WWViews on Biodiversity – Expert & Citizen Assessment of Science & Technology

A homeless person, a roofer and a physicist walk into a science museum …

25 Jun 201523 Oct 2015

NATURE | COMMENT CRISPR: Science can't solve it 23 June 2015 Democratically weighing up the benefits and risks of gene editing and artificial intelligence is a political endeavour, not an…

Technology Assessment and Public Participation Report Available Online

29 Jan 201331 Jul 2013

Expert and Citizen Assessment of Science and Technology (ECAST) Technology Assessment and Public Participation: From TA to pTA Richard Worthington2, Darlene Cavalier4, Mahmud Farooque1, Gretchen Gano1&5, Henry Geddes5, Steven Sander2,…

David Blockstein reflecting on the WWViews

21 Dec 201217 Jun 2015

David E. Blockstein, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, Council of Environmental Deans and Directors and Senior Scientist National Council for Science and the Environment, reflecting on his observation of ECAST's World Wide…

Convention on Biodiversity: Concerns

21 Oct 201217 Jun 2015

18 October, 2012, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India The Global Political Economy of Biodiversity Rick Worthington In my last post I promised to next address concerns that the UN Convention on Biodiversity,…

World Wide Views – One Month Later

16 Oct 201223 Oct 2015

Eric B. Kennedy On September 15th, 2012, I found myself at an impressively diverse table. Gathered around me were a church’s facilities manager, a student, a data analyst, an American…

“New contrasts” from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

12 Oct 201217 Jun 2015

New Contrasts Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, 10 October, 2012 By Rick Worthington First, a confession: I had never heard of Hyderabad, India before my involvement with World Wide Views on…

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Report released at the UN Convention

12 Oct 201218 Jan 2013

For Immediate Release October 12, 2012 U.S. Citizens call for political action to stop the decline in biodiversity Results Report from global citizens’ consultation released at the UN Convention Washington—Boston,…

Reflections on Arizona’s WWViews

By Mary Jane Parmentier The World Wide Views conference in Arizona was very reflective of our state, both in terms of human diversity and the issues that were raised. I…

WWViews on Biodiversity

World Wide Views on Storify: Peer to Policy: 21st Century Approach to Policy Making.

8 Oct 201217 Jun 2015

Storify is a way to tell stories using social media such as Tweets, photos and videos. Here is the Storified version of the World Wide Views on Biodiversity deliberations that…

WWViews on Biodiversity

World Wide Views on Biodiversity: photos from around the world.

8 Oct 201227 Oct 2015

A full gallery of global images from World Wide Views on Biodiversity can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/87762313@N06/galleries/72157631695845988/ Most of these photos are from World Wide Views on Biodiversity, held at…