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Nanobiotechnology: Responsible Action on Issues in Society and Ethics

Nanobiotechnology: Responsible Action on Issues in Society and Ethics
 

Philosophy Unit, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm

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The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, KTH) was founded in 1827 and is the largest of Sweden’s universities of technology. It is responsible for one-third of Sweden’s capacity for engineering studies and technical research at post-secondary level. The university has over 11,000 undergraduate students, 1,500 active postgraduate students and a staff of 3,100 people.

KTH conducts top level education and research of a broad spectrum – from natural science to all branches of technology, including architecture, industrial economics, urban planning, work science and environmental technology. Apart from research performed at its departments, a large number of competence centres are housed at KTH.

KTH is an international institution with established research and educational exchanges all over the world, especially in Europe, the USA, Australia and Southeast Asia. Cooperation schemes with the Baltic states and Russia are on the increase. It is KTH’s ambition to play an even stronger role in the EU research programmes than today. Various joint efforts with the Swedish International Development Agency and other development bodies abroad are also part of its international programme.

KTH Philosophy Unit

The Philosophy Unit at KTH led by Prof. Sven Ove Hansson teaches and performs research and postgraduate education on philosophical aspects of technology and its social applications. The unit has 21 employees. Its three most important research areas are philosophy of risk, ethics of technology, and logic and decision theory.

Homepage: www.infra.kth.se/FIL/eng/

Country: Sweden