Challenges and Opportunities for Education About Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences

National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Committee on Education on Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences

ISBN 10: 0309158400 / ISBN 13: 9780309158404

Published by National Academies Press, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Challenges and Opportunities for Education About Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309158400
• ISBN 13: 9780309158404
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.