“While technology shapes the future, it is people who shape technology, and decide what it can and should be used for”
Kofi Annan
I cited Kofi Annan in my Masters dissertation and somehow was thinking about his words in the last few days. I am pretty sure this is related to some visionary book on biotechnology [...]
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Posted in bioethics, ethics, nano, philosophy on November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in ethics, nano, philosophy, research on October 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As outlined before, my research focuses on ethical and social aspects of nanotechnology and I am mainly interested to look at nano in the frame of nanomedicine and “nanofoods”. These are, in my believe, the issues which raise most controversial discussions as they might contain greatest benefits for society and the individual but also various unknown and [...]
NanoBio-Raise
Posted in ethics, events, nano, philosophy, public engagement on October 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last week I attended the advanced course on Public Communication and Applied Ethics of Nanotechnology in Oxford. Although I have some background in the area of media engagement of nanotechnology, including my Masters dissertation, this course was actually a very good “starting point” for my PhD research! It offered a very diverse view on nano by engaging lecturers [...]
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