Objective The DEEPEN project will establish an integrated understanding of the ethical issues posed by emerging nanotechnologies, develop methodological tools for engaging civil society and the nanoscience community in ethical reflection, and develop recommendations for incorporating ethical understanding into research practices and governance structures.Emerging nanotechnologies are developing the capacity to enhance human bodily and cognitive capacities. Such capacities have robust economic and social potential yet also raise ethical, social and environmental concerns. DEEPEN aims to integrate understanding of the ethical dilemmas posed by emerging nanotechnologies into the innovation trajectories of the technology itself.Such 'real-time' engagement will take place in five ways.- First, we will develop a deepened ethical understanding of issues related to emerging nanotechnologies through an interdisciplinary approach utilising insights from philosophy, ethics, and social sciences.- Second, we will develop ways to map de-facto ethics embedded in the world of nanoscience and technology actors, and on that basis develop ways of enhancing ethical reflexivity in the nanoscience and technology world.- Third, we will instigate a programme of cross-European empirical research aimed at unravelling the ethical categories of lay people to ethical issues posed by emerging nanotechnologies.- Fourth, we will organise new public fora where citizens, stakeholders, experts and decision-makers can develop common understandings of such dilemmas.- And fifth, we will develop recommendations for integrating ethical reflection into nanoscience practice and into governance and regulatory processes. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernanceengineering and technologynanotechnologysocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societyhumanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionphilosophy Keywords citizens civil society emergence ethics nanotechnology participation society Programme(s) FP6-SOCIETY - Science and society: specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration : "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) SOCIETY-WP2005-4.3.2.3(a) - Ethics research Call for proposal FP6-2005-SCIENCE-AND-SOCIETY-14 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM EU contribution No data Address The University Office, Old Elvet DURHAM United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRO DE ESTUDOS SOCIAIS Portugal EU contribution No data Address Praça de D. Diniz, Colégio de S. Jerónimo COIMBRA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Drienerlolaan 5 ENSCHEDE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DARMSTADT Germany EU contribution No data Address Karolinenplatz 5 DARMSTADT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
