Projects
FP 7 project:
Science, Ethics and Technological Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Countries (SET-DEV)
2008-2011
The project SET-DEV aims in supporting the research systems of developing countries and countries with emerging economies respectively, and especially those countries which are interested in the development of an own ethical perspective in a more general context of sharing responsibility for scientific and technological research by the various social actors. Through the SET-DEV project, the promoters intend to contribute to achieving the capacity building in developing countries and emerging economies, by means of an international dialogue, in the field of ethics and science.
The project is structured of three interconnected stages:
- development by a comparison between networks of European and non-European researchers, including those working in emerging and developing countries(technological responsibility);
- implementation of a pilot programme, centred on actions of public dialogue, capacity building and training on the themes of ethics and technological responsibility;
- definition and dissemination of policy guidelines for strengthening the ethical orientation of research systems.
The project is funded by the European Commission (grant 217811, FP7-Science-in-Society).
For further information click here: http://www.set-dev.eu/
Implications of Biomedicine for the Assessment of Human Health Risks - IMBA
2006-2009
Objective of the project
IMBA is a health technology assessment project. It will analyse how specific new developments in biomedicine which are often summarized under the term "toxicogenomics" will transform the present risk management framework. The focus of our research will be on the impacts - both challenges and opportunities - on risk characterization, risk perception, and risk communication.
IMBA will:
- conduct a research programme involving research groups and programmes inside the HGF, in close collaboration with German universities as well with international centers of excellence;
- add critical mass to social science research on the impacts of toxicogenomic-based risk assessment for policymaking. This will be accomplished through a focussed and coherent research programme based on interdisciplinary collaboration between life science and social science;
- contribute to the public debate on the impacts of toxicogenomics for risk assessment through dialogue with various stakeholders; and
- foster international collaboration through international networks and conferences.
For further information click here: http://imba-research.eu
