FONDAZIONE GIANNINO BASSETTI

La versione italiana del rapporto OCSE sull' 'Onda deliberativa'

L'evento di lancio della versione italiana del report OCSE 'Innovative Citizen Participation and New Democratic Institutions. Catching the Deliberative Wave - Highlights 2020' ha rappresentato un'occasione importante nel panorama italiano per discutere di benefici, sfide, metodologie ed esperienze di public deliberation. - Leggi 

Toward Responsible innovation. Responsibility and Philosophy for a Humanely Sustainable Future

Jonathan Hankins reviews Toward Responsible innovation. Responsibility and Philosophy for a Humanely Sustainable Future is the latest book from Xavier Pavie. - Leggi 

Notes from the SIENNA Project Final Conference

In these notes, Jonathan Hankins offers some personal thoughts on the SIENNA conference experience. - Leggi 

TRANSFORM for a more open, inclusive and democratic territory.

Through TRANSFORM, three regional governments (Lombardy, Catalonia and Brussels-Capital) are working alongside other project partners on experimental approaches to involve citizens in local government policy-making on research and innovation (R&I), with the aim of achieving more open, inclusive and democratic territorial development. - Leggi 

TRANSFORM per un territorio più aperto, inclusivo e democratico

Tre governi regionali (Lombardia, Catalogna, Brussels-Capital) stanno esplorando - insieme agli altri partner di progetto - un percorso di sperimentazione per l'inserimento di approcci di coinvolgimento dei cittadini nel policy making locale di Responsible & Innovation per lo sviluppo del territorio più aperto, inclusivo e democratico, con un focus particolare sulle locali Smart Specialisation Strategies. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol. 7, issue 2 Reviewed

The second issue of volume 7 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation has just been published. In this post we offer an overview. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation to Become Open Access with Impact Factor

In a further related development, the Journal has just been awarded its first impact factor. Moreover, Volume 8 will be the first to be fully open access! - Leggi 

Responsible Innovation, a Narrative Approach, di Jonathan Hankins

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Responsible Innovation, a Narrative Approach, by Jonathan Hankins

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Responsible Innovation, a Narrative Approach, by Jonathan Hankins

The latest Responsible Innovation publication by Bassetti Foundation Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins has just been published through the Doctorate School of Bergamo University. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation: Volume 7, Issue 1

The first issue of Volume 7 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation is now available. Much of this issue is open access, offering readers some fantastic opportunities and high-quality articles, ideal for whiling away the lockdown hours. - Leggi 

Territories as Responsive and Accountable Networks of Smart Specialization Strategies: TRANSFORM project

In TRANSFORM three European regions join forces and open up their R&I activities to co-create more responsible approaches to innovation: Lombardy, Brussels and Catalonia. TRANSFORM stands for Territories as Responsive and Accountable Networks of Smart Specialization Strategies, through new Forms of Open and Responsible Decision-Making and it is a EU Horizon 2020 project. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation: Volume 6, Issue 3 Reviewed

Late last year saw the release of issue 3 of Volume 6 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation. In this post we offer an overview of this Issue. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol6, Issue 2: A Review

Early summer saw the release of Issue 2 of Volume 6 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation. In this post Jonathan Hankins reviews the contents. - Leggi 

Who we are

All people of Fondazione Giannino Bassetti - Leggi 

Chi siamo

Tutte le persone che compongono la Fondazione Giannino Bassetti - Leggi 

It's Circular Forum. Future Cities smart, digital and circular. Le città del futuro interconnesse

Nel marzo del 2019 si è svolta la seconda edizione del forum sull'economia circolare 'It's Circular Forum'. Otre a condividere i video degli interventi cogliamo l'occasione per fornire un po' di link ad altri materiali di approfondimento. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, vol 6 issue 1 reviewed

March of 2019 saw the release of Issue 1 of Volume 6 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation. In this review we present an overview of the publication. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 5 Issue 3 Reviewed

Late last year saw the release of issue 3 of volume 5 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation. In this post we review the contents. - Leggi 

New science and new politics

Essay published in the 5th and last volume: 'Scienza e tecnologia al di là dello specchio' of the series La Nuova Scienza, edited by Umberto Colombo and Giuseppe Lanzavecchia, Libri Scheiwiller, Milan 2004 - Leggi 

It's Circular Forum. Metodologie, visioni e pratiche di design circolare

Nei giorni 15 e 16 di aprile 2018 si è tenuta a Milano la prima edizione di 'It's Circular Forum', un forum su metodologie, visioni e pratiche di design circolare curato dal Distretto 5vie Art+Design. Fondazione Bassetti, tra i sostenitori del progetto, condivide la documentazione dell'evento con video e fotografie. - Leggi 

Un nuovo anno con Politecnico di Milano

Per il quarto anno, Fondazione Giannino Bassetti collabora con il Laboratorio di sintesi finale del Politecnico di Milano (Scuola del Design del Politecnico di Milano, Corso di Laurea in Innovazione del Sistema Prodotto). Ne condividiamo le riprese video e le fotografie. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 5, Issue 2

Issue 2 of Volume 5 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation has just been published. In this article we review the various articles and essays. - Leggi 

Responsible innovation: ethics, safety and technology, some personal thoughts on the MOOC. Review.

Last month the Journal of Responsible Innovation published a perspective article written by Foundation Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins. In this post we review the article. - Leggi 

Collaboration with International School Utrecht

During the month of June 2018, the Foundation collaborated with the International School Utrecht (Netherlands) on a series of interventions whose aims were to introduce issues surrounding RI to students of primary and secondary level. The interventions were all carried out by Bassetti Foundation foreign correspondent Jonathan Hankins. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Volume 5, Issue 1

The first issue of Volume 5 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation was released earlier this month. In this article we review the content. - Leggi 

Responsibility driven design for the future self-driving society

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Responsibility driven design for the future self-driving society

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Glocalism. Beyond Democracy: Innovation As Politics, review of the journal.

The latest edition of the journal Glocalism has just been released. The issue is titled Beyond Democracy: Innovation As Politics, an argument that as readers will know very much reflects the Foundation's standpoint. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Volume 4 Issue 3

Late 2017 saw the publication of the latest issue of the Journal of responsible Innovation. In this post we review the collection of articles. - Leggi 

Celebrating SEEG, Manchester Metropolitan University

On 25 October 2017 Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) held the relaunch of SEEG, its Sustainable and Ethical Enterprise Group, hosted by its Business School. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 2

In this the second of two posts we review the second issue of Volume 4 of the JRI, a Special Issue on the relationship between Technology Assessment (TA) and Responsible Innovation (RI) - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Review of Volume 4, part 1

The autumn means the release of issue 2 of Volume 4 of the Taylor and Francis published Journal of Responsible Innovation. In this the first of two posts covering this volume's publications, we review the articles from issue 1. - Leggi 

3D Printing, an overview. A dialogue with Jos Malda.

The Bassetti Foundation is pleased to publish video of the lecture held by Professor Jos Malda at the Bassetti Foundation in May 2017. - Leggi 

L'innovazione e i suoi nemici. Perché le persone resistono alle nuove tecnologie.

La recensione di Roberta Garruccio del libro di Calestous Juma che esplora le dinamiche dell'opposizione all'innovazione: in particolare l'opposizione sociale legata alla tecnologia, ma anche all'evoluzione socioeconomica e istituzionale che all'innovazione si associa. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 3, Issue 3 Reviewed

Late December 2016 saw the publication of the third and final issue of Volume 3 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation. In this post our editorial staff review the issue. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Volume 3, Issue 2 Reviewed

Late last year saw the publication of the final two issues of Volume 3 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation, the first volume under the leadership of the new Editor in Chief Erik Fisher. In this the first of two review articles, Jonathan Hankins describes the contents of Issue 2. - 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 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 3, Issue 1 Reviewed

Earlier this summer saw the publication of the first issue of Volume 3 of the Journal of Responsible innovation. In this post we review the issue, the first to be published with its new Editor In Chief Erik Fisher. - Leggi 

Job Design and responsibility

This June at the Politecnico di Milano, as part of the Job Design module within the PSSD Product Services System Design Masters Degree course, Fabio Besti presented the work of the Giannino Bassetti Foundation. - Leggi 

La Fondazione Giannino Bassetti

La mission, la sede e "chi siamo" - Leggi 

Fungal Futures, a Review of the Exhibition

The Fungal Futures exhibition is currently being held in Utrecht, Netherlands. In this post Foundation Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins reviews the event. - Leggi 

Responsible Research and Innovation: The Problematic Quest For Right Impacts.

The Responsible Research and Innovation: The Problematic Quest For Right Impacts International Conference took place between March 11th and 12th. In this post Jonathan Hankins offer some reflections on the many issues addressed and questions raised over the three day events. - Leggi 

Volume 2, Journal of Responsible Innovation, a review

The close of the year saw the publication of the third and final issue of Volume 2 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation. In this article we review the volume. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 2, Issue 1 Reviewed

The first issue of the second volume of the Journal of Responsible Innovation is out. - Leggi 

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Issue 3, a Review

Late last year the third issue of the first volume of the Journal of Responsible Innovation was published through Taylor and Francis. In this post we review the publication. - Leggi 

Innovation Week e Maker Faire Rome 2014

I prossimi giorni Roma sarà il punto d'incontro europeo per l'innovazione grazie a due eventi che insieme coprono l'intero ventaglio degli interessi di chi in questi anni si è occupato di nuove tecnologie e nuove forme del lavoro. Sono l'Innovation Week e la Maker Faire Rome (The European Edition). - Leggi 

Towards responsible innovation

Contemporary society is nowadays defined as 'knowledge society' tout court and it becomes increasingly important to understand dynamics that generate knowledge and people that contribute to build it. - Leggi 

The European Business Ethics Network Conference

The German Network for Business Ethics (DNWE) recently organized the annual conference for its European Organisation: The European Business Ethics Network - EBEN. The conference took place in Berlin from the 12th to the 14th of June 2014, and was located in the ESTM European School of Management and Technology. - Leggi 

The Innovation Principle

Recently twelve of Europe's largest corporations submitted a letter to the European Commission, urging them to adopt an 'Innovation Principle'. - Leggi 

Responsible Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Special Eurobarometer

November saw the publication of the European Commission's Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), Science and Technology Special Eurobarometer. - Leggi 

Blogging Responsible Innovation

In this post Jonathan Hankins takes a look at how and where Responsible Innovation is addressed through blogging. - Leggi 

The Virtual Institute for Responsible innovation

Alongside the US National Academy of Engineering's Center for Engineering, Ethics and Society and IEEE Spectrum Online, the Bassetti Foundation is a founding institutional affiliate. - Leggi 

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'. - Leggi 

Innovating with Beauty. Videos

If you missed something 'Innovation With Beauty', you can watch videos that gradually we will put online. - Leggi 

From Taylorism to Tailor Made

Streaming live - Leggi 

Chris Anderson with Fondazione Giannino Bassetti

The american guru of digital creativity will discuss the economy of the future, where innovation and beauty are two sides of the same coin. - Leggi 

Rethinking Responsibility at the Brookings Institute

A report from the Brookings Institute public forum on social responsibility in innovation. - Leggi 

The Symposium From Taylorism To Tailor Made

Piero Bassetti, Chris Anderson, Stefano Micelli and Tom Igoe will discuss the role of craftmanship, as seen from both the US and Italian perspective, in the future of manufacturing systems. How design, craftmanship and technology will contribute to the New Economy of Beauty. Master of Ceremony: Dale Dougherty. - Leggi 

Innovating with Beauty. Preliminary program.

In San Francisco and the Bay Area for the 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the US, Giannino Bassetti Foundation presents the culture, beauty and innovation of 'Made in Italy' design: exhibitions, debate and comparison between the cutting edge models of Italian production and the technology of Silicon Valley, towards a new economy of beauty. - Leggi 

Innovating with Beauty.

THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY AND THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE IN SAN FRANCISCO are proud to present MAKING IN ITALY / MAKING IN USA Artigianship, Technology and Design INNOVATING WITH BEAUTY - Leggi 

Achieving the Improbable, Innovating with Beauty

THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY AND THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE IN SAN FRANCISCO are proud to present MAKING IN ITALY / MAKING IN USA Artigianship, Technology and Design INNOVATING WITH BEAUTY - Leggi 

Italian Design: achieving the improbable, innovating with beauty

On 28 February 2013 in Rome at the Farnesina, the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs presented The Year of Italian Culture in the USA. Fondazione Giannino Bassetti has accepted the challenge, and has for some time been working to convince Milan and Italy to take a road towards the economy of beauty. Not to replicate the status quo, but to foresee a scenario beyond the contingent, something improbable to achieve. - Leggi 

Risk and Responsibility in Innovation. Lecture by Michael Bruch. Videos.

On November 27, 2012 at Università Bocconi, Michael Bruch held a lecture on the role insurers can play in the development of innovative technologies such as nanotechnologies. Here the videos and other materials. - Leggi 

Risk and Responsibility in Innovation. Lecture by Michael Bruch.

On November 27, 2012 at Università Bocconi, Michael Bruch, Head of Research & Development - Risk Consulting at Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty (AGCS) and risk expert at the Allianz Center for Technology (AZT), held a lecture on the role insurers can play in the development of innovative technologies such as nanotechnologies. - Leggi 

A Handbook for Responsible Innovation

It is a collection of articles written by Jonathan Hankins over the last 2 years. The handbook is divided into 'macro arguments': synthetic biology and nanotechnology, bioethics and information and knowledge, with the opening chapter offering an overview of developments in thinking around responsible innovation. - Leggi 

A Handbook for Responsible Innovation

It is a collection of articles written by Jonathan Hankins over the last 2 years. The handbook is divided into 'macro arguments': synthetic biology and nanotechnology, bioethics and information and knowledge, with the opening chapter offering an overview of developments in thinking around responsible innovation. - Leggi 

Guide to the website of the Giannino Bassetti Foundation

The new features of 2012 - Leggi 

Design e Responsabilità

Il 15 marzo 2012 Piero Bassetti ha tenuto una lezione presso Domus Academy di Milano. Il tema scelto - costitutivo per la nostra Fondazione e per questo sito - era la responsabilità nell'innovazione. Mettiamo a disposizione video e documenti. - Leggi 

Axelera Singularity Contest 2012

Segnaliamo il concorso promosso dalla nascente associazione Axelera: Quale è la tua idea o progetto per rendere migliore la vita, aumentare la felicità, la salute, l'istruzione, la sicurezza le opportunità per il futuro di almeno 3 milioni di persone in Italia nei prossimi 3 anni, facendo leva sull'innovazione e sull'uso della tecnologia? - Leggi 

Strategies for Innovation

by Andrea Pitasi (March 2000) - Leggi 

Il 2011 (e oltre) della Fondazione Giannino Bassetti

In questo articolo riepiloghiamo alcune tra le principali attività sviluppate nell'anno appena trascorso, che ha visto Fondazione Bassetti impegnata a rinnovare e articolare su fronti nuovi - molti dei quali svilupperemo nel 2012 - la propria mission: promuovere la responsabilità nell'innovazione istituendo un ponte tra cultura, scienza e potere. - Leggi 

2011 and Beyond for the Bassetti Foundation

2011 was once more a busy year for the Bassetti Foundation, marking the beginnings of several projects that will run through 2012 and beyond. The following is a review of some of the major events that occurred throughout the year, things to look forward to in the new year now unfolding, a taster of the Foundation's work and a picture of its approach in addressing the problem of responsibility in innovation. - Leggi 

Technology Bloggers New Year Awards

New year's eve saw the Technology Bloggers website announce the winners of several prizes, and the Bassetti Foundation's Jonathan Hankins took 2. - Leggi 

Una mostra fotografica per l'Innovazione Responsabile

Il 9 e 10 settembre 2011, nel centro storico di Forlì, si è svolta una manifestazione particolarmente interessante dal nome "L'Innovazione Responsabile". La manifestazione ha visto la realizzazione di conferenze, mostre, laboratori, percorsi creativi, eventi e spettacoli. - Leggi 

Riflessi di Bauhaus su design e architettura italiana

Il 10 ottobre 2011, si svolgerà a Milano il convegno "Riflessi di Bauhaus su design e architettura italiana". Una conversazione sull'attualità ed il ruolo di Bauhaus come stimolo a nuovi percorsi del design. - Leggi 

La Fondazione Bassetti al Mind The Bridge Boot Camp

Il pensiero della Fondazione Bassetti portato al Mind the Bridge Boot Camp 2011 di fronte a una selezionata platea di giovani imprenditori italiani impegnati in startup. - Leggi 

Impresa e High Tech: premiare l'innovazione, promuovere la responsabilità

Piero Bassetti interverrà oggi, 22 settembre 2011, a conclusione dell'evento pubblico Mind The Bridge Bootcamp 2011,sul tema Coupling Innovation with Responsibility. - Leggi 

Mind The Bridge Boot Camp 2011

As part of the Social Media Week held in Milan, the special opening of the MtB Boot Camp 2011 in September 22nd aims at gathering innovative startups - operating in the Web/ICT, Life-Science and Clean Tech fields - in one Public Forum that will provide insights regarding key issues facing Italian entrepreneurship. - Leggi 

Dan Sperber. La lecture

Il 3 settembre 2011 Dan Sperber ha tenuto la lecture per la Fondazione Bassetti all'interno del Seventh European Congress of Analytic Philosophy. Qui il video e i saluti di Piero Bassetti ai partecipanti. - Leggi 

The Bassetti/CSPO Prize for Responsible Innovation (PRI)

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La Fondazione Giannino Bassetti

La mission, le attività e "chi siamo" - Leggi 

The Giannino Bassetti Foundation

Mission, activities, "about us" - Leggi 

Realizzare l'improbabile - il convegno

Il 7 luglio 2011, si è svolto l'ultimo appuntamento, in ordine di tempo, di "Milano Design, Realizzare l'improbabile", un processo che si vorrebbe potesse continuare e crescere con altre "edizioni". - Leggi 

Tre possibili percorsi del Design

Design pubblico e servizi privati, Neoartigianato e neoimpresa, Interazione e innovazione. Questi i temi che verranno affrontati nel convegno "Realizzare l'Improbabile" che verrà fatto il 7 luglio al Palazzo Giureconsulti di Milano. - Leggi 

Un sito per il Design Thinking

Rendiamo disponibile in un breve video, la presentazione che Paolo Zanenga ci ha fatto del progetto d-thinking cafè, la realizzazione di un sito web nell'ambito di "Milano Design, Realizzare l'improbabile". - Leggi 

Milano-design, un documento di progetto

"Milano Design, Realizzare l'improbabile" è un progetto che tira un filo rosso tra la grande tradizione del design italiano e milanese in particolare, e le più recenti interpretazioni del mestiere del designer. Attività che obbliga a condurre un vero e proprio laboratorio di pensiero, che permetta al progetto stesso di evolversi nel suo svolgersi. - Leggi 

Notes from the Responsible Innovation Conference

The Responsible Innovation conference, held in Den Haag April 18-19, 2011, was a milestone in discussions of responsible innovation. - Leggi 

Responsibility and innovation: a business perspective (part 2)

In March 2011 prof. Andrew McMeekin was kind enough to participate in a conversation with Jonathan Hankins in which he discussed (amongst other things) innovation, responsibility, sustainability and governance. This is the second part. - Leggi 

Responsibility and innovation: a business perspective

In March 2011 prof. Andrew McMeekin was kind enough to participate in a conversation with Jonathan Hankins in which he discussed (amongst other things) innovation, responsibility, sustainability and governance. - Leggi 

Teaching responsibility in innovation

In this posting Jonathan Hankins takes a look at the work of the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research. - Leggi 

Sustainable innovations: forging partnerships, knowledge exchange, and reciprocity

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Responsible Innovation / Sustainable Innovation

This is the paper that Jeff Ubois presented last November 2010 at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. The presentation was part of the panel organized by Cristina Orsatti entitled 'Sustainable Innovations: Forging Partnerships, Knowledge Exchange, And Reciprocity'. - Leggi 

The Global Green Awards For Creativity In Sustainability

On 2nd December 2010 the 5th Global Green Awards For Creativity in Sustainability will take place in London. This year the awards include two new categories, one entitled 'Best Green New Product innovation' and the second 'Best Green Educational Project'. - Leggi 

Governance e responsabilità dell'innovazione

Proponiamo il video della lezione di Piero Bassetti sul tema della governance e della responsabilità dell'innovazione, tenuta al corso di Paolo Zanenga per la Scuola di Dottorato del Politecnico di Torino. - Leggi 

Wiebe Bijker in Fondazione Giannino Bassetti

Lunedì 3 maggio 2010, si è svolto presso la sede della Fondazione Giannino Bassetti un seminario con il professor Wiebe E. Bijker, professore di Tecnologia e società all'Università di Maastricht (Olanda). - 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 

New Publication from FGB: 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 

Innovation may produce unexpected side effects

The latest edition of the economics journal "Project M" features an interview with Foundation President Piero Bassetti. The interview addresses the issues that are closest to The President's heart: how can we firstly define innovation and responsibility and secondly push innovators into thinking ethically about the consequences of their actions, given the possibly far-reaching and unforeseeable effects of their choices and decisions. - Leggi 

Proceedings of The Network Society, Business, Innovation and Responsibility' conference

In this the first of two postings reporting the proceedings of the conference entitled 'The Network Society, Business, Innovation and Responsibility', Jonathan Hankins provides a summary of the speakers' presentations. - Leggi 

Notes from EPIC 2009: Innovation as a commodity

In September I went to Chicago for the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC 2009). EPIC draws from a mix of different communities, including design, computing, social science, and anthropology as conducted in academic and corporate research settings. - Leggi 

La società delle reti

Il 22 ottobre 2009, per le "Giornate di Economia della Conoscenza e dell'Innovazione", la Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, PDMA e Europe in my region hanno organizzato un evento dal titolo "La società delle reti: imprese, innovazione e responsabilità", dove si è discusso della responsabilità dell'innovazione nel contesto complesso e interdipendente delle reti e della conoscenza. In questa pagina l'elenco dei materiali disponibili. - Leggi 

La società delle reti: imprese, innovazione e responsabilità - la registrazione

Il 22 ottobre 2009, la Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, PDMA e Europe in my region hanno organizzato un evento dal titolo "La società delle reti: imprese, innovazione e responsabilità", dove si è discusso della responsabilità dell'innovazione nel contesto complesso e interdipendente delle reti e della conoscenza. Rendiamo disponibile la registrazione video. - Leggi 

Strategie per l'innovazione

A Milano l'Agenzia per la diffusione delle Tecnologie per l'Innovazione ha organizzato a Milano una consultazione cui focus è stato un documento che il ministero deve deliberare a breve: "i2012 - Strategie per l'innovazione". In tale occasione l'Agenzia ha rivelato come consideri fondamentale l'apporto che la riflessione sulla problematica della responsabilità nell'innovazione può portare nel processo di ridefinizione delle strategie di innovazione a livello nazionale. - Leggi 

Drugs for People, not for Profit.

In this article Jonathan Hankins focuses his attention upon a report entitled 'A Bitter Pill To Swallow, Drugs for people, not just for profit'. Published by the think-tank Compass the report offers a critique into the current state of the pharmaceutics industry and the societal responsibility that it bears. - Leggi 

Ethics and Innovation - slide

A seguito della partecipazione della FGB al tredicesimo "International Intensive Course in Bioethics" intitolato "Humanizing Tomorrow's Biomedicine", dal 13 al 24 luglio 2009 a Udine, rendiamo disponibili le slide delle presentazioni su "Ethics and Innovation", di Piero Bassetti, Cristina Grasseni e Jeff Ubois. - Leggi 

Media, Innovation, and Bioethics

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Innovation, social risk and political responsibility

by Piero Bassetti (14 May 2003 - Lecture presented at the London School of Economics) - Leggi 

Scott Berkun on Responsibility and Resistance

Scott Berkun is the author of The Myths of Innovation, which examines common pre- and mis-conceptions about innovation, and Making Things Happen, a book about project management. In this wide ranging discussion, Berkun offers some useful definitions of innovation, discusses resistance to innovation, and outlines some ideas on corporate responsibility (and irresponsibility). - Leggi 

On the Media and Innovation: an Interview with Scott Kirsner

As an observer of innovation across the domains life sciences, clean technology, and media, Kirsner has explored the attraction to and fear of innovation present in many large institutions, and uncovered numerous examples of innovation that reveal aspects of innovators' responsibilities, as well as the deep ambivalence many companies have about innovation. - Leggi 

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 

What's the social and ethical responsibility of basic science?

by Maximilian Fochler. At the Euroscience Open Forum 2008 in Barcelona a group of leading scholars from the sciences, as well as from the interdisciplinary field of Social Studies of Science (STS), gathered to debate the social and ethical responsibility of basic research - a question of vital importance for wider debates on how contemporary societies may best govern processes of innovation and their ethical and social implications. - Leggi 

Citizen Participation in Science and Technology

In this posting I would like to have a look at the work of the CIPAST project and a report published late last year by Chloe Alexander of the University of Padova in which she describes and analises the workings and perceived effectiveness of the project. - Leggi 

Innovazione a colori

"L'innovazione a colori" di Roberto Panzarani è la progressione del pensiero dell'autore lungo la rotta della globalizzazione per parlare di etica, complessità, innovazione sostenibile, passando per reti, Information Technology, mondo del lavoro e mercati emergenti, fino a parlare di politiche di intervento economico e sociale. - Leggi 

The front end of innovation conference

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L'innovazione secondo Fabrizio Barca

Fabrizio Barca, Dirigente generale e Consigliere ministeriale presso il Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze, propone la sua definizione di innovazione "radicale". - Leggi 

Marketing music on the web

Without a doubt the internet has changed the face of the music industry, creating commercial and marketing opportunities for musicians and record companies. - Leggi 

Buying spy technology on the web

The development of miniature video and sound recording equipment means that DIY spying has never been easier. A quick internet search reveals an incredible world of cheaply and freely available spy technology. What does this tell us about "responsible" use of technology, and about the current state of (or the perceived need of) responsibility in innovation? - Leggi 

Verso una società democratica della conoscenza - innovazione e partecipazione

Temi di interesse socio-politico come il rischio e l'incertezza, lo sviluppo sostenibile, il principio di precauzione e la biodiversità sono considerati spesso come oggetti neutri conoscibili solamente attraverso gli strumenti della scienza e della tecnologia. In questo blog discuteremo il crescente interesse dei cittadini verso le conseguenze dell'innovazione tecno-scientifica analizzando i possibili strumenti di partecipazione democratica. - Leggi 

An Interview with Dr.Marc Smith

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Innovation and Politics

We publish "Innovation and politics", the second lesson of Piero Bassetti for the Cross-sectional Course of Epistemology of the scientific and technical search of the Politecnico of Milan. A lesson gave in the February of 2006, that will published from Mondadori. This publication follows the previous lesson "La responsabilità nell'innovazione", that you can find in this site. - Leggi 

Innovazione e politica

Dopo "La responsabilità nell'innovazione" pubblichiamo "Innovazione e politica" la seconda lezione di Piero Bassetti per il Corso Trasversale di Epistemologia della ricerca scientifica e tecnica del Politecnico di Milano. Un intervento tenuto nel febbraio del 2006 che verrà a breve pubblicato da Mondadori. - Leggi 

Innovation is the ability to achieve the improbable.

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L'innovazione è la capacità di realizzare l'improbabile

Un breve video in cui Piero Bassetti spiega lo slogan che compare sotto il marchio del nostro sito. La registrazione è stata fatta a Milano il 24 novembre 2006 durante il convegno AIDP-ATF "IMPARARE tra risorsa umana e persona - tra formazione e sviluppo". - Leggi 

La moda responsabile

Può la moda, fenomeno effimero per eccellenza, rappresentare una forma di agire economicamente responsabile? Ciò che indossiamo è in grado di segnalare, oltre ai gusti e alle inclinazioni personali, anche le idee e i valori di riferimento della propria vita? La Fondazione Bassetti, grazie al contributo teorico del Centro per lo studio della moda e della produzione culturale dell'Università Cattolica di Milano prosegue la sua riflessione sui temi dell'innovazione e della responsabilità applicati al mondo della moda e del Made in Italy. - Leggi 

Promuovere la cultura innovativa

Il tema dell'innovazione sfida tutti e, proprio perché sfida tutti, sfida ciascuno a tenere il passo con l'andatura che viene imposta dal contesto. L'innovazione, realizzazione dell'improbabile, frutto dello sviluppo del sapere scientifico e del progresso tecnologico, ha cambiato e sta cambiando la nostra vita, e quindi il mondo. L'innovazione deve essere capace di mettere in connessione il globale con il locale: questa è la vera sfida della globalizzazione. Inoltre deve avvicinarsi a condizioni di sostenibilità. Per questo c'è bisogno di innovatori che siano coraggiosi, ma anche responsabili. - Leggi 

Towards a New Model of Management for the Governance of Innovation. Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

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Comunicazione dell'innovazione

di Piero Bassetti (Il seguente articolo è stato pubblicato su "Impresa & Stato" n.76, luglio-settembre 2006) Tema importante quello che ci è stato assegnato: "se la libera circolazione dei saperi possa dare valore all'innovazione e se possa essere preferita ad altri strumenti quali il brevetto e il segreto industriale"! Ma anche tema assai difficile se affrontato al di fuori della superficialità nella quale, da quando la parola Innovazione è sulla bocca di tutti, esso viene spesso affrontato... - Leggi 

Introduction

I'll be exploring issues related to responsibility in innovation - Leggi