Future Food Symposium in Utrecht
February 17 saw the Groentetas group of Utrecht University organize the Future Food Symposium, with long time Foundation collaborator Cristina Grasseni as opening speaker. In this short report we offer an outline of the event. - Leggi
Categorie Food and Feed, Forum
Bassetti Foundation at the Responsible Innovation 2014 Conference
The conference runs through the 21st and 22nd of May and is titled 'Responsible Innovation: Values and Valorisation', and will be one of the largest conferences on responsible innovation this year. - Leggi
Categorie Innovation and Responsibility, Responsibility and Science, Responsibility and Politics, Governance
Bassetti Foundation at the INSS International Meeting
The Second Annual Meeting of the Integrated Network for Social Sustainability takes place in Charlotte North Carolina between the 4th and 6th of April, and Jonathan Hankins will be there to represent the Bassetti Foundation and present during the poster session. - Leggi
Beyond Alternative Food Networks, a book review
Long time Bassetti Foundation collaborator Cristina Grasseni recently published her latest book 'Beyond Alternative Food Networks; Italy's solidarity purchase groups'. - Leggi
Read also: Uncertainty and disquiet and Omeopatia del rifiuto
Smart Cities course
Harvard Graduate school of Design offers a course entitled Smart Cities: An introduction to urban Integrated Networked Solutions, and may well be one of the leading exponents of responsible innovation through design. - Leggi
Read also: Design-Push Innovation: Changing Accepted Meanings, an interview with Roberto Verganti
Categorie Design
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. - Leggi
Read also: Cristina Grasseni's blog in English and in Italiano
Categorie Biotechnology, Seminari
Food for Mind. Food for Health
Between Friday 22nd and Sunday 24th October the city of Torino hosts the "Food For Mind. Mind For Health" conference and Cristina Grasseni of the Bassetti Foundation will be speaking. - Leggi
Read also: Cristina Grasseni's blog in English and in Italiano
Categorie Forum, Conference
Is ethics a branch of Politics?
Returning to take a more in-depth look at the work of The Hastings Centre and interest in bio-ethics, Jonathan Hankins provides a review of 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. - Leggi
Read also: Nanotechnology in Focus and Nature, New Yorker on Cognitive Enhancement by Jeff Ubois
Cristina Grasseni at the Slow Food Salon of Taste
On Monday 27th October 2008, within the vast programme of the Slow Food movement's Salon of Taste which was held in Turin between the 23rd and the 27th October, Cristina Grasseni of the Bassetti Foundation took part in the round table presentation "The Shepherdess: Queen of the Alps", devoted to the innovative local experiences of women making a living in the mountains. - Leggi
Categorie Eventi, Tavole rotonde