Training

Nanotechnology constitutes a great promise for domains as diverse as product development, environmental conservation, medicine and information technology while simultaneously giving rise to numerous concerns about potential health risks and environmental hazards. In addition, nanotechnology raises wider social and ethical issues regarding unintended long-term consequences, social and financial risks, issues of governance and control and fundamental issues about life and human identity.

• Nano2All has designed a collection of Webinars on several case studies about Nanotechnology Innovation Precaution, Risk Governance of Nanotechnology, Nanotextiles, Nanomedicine and Brain-Computer Interactions (BCI).
• NanoYou includes videos, posters and presentations, images and art and other materials in English, Spanish, Catalan, French and Italian plus some other languages.
• NanOpinion includes a Multimedia repository of 150 materials in English, French, Italian and Dutch.
• NanoChannels has developed relevant materials in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Romanian.
• NanoToTouch has exhibited Nanotechnology labs in Science Museums.
• NanoDiode has published 35 100 second video interviews with scientists, engineers, futurists, ethicists, policy-makers and artists around Europe about nanotechnology at YouTube.
• Luisa Filipponi and Duncan Sutherland (eds., 2013) NANOTECHNOLOGIES: Principles, Applications, Implications and Hands-on Activities A compendium for educators. EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Industrial technologies (NMP), Brussels.
• The National Informal STEM Education network (NISE) in the USA has also developed relevant materials in English. This includes the Explore Science: Zoom into Nano kit.
• The Journal Nature Nanotechnology has a special section “In the classroom” covering issues related to education and outreach in nanotechnology.
• The European Commission has also archived a collection of materials explaining nanotechnology to youth and the general public in all EU languages, as well as brochures and films.

Several projects have developed definitions and introductory materials about Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), mostly in English, with two notable exceptions, including Polish materials produced in the IRRESISTIBLE project, and a French version of the EC code of conduct for nanoresearch.

• The IRRESISTIBLE project aims to engage youth in RRI. They have materials in English, Dutch, Greek, German, Polish, Portuguese and Turkish.
• The RRI-Tools project has collected some definitions and a practical toolkit. The homepage opens with a short introductory video in English. The toolkit database includes materials in many different languages.
• The SPARKS project has videos and materials to engage citizens in RRI.
• The Res-Agora project developed a Responsibility Navigator.
• The Progress project hosts short videos with RRI experts.
• The Responsibility RRI project has posted videos of their conference.
• The European Commission Recommendation on a Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Research (2008) (English, French, German).
• The European Commission also published a leaflet on RRI and other publications on RRI.
• A number of organisations developed the Responsible NanoCode for Business (2008).
• The National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network in the USA (NNIN) has developed posters explaining Responsible Research in Action.
• The TU Delf has made available a free online course - Responsible Innovation: Ethics, Safety and Technology.