The environMENTAL Consensus Conference: An Open Invitation
Are you interested in the link between the environment and mental health? Would you like to engage with researchers from a large EU-funded research project to reflect on how research in this area can be done? Are you interested in collaborating and networking with others with similar interests? Would you like to spend a weekend…
Responsibility by Design: Moving beyond responsible research and innovation
A paper with the title “From Responsible Research and Innovation to responsibility by design” suggests that a ‘Responsibility by Design’ approach can help mitigate some of the challenges experienced in the application of Responsible Research and Innovation (sometimes called RRI) in the Human Brain Project (or HBP). This is a relatively new concept, that can…
A capacity-building programme for responsible brain research and innovation
Is responsible neuroscience research or innovation something you would like to get better at? Would you like to join other like-minded researchers, scientists and tech innovators to reflect on societal concerns of big neuroscience infrastructure like EBRAINS? Then, the capacity building programme on responsible innovation run by the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) team at…
Building an EBRAINS community in Africa
Why is EBRAINS engaging in community building activities? EBRAINS has made a commitment to build a scientific research infrastructure that empowers empirical and theoretical neuroscience that is of relevance to a highly diverse and collaborative neuroscience community. We understand that ‘the success of the EBRAINS research infrastructure will depend on its ability to mobilise the…
PhD Studentship in Responsible Research and Innovation
Another great opportunity to join the Human Brain Project (HBP), an EU funded Future and Emerging Technologies Flagship, as a PhD candidate has opened at De Montfort University (DMU). This fully-funded studentship is being offered by the university’s leading Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR), a research centre focusing on ethical and social issues…