The Center for Ethics and Law in Biomedicine (CELAB) invites you to its first mobilization and mutual learning (MML) exercise under the ‘NERRI: Neuro-enhancement – Responsible research and innovation’ EU 7th Framework research project. The aim of this event is to bring together individuals suffering from neurological diseases or neurological disabilities and their representatives, social scientists, bioethicist, and the public to discuss the possibilities and the personal and social implications of new, frontier technologies in the treatment of these devastating diseases and disabilities (e.g. Alzheimer`s disease, Parkinson`s disease, epilepsy, sclerosis multiplex, or Down syndrome). The event will begin with the screening of the film ‘FIXED – The science/fiction of human enhancement’, which will be followed by a round-table discussion about the potential impact of technologies shown in the film and the expectations of patients and disabled persons, and their representatives, towards science and medicine.
The event will be in Hungarian. The film Fixed is in English and subtitled in Hungarian.
Time: April 11, 2014
14:30-17:30 p.m.
Venue: CEU Nador 11. building 004 Room
For further information:
http:// www.nerri.hu
Mutual learning is an important dimension of the idea of “responsible research”, i.e. forms of inquiry that are credible, trustworthy and open to societal challenges and concerns. Rather than seeing “science” and “society” as two separate entities, experts engaged in this type of work see science as embedded in society as much as society is embedded in science. Our work is carried out in close collaboration with others: with life science researchers, with social sciences and humanities peers and colleagues at various universities in Europe (and worldwide), but also with societal stakeholders (government, industry, media, professionals, intermediary organisations and patient or consume organisations). Mutual learning is not a specific method, but a basic attitude, an ethos if you like. It means seeing scientific and societal stakeholders not as “consumers” or passive recipients of our knowledge, but as sources of inspiration and information and as partners in our work. Mutual learning is not something that takes place during the dissemination phase (towards the end stage of the project), but as an ongoing commitment, an inherent part of our methodology. Sharing preliminary analyses and critical assessments with our environment is bound to make our work more relevant, robust and precise. Interaction means that we see ourselves not as outsiders, but as active participants in knowledge production and innovation.
