Assessing the Risks and Benefits of Advances in Science and Technology: Exploring the Potential of Qualitative Frameworks.

Autor:	Bowman K; Katherine Bowman, PhD, is a Senior Program Officer; and Jo L. Husbands, PhD, is a Senior Scholar, Board on Life Sciences, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC., Husbands JL; Katherine Bowman, PhD, is a Senior Program Officer; and Jo L. Husbands, PhD, is a Senior Scholar, Board on Life Sciences, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC., Feakes D; Daniel Feakes, MA, is Chief, Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Geneva, Switzerland., McGrath PF; Peter F. McGrath, PhD, is Coordinator, InterAcademy Partnership, Trieste, Italy., Connell N; Nancy Connell, PhD, is a Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD., Morgan K; Kara Morgan, PhD, is a Research Scientist, Food Science and Technology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Health security [Health Secur] 2020 May/Jun; Vol. 18 (3), pp. 186-194. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 10.
DOI:	10.1089/hs.2019.0134
Abstrakt:	Continuing rapid advances in science and technology both pose potential risks and offer potential benefits for the effective implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). The lack of commonly accepted methods for assessing relevant risks and benefits present significant challenges to building common understandings that could support policy choices. This article argues that qualitative frameworks can provide the basis to structure BWC discussions about potential risks and benefits, reveal areas of agreement and disagreement, and provide a basis for continuing dialogue. It draws on the results of a workshop held in Geneva during the 2019 BWC Meetings of Experts. A diverse group of international experts were given the opportunity to apply 2 qualitative frameworks developed specifically to assess potential biosecurity concerns arising from emerging science and technology to BWC-relevant case examples. Participants discussed how such frameworks might be adapted and put into action to help support the BWC. They also began a discussion of how a comparable framework to assess potential benefits could be developed.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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