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Dalla responsabilità del comunicatore alla responsabilità del sistema

Appunti sul panel promosso dalla Fondazione Giannino Bassetti al convegno internazionale di Firenze “Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference”, 20 Aprile 2012. Friday, 20th April Palazzo dei congressi Room: Onice PCST 2012 – Parallel Session 3 13.00-14.15 From Responsibility of Communication to Responsibility in Science and Technology Communication Il tema scelto dal comitato organizzatore ... Dalla responsabilità del comunicatore alla responsabilità del sistema

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PCST12: Quality, Honesty and Beauty

Ogni paese del mondo è alle prese con la comunicazione della scienza e come affrontare lo scetticismo e la superstizione che crescono di fronte ai veloci progressi tecnologici. La conoscenza scientifica sta esplodendo. Come possono i cittadini comuni stare al passo con i progressi e prendere decisioni anche in ambito politico? Si tratta di grandi ... PCST12: Quality, Honesty and Beauty

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Comunicazione della scienza a Nancy

Il rapporto fra scienza, tecnologia e società in generale è al centro di molti dibattiti, soprattutto in un momento in cui la rapida espansione della tecnologia digitale apre innumerevoli modalità di interazione tra produttori e utilizzatori di informazioni. Se il primo appuntamento, di cui abbiamo già cominciato a parlare, è il PCST 2012 QUALITY, HONESTY ... Comunicazione della scienza a Nancy

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Nano-pollutants and a Research Strategy

As a follow up to my recent post entitled A Research Strategy For Engineered Nanotechnologies I would like to point readers towards an article published in Science News this week. My article reviews a document entitled ‘A Research Strategy for Environmental, Health and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanotechnologies’ and looks at recommendations drawn in order ... Nano-pollutants and a Research Strategy

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Layers of Uncertainty

On Monday March 5th I attended the third Science Technology Policy Crossroads symposium at the Harvard University Science Centre. The symposium was entitled ‘Layers of Uncertainty: Conversations on the role of uncertainty in science and technology policy’, details are available from their website linked above. The key note speech was delivered by Rear Admiral Ali ... Layers of Uncertainty

Design and Everyday Objects at London’s Science Museum

Followers of the website will be aware of the Bassetti Foundation’s Design Project, and in this post I would like to take a look at an interesting exhibition currently on display at the London Science Museum. The exhibition is entitled ‘Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things”, and contains just that, everyday things. Objects on ... Design and Everyday Objects at London’s Science Museum

Jonathan Hankins

Is Citizen Science Coming of Age?

Last year I posted an introductory article to citizen science, something that I again touched upon in a newer article about synthetic biology, and recently have been following some interesting developments in the field. One of these developments involves a game called ‘Fold. It’ and gamers appear to have made a breakthrough in scientific understanding. ... Is Citizen Science Coming of Age?

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Scientists wanted for government positions

In August the New York Times published an interesting article entitled “Group calls For Scientists to Engage The Body Politic“. The article tells the story of a small bi-partisan group of politicians that believe that governance would improve if more scientists ran for (and won) office in governmental positions. The author Cornelia Dean describes the ... Scientists wanted for government positions

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Teaching science in schools, some ideas

Science learning in the classroom presents the opportunity for teachers to introduce the problems of ethics and responsibility at an early age. In this post we look at 3 UK based projects that all aim to develop science teaching and involve the students in innovative ways. The BBC news website carries an interesting article about ... Teaching science in schools, some ideas

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Itinerary: Communicating Science

In light of the Bassetti Foundation’s announcement of their involvement in the 2012 Public Communication of Science and Technology Network conference and related call for abstracts for funding, Jonathan Hankins reviews some of the related materials available on the foundation website. ———————– The problem of the communication of science and innovation has been addressed many ... Itinerary: Communicating Science