Media Release
November 11 2009
Visiting Professor examines high end research ethics
A
free public lecture will offer candid insights into the interaction
between UniSA’s Ian Wark
Research Institute (The Wark™) and the general public at
UniSA's
Bob Hawke Prime
Ministerial Centre tomorrow (November 12th).
Prominent researcher
Professor John Weckert will deliver a report detailing his two year
appraisal of the ethics of public interaction within The Wark’s™
research procedures, based on interviews with key researchers and an
observation of the Institute’s research process.
Prof Weckert, from Charles Sturt
University, was appointed a joint Visiting Research Fellow in
Applied Ethics by the Ethics Centre of
South Australia (ECSA) and The Wark™ in 2007.
The appointment was based on Prof Weckert’s expertise in ethics and new
technologies with a focus on information and communication technology
and nanotechnology.
He currently holds an ARC Linkage grant with the
Australian Computer Society on
ethics and regulation in the ICT industry and a
National Science Foundation (US) grant
on nanotechnology and human enhancement.
He was appointed as the ECSA/IWRI Fellow in Ethics in 2007. He is also
founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Nanoethics: Ethics for
Technologies that Converge at the Nanoscale.
Leading researcher at The Wark™,
Professor Hans Griesser, will also discuss cutting-edge research now
being conducted at the Institute as part of the seminar.
Executive Director of the Hawke Centre,
Elizabeth Ho, says that the seminar will provide an objective look
at the research ethics of a prominent research body.
“Alongside being privy to the latest research at The Wark™, guests will
have a unique opportunity to hear the findings of Prof Weckert’s report
first hand,” she says.
“The seminar will give a rare insight into the practice of international
scientific research as well as a candid ethical evaluation of what is
taking place when research confronts the public.”
Event details:
Ethics and Nanotechnology at the Interface
Thursday 12th November, 6pm
Bradley Forum, Hawke Building, UniSA
City West Campus
To register visit
www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au
Media contact
- Heather Leggett office (08) 8302 0096 mobile 0434 078 819 email heather.leggett@unisa.edu.au