Observa launches the First Italian Forum on-line on “Science and Society”, a new discussion space on science and technology issues and their relationship with society. The idea is to offer to all participants the opportunity to raise issues and proposals in order to improve the dialogue between science and citizens, or simply to express their…
Main Results from of the research project promoted by Lombardia Region, Irer, Bassetti Foundation and Observa. Techno-scientific innovations with an impact on the lives of citizens are increasingly at the centre of strong debates. Issues like medical and agricultural biotechnologies and emergencies related to food such as BSE, have triggered wide public discussion in several…
Contemporary techno-scientific innovations have raised a fall in traditional decision making processes showing the weakness of experts’ system and the traditional alliance with politicians in western societies. These innovations have undergo hard trials for conventional processes of decision making based on representative democracy in the coming of strong technological innovations. The use of GMO’s in…
The Festival della Scienza organizes a round table about “Science, democracy and citizens’ involvement”. How to combine the most important decisions about technology issues and scientific research with democratic forms and public participation? This is the key dilemma, more and more present to scientists and policy makers, faced at the round table which takes place…
Observa is pleased to introduce new web site. Content organization and grafics are improved and new sections are added: the forum on-line, a page for links, an internal search engine. The idea is to launch a web site more dynamic and in line with our association mission, intended not only to provide information resources, but…
What relationships can be built between Science and Citizens, considering ethical, political and social problems posed by science? How to manage information and decision making problems? Who addresses science development with regard to its consequences on citizens? These issues will be discussed during conference organized by the Association for the Diffusion of Scientific Culture in…
Enitecnologie-AGI Conference: Technological innovation and information in a scenario of rapid change. A conference about the changes information technologies are introducing into individuals’ and organizations’ life and the processes that allow communication and knowledge to become primary factors of competitive success. During the opening session, Massimiano Bucchi is speaking on “Democracy and Ignorance: the dilemmas…
The ongoing changes in the scientific-technological world, whose social-territorial impact is highlighted by the dominating globalisation process, are increasingly questioning the unconditioned sustainability of current decision-making procedures, typical of the traditional form of representative democracy characterising democratic States. Within this framework it seems difficult for politics to answer the “opposing requirements for efficiency on the…
10-14 october 2004: 2° European Plant Science Organization (EPSO) Conference: Interactions in Plant Biology: cells, plants and communities. During the 12th October session on “Plant Science and Society”, Massimiano Bucchi has been invited to lecture on “Why are people hostile to biotechnologies? Life Sciences, Democracy and Governance of Innovation”. More information at : http://www.epsoweb.org/catalog/conf2004.htm
IN3B project studied the visitor programmes at European research centres for physics in Germany, Greece, France/Switzerland and Italy. The project started from the consideration that a great number of international research centres for science and technology in Europe now offer regular visit programmes and ‘Open Days’ initiatives to the general public. Considerable effort and resources…