Institute for Science and Ethics

Science & Ethics synergies for responsible innovations

About us

The Institute for Science and Ethics supports and accompanies private or academic organizations to develop ethical approaches and frameworks, to help forming value-based collaborations and allows to better assess and monitor any innovation products or concepts.

This is based on solid collaboration with our experts: scientists in the marine and health sectors, experts in IT and digitalization, philosopher and social scientists.

The institute offers also the development of communication strategies towards policy makers and various stakeholders in science.

Applied Ethics -Through reflection and implementation of methodologies, the Institute provides solutions to minimize risks linked to any innovative projects.

Diagnostic of innovation impact

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    …to identify the main potential short-term or long-term impact of the development of new technologies on human health, the environment, protection of the person and geo-politics.

Identification of legal framework

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    …when innovations do not fall into specific legislation but are linked to several existing regulations at national and European levels.

Ideation

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    …this creative process, co-designed with the main interested party, aims at producing and communicating new ideas to develop methodologies to  overcome the ethical challenges.

Implementation

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    …of the methodologies which include specific actions to ensure the protection of persons, to minimize the impact on the environment / human health. Where severe ethical issues, Ethical committees can be implemented in correlation with the sector of interest.

Our Founder

 

Dr Michèle Barbier, is a marine biologist educated in the medical field and has more than 20-year experience in marine sciences and in management of large international consortium. She is now Independent Ethics Expert for the European Commission and has been involved in many projects dealing with Intellectual Property Rights and legislation.

She has a long experience as scientific officer in an inter-governmental organisation setting dialogue with Policy makers and various stakeholders.

She is now co-coordinator of the section France of the International Association for Promoting GeoEthics – IAPG.

Please see CV here: CV_Michèle Barbier

 

Ethics & legislation

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    • Marine bioprospecting & Nagoya protocol, UNCLOS 
    • Data protection & EU regulation 2016/679

Ethical design

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    Reflection & discussion on innovative products/concepts

    • Co-design methodologies to overcome issues.
    • Set-up dialogue with policy-makers to inform. 
      • Marine Biotechnology
      • Seaweed Aquaculture
      • Ocean observation
      • Connected objects 

Dialogue with Policy makers

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    Set-up Dialogue with Policy makers and various stakeholders.

    • Design of guidelines or white papers related to different topics.
    • Identification of the main stakeholders for dissemination

Stakeholder Management

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    Management of major scientific consortia or WPs.

    • Respect cultural difference and human
    • International dimension

Scientific communication

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    Definition of strategies for communication towards policy makers, scientists, the public at large and economic actors. 

Our colleagues are working in these institutions

  • MicroB3
  • R2P
  • Meteo France
  • univ Torino
  • IRD
  • national oceanography centre
  • centre scientifique de monaco
  • Phycomorph
  • Plymouth marine institute
  • Univ Valencia
  • CIESM
  • UNICE
  • Atlantos
  • OK rooms
  • biogeochemical-Argo
  • DG Mare
  • Oceanomics
  • UPMC
  • Univ Liege
  • EC
  • Mercator
  • Ironova
  • Pole Trimatec
  • Pole PASS
  • hellenic center for marine research
  • Pole Mer PACA
  • Marine Biotech ERA Net

Contact Us

31 avenue Maréchal Foch,

06 000 Nice – France

Tel : + 336 3307 9899

Email: contact@sciencethics.org

 

 

 

 

Presentations

Marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction

The European Commission organized the workshop “Marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction: bridging policy, law, science and research and development” on 21st and 22nd May, in Brussels. Great event.
Report, presentations and photos available here.

Abstracts

Articles

Scientific recommendations for sustainable seaweed aquaculture – PEGASUS

The PEGASUS guidelines are released for a sustainable development of seaweed aquaculture, a Phycomorph COST Action FA1406. This comprehensive technical document is intended for all stakeholders in seaweed aquaculture who wish to promote the sustainable development of this important economic sector.
It is accompanied by a concluding document (20-pages) and a brochure (8p) for the industry and policymakers. Access here

Ocean4Biotech EU COST Action is launched…

A transdisciplinary network Ocean4Biotech for establishing a marine biotechnology Community has been officially launched in Brussels on 29 October 2019 and will last for four years. Ocean4Biotech is a EU COST Action #CA18238 and includes 26 countries.
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The overall aim of the Action is to federate European experts in the field of marine biotechnology and includes a Working Group on Ethics & Legislation. Follow us on twitter:ocean4biotech

Monaco Ocean Week, coktail conference on biomimicry

The Institute of Science & Ethics and the Scientific Centre of Monaco have joined forces to organize a major conference on the theme of biomimicry at the Stars’ N’ Bars, as part of Monaco Ocean Week 2019.
To present this vast subject, and in front of nearly 130 people, experts shared the stage for nearly 2 hours, in a debate moderated by Mrs Patricia Ricard, President of the Paul Ricard Institute and rapporteur of the referral on biomimicry of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE).


Les intervenants : de gauche à droite : K. Raskin, M. Barbier, P. Ricard, D. Allemand, S. Pioch, G. Bœuf, N. Chardon, S. Rostan et S. De Myttenaere, photo@Cedou

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