The following resources are relevant to research, instruction, policy development or other inquiry in the areas
of scientific freedom and responsibility.
The award honors scientists, engineers or their organizations whose exemplary actions have served to
foster scientific freedom and responsibility.
However, he says, pharmaceutical giants often have their own agendas and sometimes offer
less scientific freedom than do universities.
I have to admit that scientists might be a tad wary of attorneys general chasing them if they disagree with their research; they
need scientific freedom.
The Committee
on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility was established in 1976 by AAAS and advises on issues related to human rights, freedom of scientific inquiry, and the professional responsibilities of scientists and engineers.
Committee members are jointly appointed by the AAAS Board and Council, and among the Committee's duties is to «formulate and recommend principles and procedures to guide the Association in a continuing review of issues that
affect scientific freedom and scientific responsibility, and to search for means that will effectively bring these issues to the attention of both scientists and others.»
2014 Omid Kokabee is recognized for his steadfast courage in
defending scientific freedom by refusing to participate in weapons - related research in Iran.
An American physicist reports: «We have clear evidence that the Soviet government now understands that genuine scientific progress
requires scientific freedom.»
Restricting access to data has the potential to
impede scientific freedom and discourage the responsible conduct of science by, for example, obscuring data quality and the peer review process.
The Forum on Human Germline Interventions, organized by AAAS, convened a multi-disciplinary group of scientists, ethicists, and theologians to participate in discussions
regarding scientific freedom and responsibility issues; the history and status of religious involvement; ethical and theological issues; therapeutic vs. enhancement applications; and setting policy and developing guidelines on human germline research and applications.
This online portal supporting the Statement is a resource hub providing information and articles that can be used to further and inform discussions within labs, in policy offices, on campuses and in classrooms about
what scientific freedom and responsibility mean, not just in principle, but also in practice.
Scientists who accuse Turkey's leading politicians of meddling
with scientific freedoms and stifling debate are hoping the European Union (E.U.) will take notice.
OTTAWA — During the Canadian Science Policy Conference, NDP Science Critic Kennedy Stewart called on the new Liberal government to
enshrine scientific freedom into law and announced the opposition's concrete proposals to defend evidence - based policy.
Allowing such attacks to stand, and to allow politics and fear tactics to silence Dr Soon or any other scientist, or to censor scientific publications, would not only be a personal calumny against him: it would also be a blow
against scientific freedom of expression the world over.
The development of the Statement was led by the AAAS Committee
on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility (CSFR).
The continuing objectives of AAAS are to further the work of scientists, facilitate cooperation among them,
foster scientific freedom and responsibility, improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, advance education in science, and increase the public understanding and appreciation of the importance of the methods of science in human progress.
For a complete listing of past AAAS Award
for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility recipients, please see the Archives.
The
AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award will be bestowed upon Edwards during the 184th AAAS Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas on Feb. 16, 2018.
In bestowing the award, AAAS noted that «It is uncommon that scientists risk their freedom in defense of the principle
of scientific freedom for all scientists, and yet this 32 - year old physicist, at the beginning of a promising career, has done just that.»
To formulate and recommend principles and procedures to guide the Association in a continuing review of issues that
affect scientific freedom and scientific responsibility, and to search for means that will effectively bring these issues to the attention of both scientists and others.
Since the mid-1970s, AAAS has engaged in activities aimed at promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering, monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical issues related to science and technology, and promoting and
defending scientific freedom, at home and around the world.
The Statement is an enduring articulation of the meaning of and connections
between scientific freedom and scientific responsibility.
Hassler and his group brought about a dozen 7 - foot - tall banners with science - related poems on them, curated by Hirshfield, who read a poem
about scientific freedom to the rain - soaked march audience.
In this regard the full scale assault on science funding and
scientific freedom in Canada makes the country look increasing like another sorry Arab oil exporter.
It is not enough to contend that research should be pursued in the name of
scientific freedom and that, in the name of market freedom, people should be able to take it or leave it as they see fit.
The Directorate for Science and Policy Programs, one of three program directorates, furthers AAAS's objectives in five program areas where the interests of science, government, and society intersect: Science, Technology, and Government; the Center for Science, Technology, and Congress; Science and Human Rights; the Dialogue between Science and Religion; and
Scientific Freedom, Responsibility, and Law.
Primer on
Scientific Freedom and Human Rights Drawing from existing practices in the field, this guide aims to assist scientific, engineering and health associations to respond to threats to and violations of the rights of their colleagues.
The Coalition's working groups have produced a number of resources including an annotated bibliography of science and human rights, guidelines for scientists working on human rights projects, examples of collaborations between scientists and human rights organizations, a primer on
scientific freedom and human rights, and more.
The AAAS Award for
Scientific Freedom and Responsibility is presented annually by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to honor scientists and engineers whose exemplary actions have fostered scientific freedom and responsibility.
Committee on
Scientific Freedom and Responsibility (CSFR) The Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility was established in 1976 by AAAS and advises on issues related to human rights, freedom of scientific inquiry, and the professional responsibilities of scientists and engineers.
«We need you to lead on academic and
scientific freedom, and particularly to defend Internet freedom.»
The Center of Science, Policy and Society Programs offers career - enhancing fellowships, and it promotes research competitiveness,
scientific freedom and responsibility, and dialogue on science and religion.
«Of course, AAAS» 2014
Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award helped me and all other people specially academics who were seeking my freedom in Iran,» he said.
«Scientists must realize that their research can influence sport in ways that raise important social issues,» said co-author Mark S. Frankel, director of
the Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law Program at AAAS.
Edwards was nominated for the AAAS
Scientific Freedom & Responsibility Award by Caren Cooper, a professor of forestry and environmental resources at North Carolina State University and assistant head of the Biodiversity Research Lab at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
AAAS established its Committee on
Scientific Freedom and Responsibility in 1976, in part to monitor scientific freedom at home and abroad.
The Directorate for Science and Policy Programs, one of three program directorates, furthers AAAS's objectives in six program areas where the interests of science, government, and society intersect: Science, Technology and Government; the Center for Science, Technology, and Congress; Research Competitiveness; Science and Human Rights; the Dialogue between Science and Religion; and
Scientific Freedom, Responsibility, and Law.
Marc Edwards, a civil and environmental engineer whose team documented lead contamination in the water supply of Flint, Mich., has been awarded the 2018
Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.