Challenges and opportunities for education about dual use issues in the life sciences
By: Committee on Education on Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies
Contributors: National Academies Press (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780309158404
Subjects: Life sciences; Biosecurity; Life scientists; Study and teaching (Higher); Bioethics; Research
Description: "The Challenges and Opportunities for Education About Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences workshop was held to engage the life sciences community on the particular security issues related to research with dual use potential. More than 60 participants from almost 30 countries took part and included practicing life scientists, bioethics and biosecurity practitioners, and experts in the design of educational programs. The workshop sought to identify a baseline about (1) the extent to which dual use issues are currently being included in postsecondary education (undergraduate and postgraduate) in the life sciences; (2) in what contexts that education is occurring (e.g., in formal coursework, informal settings, as stand-alone subjects or part of more general training, and in what fields); and (3) what online educational materials addressing research in the life sciences with dual use potential already exist."--Publisher's description.
Notes: "In cooperation with IAP: The Global Network of Science Academies, International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, International Union of Microbiological Societies, Polish Academy of Sciences."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available for downloading in PDF from the National Academies Press home page.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A primer on the science of learning; title: Current conditions: establishing a baseline about education on dual use issues; title: Gaps, needs, and potential remedies.