FONDAZIONE GIANNINO BASSETTI

Making Networks Happen: Cooperation for Sustainability Transitions

Cristina Grasseni and Maurizio Bettiga held a workshop focused on sustainability transitions in and for the cooperative world, its limits and potentials for Confcooperative Lombardia. - Leggi 

Art in responsible innovation. A conversation with Maurizio Montalti

In this, the second post in the Art in Responsible Innovation series, Jonathan Hankins is joined in conversation by Maurizio Montalti. - Leggi 

European Biotechnology and Society Seminar Series 2021 - Review, Part 2

In this second part of the review Jonathan Hankins offers an overview of the final three weeks of the seminar series. - Leggi 

European Biotechnology and Society Seminar Series 2021 - Review, Part 1

June saw the launch of the European Biotechnology and Society 2021 seminar series, a five-week long series of presentations and questions. In this post Jonathan Hankins reviews the first two episodes. - Leggi 

European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series - Review, Part 2

In this, the second part of the review of the European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series, Jonathan Hankins reviews seminars 4 to 6. - Leggi 

European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series - Review, Part 1

In this, the first of two posts, Jonathan Hankins reviews the European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series. - Leggi 

Innovation, Responsibility and Medicine: interview with Daniel Callahan

An interview by Cristina Grasseni with Daniel Callahan (April 20, 2005) - Leggi 

Summer School sulla Bio-based Economy in Università degli Studi Milano Bicocca. I vincitori delle borse di studio.

I vincitori sono Vera Dickhoff e Fidelis Funwi Che. Tra gli speakers di quest'anno anche Anna Pellizzone di Fondazione Bassetti. - Leggi 

Bio-based Economy from a Responsible Innovation Perspective

On Friday 9 September 2017, Bassetti Foundation Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins delivered a lecture at the Milan Bicocca University. The Lecture formed part of the program of the Towards a Bio-based Economy: Science, Innovation, Economics, Education Summer School, jointly hosted by Milan's Bicocca and Gothenburg's Chalmers Universities. - Leggi 

Three years of collaboration with the School of Design - Politecnico di Milano

Three years of collaboration synthesized in a short video! - Leggi 

Game-changing innovations and responsibility. A dialogue with David Guston.

On November, 14th, The Fondazione Bassetti had the honor to host Professor David Guston, Founding Director of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and Co-Director of the Institute for the Future of Innovation in Society Arizona State University. Here presentation, videos, slides and photos. - Leggi 

David Guston in Bassetti Foundation

Six years on from his previous visit to Milan, we are very pleased to have Professor Guston once more to discuss themes surrounding SynBio and responsibility on 14 November in our conference suite in Via Barozzi. - Leggi 

Jos Malda awarded the 2015 Nanonica Prize

Press Release: The 2015 Nanonica Prize has been awarded to Jos Malda, associate professor at the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands, for developing a new microfiber 3D printing technique that can increase the stiffness of a hydrogel composite by up to 54-fold, within a similar range as that of the human cartilage. - Leggi 

The Fungus of Design

Maurizio Montalti, a young Italian designer whose works is extremely innovative, on the border between art and biology. Single objects that are individual in their field, forged from materials gained through the manipulation of living materials... - Leggi 

The Karp Laboratory for Advanced Biomaterials and Stem Cell Based Therapeutics

In this article Jonathan Hankins describes his visit to the Karp laboratory in Cambridge. - Leggi 

Nuffield Council on Bioethics Biotechnologies Report

In December of last year the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published a report entitled Emerging Biotechnologies: technology, choice and the public good. In this post Jonathan Hankins reviews the report and its findings and recommendations. - Leggi 

Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report - part 3

On the 17th of April Jonathan Hankins attended a lecture given by Anne Wojcicki, CEO of direct to consumer genetics company 23andMe and a follow-on workshop. This is his report. Part 3 - Leggi 

Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report - part 2

On the 17th of April Jonathan Hankins attended a lecture given by Anne Wojcicki, CEO of direct to consumer genetics company 23andMe and a follow-on workshop. This is his report. Part 2 - Leggi 

Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report - part 1

On the 17th of April Jonathan Hankins attended a lecture given by Anne Wojcicki, CEO of direct to consumer genetics company 23andMe and a follow-on workshop. This is his report. - Leggi 

Sustainable food provisioning, technology or trust?

Dutch Scientists recently announced that they had grown artificial meat from stem cells in an experiment that they hope could provide an alternative source of meat food production for the planet. - Leggi 

Planet of the Apes

If you find yourself at a loss for a Christmas present for a like-minded adult, might I suggest that you consider the new Planet of the Apes film, released last week on DVD and Blue Ray? It raises a lot of important ethical issues. - Leggi 

Government Investment and Cuts in Biodefense Research

In this article Jonathan Hankins reviews recent journal articles that address US government spending on biotechnology, and in particular biodefense, and takes a look at a local Boston case. - Leggi 

Science: September's special edition on synthetic biology

In this posting we look at the US journal Science and its recent special edition on synthetic biology. - Leggi 

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 - Leggi 

Biomedicina e democrazia deliberativa

Se i requisiti metodologici sono rispettati, la democrazia deliberativa può diventare un momento propedeutico alla decisione parlamentare - Leggi 

Scienza, governance e futuro

Lo scorso 15 febbraio 2011 "La Repubblica" ha pubblicato un'intervista di Franco Marcoaldi a Martin Rees, astronomo reale di Cambridge. Citiamo alcuni passaggi che centrano in modo particolare le tematiche che trattiamo nelle pagine del nostro sito. - Leggi 

Panoramica: Clonazione

di Virginia Sanchini. Questo è il primo articolo di una serie che Virginia Sanchini ci propone per fare il punto su alcuni temi legati tutti alla bioetica. Temi che si confermano delicati, spinosi, pieni di contraddittori, dalle molteplici sfaccettature. - Leggi 

The 'moral imperative' of biotech food

Among the many U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks is one that details U.S. pressure on the Vatican to change its stance on agricultural biotechnology. U.S. officials stated "We will continue to press the "moral imperative" of biotech... - Leggi 

The Genes and Patent issue

Reversing a longstanding policy, the federal government said on Friday that human and other genes should not be eligible for patents because they are part of nature... - Leggi 

Il Nobel della discordia

La lettura delle polemiche per l'assegnazione del Nobel per la medicina a Robert G. Edwards e Patrick Steptoe per l'invenzione della tecnica della fecondazione in vitro, permette una panoramica sulle problematiche attivate dalle innovazioni tecnologiche. - Leggi 

Cloned meat and milk enter the food chain

This week the UK news channels and press have run a story that raises some serious questions about the regulation of cloning and foodstuffs. It appears that milk produced by the offspring of a cloned cow is (or has been) on sale in UK shops, unmarked and mixed in with other milk. - Leggi 

Sugli ogm non si ascoltano i cittadini

Nelle scorse settimane, l'approvazione da parte della Commissione europea di una patata e di tre varietà di mais geneticamente modificate ha riacceso il dibattito sugli ogm, che aveva animato i giornali negli anni Novanta e che ha poi covato sotto la cenere per gran parte del decennio successivo. - Leggi 

Il buono e il cattivo delle cellule staminali

Un'inchiesta del settimanale Panorama e un articolo dell'Economist svelano i chiaroscuri della ricerca sulle cellule staminali, settore nel quale si attendono, nei prossimi anni, alcune fra le più significative innovazioni in campo medico. - Leggi 

Una breve recensione: Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility

L'inizio di quest'anno ha visto la messa on line di una nuova pubblicazione della Fondazione Bassetti intitolata Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility e scritta da Jeff Ubois con la prefazione di Piero Bassetti. E' disponibile in edizione cartacea, in pdf scaricabile, leggibile direttamente on-line tramite Issuu e in ogni caso protetta da licenza Creative Commons. Vedi anche la clip video. - Leggi 

A short review: Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility

Last week we put online a new publication of the Foundation Bassetti entitled "Conversations On Innovation, Power And Responsibility", written by Jeff Ubois and available in hard copy, downloadable pdf or Issuu (on line) versions. It is a resume' of conversations conducted between Mr Ubois and 12 internationally renowned innovators and thinkers - Leggi 

Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility

The Fondazione Giannino Bassetti's new publication, "Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility" highlights approaches to responsibility in innovation taken by leading practitioners in disruptive fields. - Leggi 

Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility

by Jeff Ubois. The Fondazione Giannino Bassetti's new publication, "Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility" highlights approaches to responsibility in innovation taken by leading practitioners in disruptive fields. - Leggi 

La colla della cozza e altre fiabe biotech

di Sylvie Coyaud (Firenze, 29 settembre) - Leggi 

Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics (part 2)

In this discussion, Murray sheds light on different thinking processes useful in assessing ethical questions and innovation; particular developments in medicine and biotechnology related to sports and human enhancement; and on the Hastings Center's operations and influence. - Leggi 

Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics (part 1)

In this discussion, Murray sheds light on different thinking processes useful in assessing ethical questions and innovation; particular developments in medicine and biotechnology related to sports and human enhancement; and on the Hastings Center's operations and influence. - Leggi 

An Interview With Dr. Ignacio Chapela

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Bio- & Nano-Technology: who should decide and who will pay?

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Modern Biotechnology in LDCs: governing innovation in India's agricultural markets - Part 6: Conclusions and suggestions

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Modern Biotechnology in LDCs: governing innovation in India's agricultural markets - Part 5: Policy Implications

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Modern Biotechnology in LDCs: governing innovation in India's agricultural markets - Part 4: Analysis of global governance and local institutions: the relevance of appropriability

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Modern Biotechnology in LDCs: governing innovation in India's agricultural markets - Part 3:The international dimension and its interdependencies with the local context

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Modern Biotechnology in LDCs: governing innovation in India's agricultural markets - Part 2: The reality of India - poison can be sweet too!

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Modern Biotechnology in LDCs: governing innovation in India's agricultural markets - Part 1: Introduction

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