Global Citizens Assembly
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A Global Citizens’ Assembly on Genome Editing.
Connecting Citizens, Science and Governance at a Global Level.
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http://www.globalca.org 24-10-2019 22:19:13
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The 'CRISPR babies' are now toddlers. A new article by Vivien Marx🐘📬⛅️ for Nature Biotechnology asks important questions about how their edited genomes might affect their lives? nature.com/articles/s4158…
OUT NOW: Nuffield Council on Bioethics new report examining the social and ethical issues raised by the potential use of #genomeediting technologies in farmed animal breeding. nuffieldbioethics.org/publications/g…
The preliminary report from our Australian Citizens' Jury on Genome Editing is out now Global Citizens Assembly. Cheers to Simon Niemeyer Dianne Nicol Rebecca Paxton and Kath Fischer for leading the write-up. australiancitizensjury.org/interim-report
On "seeing like a citizen". Don't miss John Boswell's fascinating reflections on how being selected for a #CitizensAssembly upended many of his prior assumptions grounded in scholarship and having been an observer/facilitator/organiser of #minipublics. delibdemjournal.org/article/id/975/
Fantastic to hear about the launch of the #KavliCentres for Ethics, Science and the Public! The Centres aim to engage the public in discussions on ethical considerations born from scientific discovery: kcesp.ac.uk. Follow Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public youtu.be/5WgkLSHbPdY
What can the empirical and conceptual analysis of eugenics tell us about the use of new genetic technologies? A fascinating discussion coming up on Jan 14, hosted by ELSIhub | CERA: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Will be reading The Hastings Center's new Special Edition cover to cover! Thanks to eds Michael K. Gusmano Gregory E. Kaebnick Karen J Maschke Carolyn P. Neuhaus & Ben Curran Wills for bringing us a range of perspectives on public deliberation about #geneediting in the wild. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1552146x/2…
A glorious end of year wrap from our partners DelDemUCan 🤩💫
Are you from a Black heritage background and thinking about developing your social science research career? Interested in genomics? We @ethicsWCS are part of a great Fellowship opportunity with our Wellcome Sanger Institute colleagues! 👇
Today on Twitter, Eric Green Dr. Eric Green and Dr. Ben Berkman answer your questions on #bioethics and #genetics! 🧬
"much more creative work is needed on how to integrate [climate assemblies] into the political system" Graham Smith reflects on where the #delibwave is at and where it might be going... fdsd.org/blog-gs-climat…
Roundtable on the ethics of genome editing, coming up on Jan 20! Moderated by our brilliant project partner, Prof. Hervé Chneiweiss and featuring Francoise Baylis, PhD, Hidenori Akutsu and Martina Crispo. #bioethics #genomeediting #crispr events.unesco.org/event?id=15248…
"Genomic imaginaries" grapple with & help to construct notions of citizenship, humanity and belonging informed by #genomics. ELSIhub | CERA have what sounds like a fascinating panel coming up, with Lara Choksey and Lesley Larkin, moderated by Rebecca Wilbanks. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Call for abstracts for the upcoming Bioethics X Philosophy of Science conference @Filoz_Prakt! Aim is to explore practical, theoretical & regulatory issues in biomedical research... Keynote from Rachel A. Ankeny (she/her), one of the Aus Citizens' Jury on #GenomeEditing expert witnesses.
📢From our national partners in France 🇫🇷 The full report from Espace éthique/IDF Ile-de-France on their citizens' workshops with high school students, to deliberate the ethics of #genomeediting. Summary report to come 🙌🏾