e biosimilari: profili di responsabilità medica (parte II)

Giorgia Guerra

Farmaci: quale livello di sicurezza per prodotti innovativi? (parte I)

Farmaci di origine biologica e biosimilari: quale livello di sicurezza per prodotti innovativi? Strumenti regolatori per attuare una responsabile research and innovation agenda in campo farmaceutico. La produzione di artefatti innovativi è, oggi più che mai, al centro delle attenzioni nelle politiche europee. Ricerca ed innovazione rappresentano un pilastro portante della strategia dell’Unione Europea finalizzata ... Farmaci: quale livello di sicurezza per prodotti innovativi? (parte I)

Giorgia Guerra

Commercial Drone Management and Regulation

Two years ago I wrote an article about the use of drones and other robot devices in warfare. Times have moved on however, and now drones are much smaller and cheaper, and this has lead to suggestions that their use on mass will present privacy issues for the general public. The market for Unmanned Aircraft ... Commercial Drone Management and Regulation

Jonathan Hankins

The potential role of science communication in Pakistan

Towards the understanding of science communication and its potential role to bring prosperity in the rural and agro-based community of Pakistan by Naeema Siddiqui (Institute of Social & Cultural Studies , University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan), Saima Siddiqui (Centre for Integrated Mountain Research, Punjab University Lahore Pakistan; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Modena ... The potential role of science communication in Pakistan

Saima Siddiqui

A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 2

The Union of Concerned Scientists is about to open its new ‘Center for Science and Democracy’, and I was fortunate enough to meet and record a conversation with the centre’s Program Manager Pallavi Phartiyal. (…continues from the previous entry). J H: Global warming or climate change is a political problem here. If you come from ... A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 2

Jonathan Hankins

A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 1

Cambridge Massachusetts hosts one of the main offices of the Union of Concerned Scientists, described on their own website as “the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world” They go on to state that “UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure ... A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 1

Jonathan Hankins

A discussion with Congressman Michael E. Capuano – part 2

In this, the first of a series of interviews with some of the major players in the US innovation and scientific research scene, Jonathan Hankins talks to Congressman Michael E. Capuano, whose territory in Boston hosts some of the biggest names in research and innovation today. ———————— (A discussion with Congressman Michael E. Capuano – ... A discussion with Congressman Michael E. Capuano – part 2

A discussion with Congressman Michael E. Capuano – part 1

In this, the first of a series of interviews with some of the major players in the US innovation and scientific research scene, Jonathan Hankins talks to Congressman Michael E. Capuano, whose territory in Boston hosts some of the biggest names in research and innovation today. Arguments surrounding the role that politics plays in innovation, ... A discussion with Congressman Michael E. Capuano – part 1