The first workshop on nanotechnologies and diabetes will be held on February 12 in Enschede, The Netherlands. The workshop will build on the information gathered from the citizens’ workshops in the area of health. Participants with varying backgrounds will identify and evaluate how the needs and values expressed by citizens in the first round of … Continued
Over the last decades, many efforts have been put in place to reduce the distance between science and society, including the European-wide approach in Horizon 2020 called Responsible Research and Innovation. RRI seeks to bring issues related to research and innovation into the open, to anticipate their consequences, and to involve society in discussing how … Continued
RMIT students from the School of Science participating in the International Science Perspectives HDR Study Tour 2018 took part in one of the first dissemination and RRI training activities of the GoNano project. The students were introduced to the concepts of design thinking and co-creation by Smoothie Innovators’ Sella Masselink before being tasked with co-creating … Continued
This report describes how a “societal incubator” could contribute to embedding promising new technologies within society. A societal incubator is a gathering place for collective learning processes at which all parties involved get to know one another’s opinions and motives better. It involves more than just looking for public acceptance. For example, a societal incubator … Continued
Researchers have designed a rapid nano-filter that can clean dirty water over 100 times faster than current technology. Simple to make and simple to scale up, the technology harnesses naturally occurring nano-structures that grow on liquid metals. The RMIT University and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers behind the innovation have shown it … Continued
Nanotechnologie jsou rychle se rozvíjející oblastí výzkumu a podnikání. Skýtají tak množství nových příležitostí pro udržitelnější svět. Jakou roli v tom hrají občané? Jak občané vnímají společenské potřeby a touhy? Jak vnímají potenciální přínosy a rizika spjatá s nanotechnologiemi? Společně s GoNano budete pracovat robustnějším způsobem tak, aby byly zakomponovány odlišné pohledy všech významných aktérů (občanů, výzkumníků, tvůrců … Continued
JAMES GIGGACHER, SENIOR ADVISOR V OBLASTI KOMUNIKACE, RMIT UNIVERSITY Vědci z RMIT Universityvyvinuli umělý enzym, který využívají světelné záření k likvidaci škodlivých bakterií. Uměle vytvořené enzymy by v dohledné době mohly být používány v boji proti zánětlivým onemocněním. Ve veřejných prostředích, náchylných k šíření infekcí (například v nemocnicích nebo školách) by tyto enzymy mohly zabránit množení stafylokoků nebo E coli (E … Continued
Daan Schuurbiers, Director De Proeffabriek NANO magazine reported on a recent study in nanomedicine that makes use of DNA origami to fight cancer. Researchers from Arizona State University scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have successfully programmed nanorobots to shrink tumors by cutting … Continued
Měla jsem tu čest se ve dnech 8. a 9. března 2018 účastnit workshopu s názvem „Science, technology and public value“, organizovaného výzkumným týmem Biotechnology and Society, působící v rámci londýnské King’s College. Jednou z hlavních otázek této akce bylo, „jak nastavit technologický a inovační management tak, aby integroval hodnotové postoje široké veřejnosti a podporoval tvorbu společensky prospěšných … Continued
The following section sets out requirements – both substantive and procedural – necessary for the implementation of a co-creation exercise. Substantive requirements refer to issues such as motivation, shared goal, and the topic around which stakeholders mobilise, while procedural requirements address issues including appropriate facilitation, transparency, engaging modes of collaboration, and so on. These are … Continued