Nanotechnology

Author(s)

Iris Eisenberger, Angela Kallhoff, Claudia Schwarz-Plaschg

Abstract

Over the last decades, nanoscience and nanotechnology has been ascribed the potential to contribute beneficial applications in fields such as medicine, cosmetics, or environmental remediation. At the same time it is still contested whether engineered nanomaterials might be not one-sidedly “good” but may also entail negative side-effects for human health and the environment. To address this uncertainty, academic and political initiatives have sought to establish norms and practices to assess and govern nanomaterials.

Rooted in different disciplines such as ethics, ecology, law, social and political sciences, the chapters in this edited volume explore the normative approaches, societal practices, and legal mechanisms which have emerged in the nano-field over the last two decades. The chapters also present a broad variety of evaluative approaches that may assist societal actors in their attempts to actively shape and contribute to the debate about nanomaterials.

Research Platform Nano-Norms-Nature
nano-norms-nature.univie.ac.at

rowman.com/ISBN/9781786608932/Nanotechnology-Regulation-and-Public-Discourse

Organisation(s)

Department of Philosophy, Research Platform Nano-Norms-Nature, Department of Science and Technology Studies

External organisation(s)

Universität für Bodenkultur Wien

No. of pages

288

Publication date

2019

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

Ethics, Nanotechnology, Environmental biotechnology related ethics

Keywords

Portal url

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/nanotechnology(a5b2934e-93b8-4964-bc8a-6d92ad1dde59).html