Vicenza – Italy, 11th february 2005, Camera di Commercio di Vicenza, Corso Fogazzaro 37 (Salone Marzotto). From embryo to GMOs, from radioactive waste to the ozone hole: more and more times, these days, we find ourselves in the condition of arguing and deciding on science and technology issues. Such issues ask not only researchers, but…
The european Project Paradys, which was focused on public participation and policy making in the field of agricultural biotechnologies in seven European countries, has been completed PARADYS project is a study on citizen participation in the regulation of plant biotechnology in Europe, namely in the licesing procedure for geneticaly modified plant (GMOs). The research consortium…
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…
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…
The decreasing interest of youth towards studying science subjects is a perceived phenomenon in many countries of the world. Less and less students are actually deciding to undertake science university courses. In Italy, for instance, the students enrolled in science university curricula, if compared to the total of university students, are in sharp decrease, passing…
Italians are getting more and more skeptical towards GMOs (68% of respondents considers them unsafe, compared to 49% in 2001), but more than one out of two (57%) believes that research on agricultural biotechnologies should be continued. Lack of confidence is growing towards GM food: two italians out of three (68% compared to 49% in…
One Italian in two (47%) thinks it right to allow the use of artificial insemination techniques, also by unmarried heterosexual couples, provided external donors are not used (34% would also allow this type of solution for couples). 37% think it right to use the technology to allow single women to have children, and 16% would…
One Italian in two (47%) thinks it right to allow the use of artificial insemination techniques, also by unmarried heterosexual couples, provided external donors are not used (34% would also allow this type of solution for couples). 37% think it right to use the technology to allow single women to have children, and 16% would…
GMO foods: few would buy them, even if they cost less and had more flavour. Six Italians in ten do not even think the fight against world hunger is sufficient reason for accepting the risks of research. All clear from 50% of those interviewed for genetic modification of animals to create transplant organs. There is…
POSTER, a research center active in the field of social research and in particular in the area of science communication and technology innovation, has carried out the first comprehensive survey of opinions and attitudes towards biotechnologies in Italy. The study has been conducted with a telephone survey during the months of May and June 2000…
