Workshop on Research Agendas in the Societal Aspects of Synthetic Biology

该奖项由系统和合成生物学/MCB、科学、技术和社会/SES以及生物技术、生化和生物质工程/CBET共同资助，将支持一个研讨会，解决与合成生物学这一新兴技术相关的社会问题。合成生物学通常被定义为生物部件、装置和系统的设计(或重新设计)，以达到有用的目的。关于合成生物学治理的社会问题，以及关于其伦理维度和对其可取未来的愿景的问题，都是系统调查的重要项目。社会对合成生物学的研究对其负责任的发展至关重要。研讨会将于2014年11月4日至6日在亚利桑那州坦佩的亚利桑那州立大学举行。研讨会将汇集约75名在合成生物学和相关新兴技术领域工作的社会科学家、人文主义者、科学家和工程师。通过在研讨会前起草作业、研讨会全会、分组活动和气氛的引人入胜的组合，以及之后积极和多样的宣传，研讨会召集人将阐明并传播社区产生的关于合成生物学社会方面研究的想法。研讨会计划探讨的问题包括：生物安全和生物安保、伦理、可持续发展、DIY/Maker、舆论和价值观、研究和创新系统分析、整合和反身性、预测和未来、非正式科学教育、国际和机构间合作、风险和治理。研讨会的目的是提出和处理讨论中出现的其他问题。

This award, cofunded by Systems and Synthetic Biology/MCB, Science,Technology and Society/SES, and Biotechnology, Biochemical and Biomass Engineering/CBET, will support a workshop that addresses societal issues associated with the emerging technology, synthetic biology. Synthetic biology is often defined as the design (or re-design) of biological parts, devices, and systems, toward a useful purpose. Societal questions about the governance of synthetic biology, as well as questions about its ethical dimensions and visions of its desirable futures are important projects for systematic inquiry. Societal research on synthetic biology is crucial for its responsible development. The workshop will be held at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, AZ, 4-6 November 2014. The workshop will gather approximately 75 social scientists, humanists, scientists and engineers who are working in the area of synthetic biology and related emerging technologies. Through drafting assignments prior to the workshop, an engaging combination of plenaries, break-out activities, and ambiance at the workshop, and aggressive and varied outreach afterward, the workshop conveners will articulate, and disseminate community-generated ideas for research on the societal aspects of synthetic biology. The issues the workshop plans to explore include: biosafety and biosecurity, ethics, sustainability, DIY/makers, public opinion and values, research and innovations systems analysis, integration and reflexivity, anticipation and futures, informal science education, international and inter-agency collaboration, risk, and governance. The workshop is designed to raise and attend to other issues that emerge through discussion.