The Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public aims to have a positive impact on both science and society because we:
- Conduct public engagement at early stages of scientific discovery
- Enhance and evolve societal awareness of discovery ethics of science globally, including diverse communities
- Empower scientists to consider and navigate ethical and societal concerns
- Enable the inclusion of societal perspectives as part of research and policy development
Watch our pitch film submitted to the Kavli Foundation here:
Recognising that both ‘the public’ and ‘scientists’ are mixed groups with many communities, values and interests, the Kavli Centre pursues new ways to build communication bridges between….
- Public audiences
- Scientists
- Public engagement and communication professionals
- Ethicists
- Social scientists
- Community groups
- Health Professionals
The Kavli Centre delivers its research and engagement strategy….
- By facilitating encounters between members of the public and scientists to discuss and deliberate on the societal and ethical questions associated with science
- By researching new approaches of engaging scientific and public audiences in discussions on the ethics of science
- By understanding what shapes scientists’ and publics’ awareness of, and the ability to act on, the ethical issues associated with discovery science
- By empowering scientists to evolve how they do science