Publications from Leopoldina and DFG
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Scientific Freedom and Scientific Responsibility Recommendations for Handling of Security-Relevant Research
Show more: Scientific Freedom and Scientific Responsibility Recommendations for Handling of Security-Relevant ResearchResearch plays a fundamental role in ensuring progress. Freedom of research, which is enshrined in the German Basic Law, is a fundamental requirement in this respect. Yet free research is also associated with risks. These risks can only be covered to a limited extent by legal regulations and result primarily from the danger of useful…
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Progress Report (2022)
Show more: Progress Report (2022)Aspects of security-relevant research and related ethical issues are increasingly coming into focus, among other things due to advances in research on artificial intelligence and pandemic pathogens, as well as scientific entanglements with states in which human rights violations and other violations of rule-of-law principles are observed. This is reflected in the fourth Progress Report…
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Information Brochure “The Handling of Security-Relevant Research in Germany – An Overview”
Show more: Information Brochure “The Handling of Security-Relevant Research in Germany – An Overview”The information brochure is dedicated to the most important questions about dealing with security-related research in Germany. It gives an initial insight into relevant subject areas, the importance and structure of the committes for ethics in security-related research and the legal framework and funding. It describes case studies and illustrates how ethical aspects of security-related research can be anchored…
Other Publications
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G7 Best Practices for Secure and Open Research
Show more: G7 Best Practices for Secure and Open ResearchOpen and collaborative research allows us to respond to some of the world’s most challenging issues. Research integrity acts as the base from which researchers are able to operate in our global research environment. To support research integrity, the above best practices are meant to help research communities establish and improve processes and efforts to…
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Stricter US guidelines for ‘gain-of-function’ research are on the way — maybe
Show more: Stricter US guidelines for ‘gain-of-function’ research are on the way — maybeA biosecurity panel met, expecting to approve recommendations, but myriad concerns complicated the proceedings.
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Should Democracies Draw Redlines around Research Collaboration with China? A Case Study of Germany.
Show more: Should Democracies Draw Redlines around Research Collaboration with China? A Case Study of Germany.Global research collaboration in scientific and engineering fields has been critical to advancing the frontiers of knowledge, promoting economic prosper ity, and solving global challenges. The global research enterprise is, by design, largely open and unrestricted. However, new risks and challenges threaten this open collaboration, particularly regarding authoritarian nations like the People’s Republic of China…