| Title |
A primer to ‘bio-objects’: new challenges at the interface of science, technology and society
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Systems and Synthetic Biology, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11693-013-9104-8 |
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| Authors |
Peter Dabrock, Matthias Braun, Jens Ried, Uwe Sonnewald |
| Abstract |
Biotechnological and life science innovations do not only lead to immense progress in diverse fields of natural science and technical research and thereby drive economic development, they also fundamentally affect the relationship between nature, technology and society. Taken this seriously, the ethical and societal assessment of emerging biotechnologies as for example synthetic biology is challenged not only to constrain on questions of biosafety and biosecurity but also to face the societal questions within the different fields as an interface problem of science and society. In order to map this vague and stirring field, we propose the concept of bio-objects to explore the reciprocal interaction at the interface of science and society serious as well to have the opportunity to detect possible junctions of societal discontent and unease before their appearance. |
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| United Kingdom | 2 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| Aruba | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 4 | 50% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Scientists | 3 | 38% |
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| Sweden | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 25 | 93% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 6 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 19% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 2 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Unknown | 9 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 30% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 7% |
| Engineering | 2 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 11% |
| Unknown | 9 | 33% |
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