During the 9th Nano Conference on 13 Nov 2020, Daan Schuurbiers argued that the effective integration of societal considerations is an essential condition for the success of the nanotechnology risk governance framework that is currently being developed by three NMBP-13 projects: NANORIGO, Gov4Nano and RiskGONE. The transcript of that talk is here: Integrating societal considerations in nanotechnology risk governance (pdf on Zenodo).
DPF is a partner in the EU-project NANORIGO (NANOtechnology RIsk Governance). NANORIGO aims to develop and implement a transparent, transdisciplinary and science-based Risk Governance Framework (RGF) for nanotechnology. See the NanoRigo website.
From December 2017 – March 2018, DPF has carried out a short-term research project commissioned by The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) on the history of green chemistry. The final report Learning from green chemistry for Safe-by-Design (in Dutch) presents the research findings, and provides suggestions to strengthen the role of Safe-by-Design in research and innovation policy.
DPF is a partner in the EU-funded GoNano project. GoNano enables co-creation between citizens, civil society organisations, industry, researchers and policy makers across Europe to align future nanotechnologies with societal needs and concerns. GoNano aims to demonstrate how researchers can work with publics and professional stakeholders to create novel suggestions for future nanotechnology products. The project started in September 2017 and will run for three years.
DPF leads the co-creation activities with professional stakeholders and supports project communication. We will also contribute to the review of the state of the art in co-creation, training activities and policy outreach.
For more information, see: gonano-project.eu.
This presentation held at EuroNanoForum 2017, 21 June 2017 in Valletta, Malta argues that the grand societal challenges have to take centre stage in European research policy to unlock the full potential of the research and innovation system. See: Reversing the order of innovation.
This thesis was the starting point for DPF in 2010. It explores the opportunities and constraints for realising a broadened conception of social responsibility in daily research practice by way of three empirical interventions. See: Social Responsibility in Research Practice.
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