Multidisciplinary engagement with nanoethics through education-the nanobio-RAISE advanced courses as a case study and model

NanoEthics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-211

  Schuurbiers, Daan ^a,b,c   Sleenhoff, Susanne ^a,b,c   Jacobs, Johannes F ^a,c   Osseweijer, Patricia ^a,b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Society and Genomics   (Netherlands)

^c KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Course design; Education; Ethics of emerging technologies; Interactional expertise; Interdisciplinary collaboration; Multidisciplinary engagement; Nanoethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949775319     PISSN: 18714757     EISSN: 18714765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-009-0073-z     Document Type: Article

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