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Artificial intelligence, Events and Publications , March 24, 2023

First systematic review of Artificial Intelligence impact assessments

Josepine Fernow No Comments

Impact assessments can help identify both positive and negative impacts at an early stage of development. It is very likely that this will become an integral part of structures designed address the ethical and social issues. The first ever systematic review of AI impact assessment was just published in Artificial Intelligence Review, providing the basis…

Organising committee for Future for Responsible Research
Ethics and Society, Outreach and Dissemination , , March 21, 2023

The future of Responsible Brain Research 

Lise Bitsch, Inga Ulnicane and Arleen Salles No Comments

How can we continue to build even more responsible practices of brain research?  This was the central question on the Human Brain Project’s (HBP) online conference on February 2nd, 2023. Work on responsible research and innovation (RRI) in the HBP has taken many forms, including Europe-wide citizen engagement, dialogue, engagement and co-creation with stakeholder and…

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Ethics and Society, Outreach and Dissemination, Researcher Awareness, Uncategorized March 13, 2023

Curating the legacy of responsible research and innovation in the Human Brain Project

Josepine Fernow No Comments

Over the last decade, the Human Brain Project Building has used structured and strategic approaches to embed responsible research and innovation (RRI) practices across the project. The efforts to curate the legacy of this work includes the development an online RRI toolkit. A recent paper explores whether this kind of toolkit can help embed the…

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Gender and diversity , , March 8, 2023

Equality, diversity and inclusion: tools for project themes and teams

Josepine Fernow No Comments

Women are still underrepresented in top positions in academia. Considering sex, gender, ethnicity, culture and other aspects of diversity have relevance for the way knowledge is produced, understood and disseminated. But how can we make that happen? Karin Grasenick. Julia Trattnig & Pilar Romero have developed a toolkit on equality in governance structures, procedures and…