Joyce Tait is part of the #UK Biosecurity Leadership Council, which aims to make the UK a world leader in responsible use of engineering biology.

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#RRI #Innovation #syntheticbiology #geneediting #engineering #biology #biosecurity
STIS Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh

Excellent position paper on Technology and Policy Development in Africa by Prof Norman Clark ⁦Innogen Institute⁩ ⁦Innovation, Knowledge and Development (IKD)⁩ ⁦OU Arts & Social Sciences⁩ innogen.ac.uk/sites/default/…

UK academics are relieved that the #UK will be participating in #HorizonEurope as an Associated Country. In this blog post, Chris Warkup asks whether UK taxpayers should be similarly pleased?
#research #funding #brexit Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Innovate UK
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On the 7th September Royal Society of Edinburgh, Innogen co-director Niki Vermeulen, geographer Marion & choreographer Brendan Le Delliou used the medium of dance to convey how international collaborations in seaweed research are forged:
innogen.ac.uk/news/seaweed-r…
STIS Edinburgh School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh

Commentary, analytical query on case construction: 'India and 'European' Evolutionary Political Economy' is out (no paywall). Thank you, Editors for the invitation. link.springer.com/article/10.100…
#India #Nigeria #Egypt #Indonesia #China #Iran #Brasil #development #Europe #casestudy

Joyce Tait contributed to CIELivestock's latest report highlighting the urgent need for #innovations in #technology , services and management approaches to achieve the UK livestock sector’s #NetZero ambitions.
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#regulation #policy #RRI #circulareconomy

As part of the EU-project BovReg, Ann Bruce & Donald Bruce have created a card game to stimulate discussions on how knowledge of the genetics of cattle should be used to produce meat & milk
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#RRI #H2020 #genomics #livestock
STIS Edinburgh Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems

As part of Curious 2023 Royal Society of Edinburgh summer event series, Niki Vermeulen STIS Edinburgh, Marion Géographie-cités & Brendan Le Delliou
#FrichtiConcept are hosting:
Ectocarpus: when seaweed meets dance
7 Sept, 6pm
Book your free spot here:
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School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh

Check out POST (UK Parliament) 's upcoming research topics and contribute as an expert

Reminder to check out our open funding call for Arts and Humanities Research Council BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divides), closing 5th Oct! Early scoping projects for embedding responsible AI in context; Read more: ukri.org/opportunity/br…

Help us open up opportunities for talented people from around the world to pursue their careers in the UK research and innovation system.
Nominate an organisation as a Global Talent visa scheme endorsed funder or host organisation

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#GlobalTalentVisa

Thank you to our panellists and to all who attended the RHC’s webinar exploring whether choosing to ‘Do Nothing’ is a valid choice for regulation.

We had a turn out of 100+ and as a result had a highly engaging discussion. Read on for some of the key takeaways 🧵

Open now: opportunity to develop a Network Plus to increase diversity, impact, and access to opportunities for policymakers to work with research communities.
Find out more: orlo.uk/UgvN5

Government backing UK engineering biology firms to revolutionise medicine, food and environmental protection gov.uk/government/new…

📢 ADR UK is now inviting applications for funding to conduct policy-relevant research using #ADREngland flagship datasets! 📢

These Research Fellowships can be up to 18 months – at max. £175,000 full economic cost.

⏰ Deadline: 10 October

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Find out more about the ways in which we support the delivery of innovation that is profitable, safe and societally useful, sign up to our quarterly newsletter:
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#innovation #regulation #globalhealth #RRI #JustTransition #collaboration #MEDTECH #genomics

And we're off... Recruiting another round of 30 Chancellor's Fellows across The University of Edinburgh, deadline 28th August. Find out more here: ed.ac.uk/human-resource…

Brand new article has been published in our forthcoming section. See Karen Kastenhofer's and Niki Vermeulen's discussion about how sts scholars engage (or disengage) with emerging technosciences:
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Innogen researchers and PhD students The Open University and The University of Edinburgh gathered at The Open University Campus in Milton Keynes on the 1st-2nd June to present their latest research and discuss future plans.
Find out more:
innogen.ac.uk/news/innogen-a…