Health

The value of data for diabetes technologies and other insights

In November, the second stakeholder workshop on health was organized in the Netherlands. Sixteen stakeholders from research, policy, business, CSOs, and citizens, deliberated on how important public values, such as well-being, responsible use of health data, and industry-research relations, can be taken into account in the development of nanotechnologies for health. The workshop was part … Continued

Czech is nano- NANODAYS PRAGUE (2019)

‘Czech is nano’ is a project in the Czech Republic to popularizes the advanced work of Czech scientists and researchers, and demonstrates this with a vast selection of inventions and everyday applications of nanotechnology. Every year the Czech government organizes the Nano Days in the most important cities of the Czech Republic Technology Centre CAS … Continued

Women health and GoNano

As a women’s health NGO, the EIWH do not have the more ‘typical’ nanotech dissemination channels to spread the GoNano project to. However, the innovative methodology and the continuous emphasis on gender that runs throughout the project has made it a most interesting project for our general audience for dissemination. EIWH have spoken about the … Continued

Governance of nanotechnologies

In recent years it is largely discussed that developments in science and technology do not take place independently from the society. As a response a wide range of projects has been initiated to assess nanotechnology, measuring the effects of nanoparticles on human and environmental health and exploring possible future scenarios with citizens and stakeholders. Especially … Continued

Information material stakeholder workshops

These brochures were made as background material to prepare the stakeholder workshops of the three pilots: health, energy and food. They contain basic information about the project,  nanotechnologies and the needs, concerns and values from the citizen workshops. The workshops took place in the  Netherlands,  Spain and the Czech Republic. The objectives of the workshop … Continued

Citizen workshops

During the autumn of 2018 three citizen workshops were held in the Czech Republic, Spain and the Netherlands. More than 100 people with different backgrounds expressed their wishes, concerns and relevant messages to stakeholders as input for future nanotechnology applications. Workshop participants were asked to give their views on future uses of nanotechnologies, discussion questions … Continued

Information material Citizen workshop

These brochures were made as background material to prepare the citizen workshops of the three pilots: health, energy and food. They contain basic information about nanotechnologies and the needs, concerns and values related to possible future applications of nanotechnology. The aim of the workshop with the citizens is to examine future visions of concrete nanotechnology … Continued