There’s a pressing need to improve ethics principles and laws in research and innovation (R&I), and to ensure that they’re in line with technological progress and societal concerns.
How can we ensure that R&I performed by universities, industry and other institutions adheres to the ethical standards that Europeans find important, such as respect for humans and animals, privacy and data protection, sustainability, equality and freedom? According to Prof. Philip Brey, this is the fundamental question raised and addressed by the EU-funded SATORI project. ‘Science and technology have a major impact on our lives, but if the two aren’t developed in an ethical way, then society suffers,’ says the project’s coordinator.
Further details: Innovative framework to strengthen research ethics in European science