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，生物化学和生物质工程/CBET共同资助，将支持一个研讨会，解决与新兴技术合成生物学相关的社会问题。合成生物学通常被定义为设计（或重新设计）生物部件，设备和系统，以达到有用的目的。 关于合成生物学治理的社会问题，以及关于其伦理层面和理想未来愿景的问题是系统调查的重要项目。 合成生物学的社会研究对于其负责任的发展至关重要。 该研讨会将于2014年11月4日至6日在亚利桑那州滕佩的亚利桑那州立大学（ASU）举行。 该研讨会将聚集大约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、人文学家、科学家和工程师。通过在研讨会之前起草任务，全体会议，分组活动和研讨会氛围的引人入胜的组合，以及之后积极和多样化的外展活动，研讨会召集人将阐明并传播社区产生的想法，以研究合成生物学的社会方面。研讨会计划探讨的问题包括：生物安全和生物安保，伦理，可持续性，DIY/制造商，公众舆论和价值观，研究和创新系统分析，整合和反思，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。讲习班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.