Publications from Leopoldina and DFG
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Scientific Freedom and Scientific Responsibility Recommendations for Handling of Security-Relevant Research
Show moreResearch 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 moreAspects 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 moreThe 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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Stricter US guidelines for ‘gain-of-function’ research are on the way — maybe
Show moreA 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 moreGlobal 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 […]
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HOW NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS SAFEGUARD KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Show moreThe study provides an overview and comparative analysis of nine national approaches to strengthening knowledge security and the forces that drive them. The national approaches are those of Australia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. They all have developed different approaches, depending on the national political context, […]