Workshop on Research Agendas in the Societal Aspects of Synthetic Biology

合成生物学社会方面的研究议程研讨会

• 批准号: 1445903
• 负责人: David Guston
• 金额: $ 14.99万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1445903&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Research; Agendas; Societal; Aspects

This award, cofunded by Systems and Synthetic Biology/MCB, Science,Technology and Society/SES, and Biotechnology, Biochemical and Biomass Engineering/CBET, will support a workshop that addresses societal issues associated with the emerging technology, synthetic biology. Synthetic biology is often defined as the design (or re-design) of biological parts, devices, and systems, toward a useful purpose. Societal questions about the governance of synthetic biology, as well as questions about its ethical dimensions and visions of its desirable futures are important projects for systematic inquiry. Societal research on synthetic biology is crucial for its responsible development. The workshop will be held at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, AZ, 4-6 November 2014. The workshop will gather approximately 75 social scientists, humanists, scientists and engineers who are working in the area of synthetic biology and related emerging technologies. Through drafting assignments prior to the workshop, an engaging combination of plenaries, break-out activities, and ambiance at the workshop, and aggressive and varied outreach afterward, the workshop conveners will articulate, and disseminate community-generated ideas for research on the societal aspects of synthetic biology. The issues the workshop plans to explore include: biosafety and biosecurity, ethics, sustainability, DIY/makers, public opinion and values, research and innovations systems analysis, integration and reflexivity, anticipation and futures, informal science education, international and inter-agency collaboration, risk, and governance. The workshop is designed to raise and attend to other issues that emerge through discussion.

该奖项由系统和合成生物学/MCB，科学，技术与社会/SES以及生物技术，生化和生物量工程/CBET的奖励，将支持一个解决与新兴技术相关的社会问题的研讨会。合成生物学通常被定义为针对有用目的的生物部位，设备和系统的设计（或重新设计）。 有关合成生物学治理的社会问题，以及有关其道德维度和对其理想未来的愿景的问题是系统探究的重要项目。 关于合成生物学的社会研究对于其负责任的发展至关重要。 该研讨会将于2014年11月4日至6日在亚利桑那州坦佩市的亚利桑那州立大学（ASU）举行。该研讨会将在合成生物学及相关新兴技术领域的工作中约75名社会科学家，人文主义者，科学家和工程师。通过在研讨会之前的起草作业，全体会议，分手活动和研讨会的氛围的引人入胜的组合，以及随后的积极进取和多样化的外展，研讨会召集人将表达出来，并传播社区生成的想法，以研究合成生物学的社会方面。研讨会计划要探索的问题包括：生物安全和生物安全性，道德，可持续性，DIY/制造商，公众舆论和价值观，研究与创新系统分析，整合和反思性，预期和未来，非正式科学教育，国际和国际机构和机构间合作，风险和政府。该研讨会旨在提高并参与通过讨论出现的其他问题。