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NanoJury UK - reflections and implications of recommendations

Last edited 18 November 2005 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
18 November, 2005

Summary

Dr Douglas Parr of Greenpeace shares his reflections on Nanojury UK, the first attempt to give ordinary members of the UK public a voice in relation to the development of this very wide-ranging technology.

Dr Parr argues that the implications of the findings of Nanojury reach far into not just science and innovation policy in UK, but also the political model of economic resource deployment which underpins the technology commercialisation process.

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Report on the presentation of the provisional recommendations of NanoJury UK

Last edited 18 November 2005 at 9:00am
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18 November, 2006

Summary

This report focuses on the event at which jurors from the West Yorkshire Community Jury reported their preliminary recommendations for discussion by a range of groups representing a broad range of interests in the UK and beyond.

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Nano Jury UK provisional recommendations

Last edited 14 October 2005 at 8:00am
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14 October, 2005

Summary

An independent citizen's jury has delivered its verdict on nanotechnology after five weeks debating the emerging technology. NanoJury UK has called for greater public say and increased clarity as well as more emphasis on health, equity and environmental protection when developing the technology.

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Nano Jury puts technology under the microscope

Last edited 19 May 2005 at 8:00am
Citizens' jury to debate nanotechnologies


An unprecedented partnership is to seek out informed public views on nanotechnology, giving the public the opportunity to become part of the debate as to how this emerging and potentially revolutionary technology should develop.

A five-week long citizens' jury on nanotechnologies, NanoJury UK, will begin in Halifax, Yorkshire on 25th May, sponsored by the IRC in Nanotechnology University of Cambridge [1], Greenpeace UK, the Guardian and the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre of the University of Newcastle.

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Nanotechnology - a space for public debate

Last edited 19 May 2005 at 8:00am
The crowd at the Greenpeace/New Scientist debate

The crowd at the Greenpeace/New Scientist debate

Political and public conflict over technological developments like genetically modified organisms highlighted how different sectors of society can take radically different views over scientific 'progress'. Clearly some of the issues important to the public were not asked in the development of GM crops.

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