Time, crime and how can the arts interact with a Natural World in decline?

zs332 — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:44:21 +0000

Each year the Cambridge Festival’s (13-28 March 2024) rich programme of events celebrates the arts across the city and this year is no exception.

̽��ֱ��Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement

zs332 — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 09:20:46 +0000

Meet the winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.

Collaboration Award 2023

zs332 — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:32:38 +0000

̽��ֱ��2023 Collaboration Awards goes to UK Citizens' Jury on Human Embryo Editing, led by Professor Anna Middleton, Director Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public.

AI Hopes and Fears

cjb250 — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 13:09:25 +0000

Ahead of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s AI Safety Summit, members of the public are being invited to ‘hop on a bus’ in Cambridge city centre to discuss their hopes and fears about the increasing use of artificial intelligence in our lives.

Should we allow genome editing of human embryos?

cjb250 — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:39:24 +0000

A citizens’ jury of individuals whose lives have been affected by hereditary disease has voted in favour of asking the UK government to consider changing the law to allow genome editing of human embryos to treat serious genetic conditions.

New centre to foster global conversations about ethical issues raised by science

plc32 — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Major scientific breakthroughs deepen our understanding of nature and ourselves. Such discoveries have the potential to transform our everyday lives.

Yet the same science that holds promise for progress often raises concerns and questions for society.

Who bears responsibility for the societal and ethical implications of scientific discoveries? When and how should wider public views be brought into discussion about the direction of scientific research, its benefits and risks? How can members of the public, ethicists and scientists be empowered to take part in meaningful and constructive dialogue? And what can we do to help researchers negotiate a path through these complexities?

̽��ֱ��new Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge will tackle these critical questions.

Announcing the launch on 9 December 2021, Professor Anna Middleton, inaugural Director of the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, said: “From the discovery of DNA to the development of the first artificial intelligence, and to the sequencing of 20% of the world’s COVID-19 virus today, Cambridge is at the cutting edge of science, and has been for centuries. This is truly a place where the big questions get explored. Through collaboration with experts in popular culture we will find the evidence base to drive conversations with everyday people around the ethical issues raised by science, so that all of us can share in decision making around the implications of science for society.”

̽��ֱ��Kavli Centre will foster global conversations and pursue fundamentally new ways to build and create new spaces and mechanisms for interaction on the ethical issues associated with scientific discovery. It will create a programme of innovative research and public engagement on broad scientific domains, initially focusing on three rapidly changing fields: genome editing, artificial intelligence and big data. 

̽��ֱ��Centre is a unique collaboration between the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge and Wellcome Connecting Science, with funding from ̽��ֱ��Kavli Foundation. Building on the close relationship between the ̽��ֱ�� and Wellcome Connecting Science, it will work with international partners and have a global view.

Cynthia Friend, President of the Kavli Foundation: “This is an exciting and innovative endeavour. Ensuring the public is meaningfully involved in ethical considerations born from scientific discovery is important. ̽��ֱ��vision, creativity, and global community of the Cambridge team impressed us.” 

Alongside inaugural Director Professor Anna Middleton, the Kavli Centre will be supported by Dr Richard Milne as Deputy Director and Lead for Research, and Dr Catherine Galloway as Lead for Innovation and Translation. 

̽��ֱ��Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public will be hosted within the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge’s Faculty of Education as its primary base, with a physical presence at Wellcome Connecting Science premises on the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge. 

Today also sees the launch of a sister Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public at UC Berkeley in the USA. With a similar mission but an independent programme to its Cambridge counterpart, the Berkeley centre will initially address artificial intelligence, genome editing and neuroscience. ̽��ֱ��two centres may collaborate on key projects or events. 

̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge announces the launch of the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public, to engage publics and scientists with the ethical implications of scientific discovery and its impact on society.

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Anna Middleton, Director, Richard Milne, Deputy Director and Lead for Research, Catherine Galloway, Lead for Innovation and Translation - Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public

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