Feb 5 2009
From mid-February 2009, EthicSchool distributes 500 e-learning DVDs on Ethics of Nanotechnology and of Converging Technologies for free to lecturers giving courses on Ethics of Science and Technology, and for self-study. Contact Ineke Malsch to order one or more copies: [email protected]
The European Union and national governments are stimulating responsible science and technology development. This should be realised through collaborative efforts of the research community, business, government and other stakeholders. Training natural scientists and engineers in applied ethics contributes to this goal in the long term. Offering information on emerging technologies giving rise to new or more acute ethical questions to students in humanities and social sciences is also useful. The contents of this e-learning tool may be included in the curricula for both groups of students in higher education. Others with a personal or professional interest in these matters may also benefit from this DVD. This DVD is focused on Ethics of Nanotechnology and of Converging Technologies. It includes materials from the EthicSchool on Ethics of Nanotechnology, held at the University of Twente, Netherlands, 24-29 August 2008 and the EthicSchool on Ethics of Converging Technologies, organised under responsibility of the TU Darmstadt, Germany, 21-26 September 2008. The EthicSchool project is funded by the European Commission. Information on the EU FP science and society programme: http://cordis.europa.eu/sciencesociety/ Information on nanotechnology activities by the European Commission: http://cordis.europa.eu/nanotechnology/
The programmes of the summerschools and contents of this DVD were compiled by: Prof Dr Arie Rip, University of Twente, The Netherlands; Prof Dr Jean-Pierre Wils, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Prof Dr Alfred Nordmann and Maria Angeles Quesada, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany; Ineke Malsch, Malsch TechnoValuation, The Netherlands. The DVD was developed by the e-learning team of the Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Dr Ed Simons, Dr Hanna Muris, Dr Marlon van Haren.