Dutch Nanodialogue concluded
Ineke Malsch | 06 February 2025The Committee Societal Dialogue Nanotechnology (CieMDN) recently offered its final report: “Responsibly onwards with nanotechnology; findings March 2009-January 2011,” to the Dutch government. State secretary Atsma (Infrastructure and Environment)…
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INES campaign: Commit Universities to Peace
Ineke Malsch | 02 February 2025The International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility INES just launched a campaign asking researchers to sign an international appeal to the heads of universities and responsible academic bodies to reject research…
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Nanotechnology and the BTWC
Ineke Malsch | 17 January 2025Ineke Malsch is director of Malsch TechnoValuation, consultant on Science and Society.This year the 7th review conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention will take place in Geneva. In preparation for the discussions, the NGO B…
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Nanotechnology, peace and security: don’t be naïve
Ineke Malsch | 23 November 2025A recent debate, led by Dr Bärbel Dorbeck-Jung at the University of Twente discussed responsibility and other ethical and societal aspects of civilian (nano)technology development with military applications. Awareness of peace and security aspects…
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Technology undermining State sovereignty
Ineke Malsch | 15 November 2025Last week, I attended the Fall Lecture of the International Criminal Law Network in The Hague, on ‘The Prohibition of Chemical and Biological Weapons under International Criminal Law’. Prof. Barry Kellman, from the International Security and Biopo…
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Debating nanopeace with Kees Homan and Dave Blank
Ineke Malsch | 03 November 202518 November 2010, 11.00–12.45, at the University of Twente, Enschede – this is the last opportunity to discuss the implications for peace and security of nanotechnology live with retired General Kees Homan and professor Dave Blank, chairman of the…
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Control development of autonomous military nanorobots
Kees Homan | 26 October 2025Kees Homan is concerned about ethical and legal problems caused by military applications of nanotechnology, e.g. enabling autonomous killer robots. This film portrait was produced in the project Nanorecht en Vrede (Nano Rights and Peace) sup…
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Be aware of dual use nanotechnology
Ineke Malsch | 25 October 2025Ineke Malsch (Malsch TechnoValuation, Netherlands) pleads for debate among nanoscientists, peace movement and defence circles about future military and dual use applications of nanotechnology. This film portrait was produced in the project Nanorec…
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Soft nanotechnologies – levelling the playing field?
Vinod Subramaniam | 24 October 2025Growing up in India in the 1970s and 1980s, the dream of many a young student, including myself, was to participate in the nanotechnology revolution represented by the integrated circuit. That meant engineering school, graduate studies in the Unit…
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Nanotechnology brings cheap solar energy
Wim Sinke | 20 October 2025Prof Dr Wim Sinke (Energy Centre Netherlands, University of Utrecht, Netherlands) sees great possibilities for cheap solar cells to contribute to global peace and development. Nanotechnology can enable cheap solar cells. This film portrait was pro…
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