PhD: Fostering mutual learning between science and society in nanomedicine

Are you passionate about understanding how new technologies, like nanomedicine, could be embedded in society?

Are you passionate about understanding how new technologies, like nanomedicine, could be embedded in society? Do you want to contribute to studying potential societal, ethical and operational trade-offs when developing technologies? Then this opportunity at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development is for you.

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Nanomedicine has the potential to substantially improve diagnostics and treatment, e.g. regarding rare diseases or cancer. Yet, nanomedicine also presents a wide array of societal, ethical and operational challenges, including fear of unforeseen side effects, concerns about human enhancement, unequal access to care, and the need to develop new roles, responsibilities, norms...