by Guest | Feb 12, 2010 | Communication, Engagement, Guest Post
A guest blog by Gary Kass, Principal Specialist in Strategic Futures at Natural England The London-based Science Media Centre (SMC) describes itself as “an independent venture working to promote the voices, stories and views of the scientific community to the national...
by Guest | Dec 18, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Guest Post, Policy, Technology innovation in the 21st century
By Jim Thomas, ETC Group A guest blog in the Alternative Perspectives on Technology Innovation series For a fresh perspective on how to do technology governance consider starting somewhere else. I suggest York Castle in Northern England – a stark stone tower...
by Guest | Dec 18, 2009 | Guest Post, Technology innovation in the 21st century
By Tim Jackson, University of Surrey, UK A guest blog in the Alternative Perspectives on Technology Innovation series Are we a clever species or a stupid one? It’s not a trivial question. Put our society in the dock with a jury of our future peers and the verdict...
by Guest | Dec 17, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Guest Post, Synthetic Biology, Technology innovation in the 21st century
By George Kimbrell, International Center for Technology Assessment, and the Center for Food Safety A guest blog in the Alternative Perspectives on Technology Innovation series Andrew asked us to write about “how technological innovation should contribute to life in...
by Guest | Dec 17, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Guest Post, Nanotechnology, Technology innovation in the 21st century
By Richard Worthington, Loka Institute A guest blog in the Alternative Perspectives on Technology Innovation series My first scholarly engagement with environmental politics was an honor’s thesis written while I was an undergraduate at Berkeley in the early 1970s. ...