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The responsibility of science: Which technology could turn out to become the next nuclear bomb?
Mehr lesen: The responsibility of science: Which technology could turn out to become the next nuclear bomb?Film evening with panel discussion On 23 January 2024, the Joint Committee held a film evening followed by a panel discussion at Cinema Paris in Berlin. Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” was shown, which not only dramatically recounts the events surrounding the construction of the first atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project, but also…
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Raising awareness and building competencies for ethics of security-relevant research (dual use) in teaching – theories, methods, good practices
Mehr lesen: Raising awareness and building competencies for ethics of security-relevant research (dual use) in teaching – theories, methods, good practicesConference, June 5, 2023, Berlin, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Research freedom enables researchers to find scientific questions themselves, to work on them on their own responsibility and to freely exchange ideas with other researchers within the legally guaranteed freedom of research. However, useful research results and methods can also be misused for harmful, for…
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Brain-Computer Interfaces: Will the Boundaries between Man and Machine Soon Blur?
Mehr lesen: Brain-Computer Interfaces: Will the Boundaries between Man and Machine Soon Blur?Hanover, May 24, 2023, Xplanatorium Schloss Herrenhausen, Herrenhäuserstr. 5, 30419 Hanover, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The term brain-computer interface refers to the interface between the human brain and a computer. By means of non-invasive electro-encephalogram (EEG) or the implantation of electrodes in the brain, it is now possible to read out intentions of various…
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Forum for the Committees for Ethics in Security-Relevant Research
Mehr lesen: Forum for the Committees for Ethics in Security-Relevant ResearchDuring the introduction to the one-day event for the KEFs, which was held in cooperation with the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) on 25 April 2022 at its premises in Hamburg, Helmut Dosch, Chairman of the DESY Directorate, explained that DESY had committed itself to peaceful purposes in its guidelines for research. In recent years, research…
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Science for questionable purposes? Dual use and its consequences
Mehr lesen: Science for questionable purposes? Dual use and its consequencesOn 17 February 2022, the online event “Science for questionable purposes? Dual use and its consequences” was held as part of the Leopoldina discussion series “On Freedom and Responsibility in the Sciences”. It was organised by the Leopoldina Committee on Science and Ethics and the Leopoldina Centre for Science Studies in cooperation with the Joint…
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Dual use in chemistry research: opportunities, risks and responsibility
Mehr lesen: Dual use in chemistry research: opportunities, risks and responsibilityAt an online workshop on 31 May 2021, which was held together with the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, GDCh), the chairs of the Joint Committee Britta Siegmund and Thomas Lengauer first outlined its tasks and objectives. GDCh Executive Director Wolfram Koch recalled the chequered history of chemical research and its potential for abuse,…