Objective The goal of this project is to provide the blueprints for a value-based and value-informed new and flexible governance of the science-society relation in Europe. Furthermore, the study shall identify necessary research tasks in order to move from a generic understanding of value-based and value-informed governance to more specific mechanisms of governance that improve current practice. Emerging biotechnologies with dual use problematic and security technologies (biometrics) shall serve as pilots to test the validity of the framework. The key research challenges are: understanding the very concept of social/ethical values, improving the methodology for the study of values, identifying innovative mechanisms of platforms for value-based dialogue in civil society and citizen consultation, and assessing the potential of legal and regulatory instruments, including soft-law, to provide value-oriented framework orientation for scientific and technological development. Two specific technologies will be analyzed in these respects closely: biotechnology dealing with pathogens with a pandemic potential (biosafety and biosecurity issue), and biometrics as a security technology. The project shall result in a multi-disciplinary report that summarizes existing knowledge on social values and their relevance for attitudes to science and technology, and that furthermore sketches the blueprint of a more coherent, flexible and dynamic conception of a value-based governance of science and technology. The report is aimed at policy makers and researchers concerned about ethical issues in current or upcoming scientific and technological developments and policies. An additional report shall suggest and specify more concrete research topics within “Science in Society” and FP7 generally. Specific attention shall be given to dual-use problematic and security technologies. Feedback on the draft of the report shall be sought through an interactive website and a selected group of European experts. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancemedical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthepidemiologypandemicssocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society Keywords Ethics of science Ethics of science / technology biometrics biosafety biosecurity governance participative methods privacy social values soft law technology value studies Programme(s) FP7-SIS - Specific Programme "Capacities": Science in society Topic(s) SiS-2008-1.1.2.1 - Ethics and new and emerging fields of science and technology Call for proposal FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2008-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN EU contribution € 249 360,00 Address Museplassen 1 5020 Bergen Norway See on map Region Norge Vestlandet Vestland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Inger Gjesdahl (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE United Kingdom EU contribution € 107 700,00 Address Houghton street 1 WC2A 2AE London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact George Gaskell (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN Germany EU contribution € 110 400,00 Address Geschwister-scholl-platz 72074 Tuebingen See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Tübingen Tübingen, Landkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jutta Pickel (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data OPEN SCIENCE - LEBENSWISSENSCHAFTEN IM DIALOG Austria EU contribution € 115 380,00 Address Maria-jacobi-gasse 1 1030 Wien See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Stefan Grunert (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DINAMIA -CET, CENTRO DE ESTUDOS SOBRE A MUDANCA SOCIOECONOMICA E O TERRITORIO ASSOCIACAO Portugal EU contribution € 99 960,00 Address Avenida das forcas armadas 1649 026 Lisboa See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ricardo Migueis (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT Netherlands EU contribution € 137 171,00 Address Minderbroedersberg 4 6200 MD Maastricht See on map Region Zuid-Nederland Limburg (NL) Zuid-Limburg Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Anton Janssen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data