Making Sense of Clinical Translation: Call for Participants

Call for Participants Making Sense of Clinical Translation: Ethical, Regulatory and Policy Challenges for Europe and the US. International Workshop, Brocher Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland 18-19 May 2015 We hereby invite early career researchers to participate in a workshop on the ethical, regulatory and policy challenges for clinical translation. Ever more frequently, innovation policies in biomedicine ... Making Sense of Clinical Translation: Call for Participants

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FaRiNN International Conference: Responsible Innovation, The Southern European Way

This week the “Responsible Innovation: The Southern European Way” International Conference takes place in Mitilene (Lesbo, Grecia). Taking place on 10 September, this final conference is part of the project FaRInn – Facilitating Responsible Innovation in SEE Countries, which is co-funded by the South East Europe Programme for territorial cooperation. The project unites 8 partners ... FaRiNN International Conference: Responsible Innovation, The Southern European Way

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Climate change and public involvement

The Accent project promoted by the European Science Centre. Climate change issues are clearly a growing concern for the public today. In recent years, people have received a great deal of information from media on the causes and consequences of climate change, but – depending on countries and regions – citizens’ understanding and engagement in ... Climate change and public involvement

Giuseppe Pellegrini

Scienza e Governance

I rapporti tra scienza e società sono al centro della strategia europea volta a costruire una “società della conoscenza”, ma ne rappresentano anche l’elemento più problematico. Le controversie riguardano soprattutto il tema dell’innovazione scientifico-tecnologica e, in particolare, la responsabilità per le scelte innovative e le sue conseguenze. Tale dibattito rischia spesso di esaurirsi in una ... Scienza e Governance

Mariachiara Tallacchini