Waiting for Nano – Very Actively

TY - JOUR

T1 - Waiting for Nano – Very Actively

AU - van Est, R.

AU - Walhout, B.

N1 - Reporting year: 2010 Metis note: A Long-term View on the Role of the Rathenau Institute in Stimulating the Dutch Debate on Nanotechnology

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - This article describes the Rathenau Institute’s long-term programmatic effort to study the societal meaning of nanotechnology and stimulate political and public debate about it. Three (interconnected) strands within the Dutch debate on nanotechnology since 2003 are distinguished. First, discussions about the safety of nanoparticles for the environment and human beings. Secondly, discussions on broader social and ethical issues related to nanotechnologies. To what extent does the Dutch debate pay attention to such broader issues? Thirdly, we will look at the debate in the Netherlands on whether and how to engage a broader set of people into the societal debate on nanotechnology.

AB - This article describes the Rathenau Institute’s long-term programmatic effort to study the societal meaning of nanotechnology and stimulate political and public debate about it. Three (interconnected) strands within the Dutch debate on nanotechnology since 2003 are distinguished. First, discussions about the safety of nanoparticles for the environment and human beings. Secondly, discussions on broader social and ethical issues related to nanotechnologies. To what extent does the Dutch debate pay attention to such broader issues? Thirdly, we will look at the debate in the Netherlands on whether and how to engage a broader set of people into the societal debate on nanotechnology.

M3 - Article

SN - 1619-7623

VL - 19

JO - Technikfolgenabschätzung – Theorie und Praxis

JF - Technikfolgenabschätzung – Theorie und Praxis

IS - 2

ER -