One thing I find hopeful, under the “Consensus-finding on risks and benefits of research” idea, is that the report Emerging Technologies and Dual-Use Concerns (WHO, 2021) includes two relevant governance priorities:
Safety by design in dual-use research projects: “A comprehensive approach to identifying the potential benefits and risks of research may improve the design and flag potential pitfalls early in the research. ”
Continued lack of a global framework for DURC: “Previous WHO consultations have highlighted the lack of a global framework as a critical gap, and regulations, norms and laws to address DURC remain fragmented among stakeholders and countries.”
This was based on an expert elicitation study using the IDEA (Investigate, Discuss, Estimate, Aggregate) framework… I find it hopeful that this process identified these governance issues as priorities!
That said, I find it less hopeful that when “asked to allocate each issue a score from 1 to 100 reflecting its impact and plausibility” the scores for “The Lack of a Global DURC Framework” appear to range from 1 to 99:
One thing I find hopeful, under the “Consensus-finding on risks and benefits of research” idea, is that the report Emerging Technologies and Dual-Use Concerns (WHO, 2021) includes two relevant governance priorities:
Safety by design in dual-use research projects: “A comprehensive approach to identifying the potential benefits and risks of research may improve the design and flag potential pitfalls early in the research. ”
Continued lack of a global framework for DURC: “Previous WHO consultations have highlighted the lack of a global framework as a critical gap, and regulations, norms and laws to address DURC remain fragmented among stakeholders and countries.”
This was based on an expert elicitation study using the IDEA (Investigate, Discuss, Estimate, Aggregate) framework… I find it hopeful that this process identified these governance issues as priorities!
That said, I find it less hopeful that when “asked to allocate each issue a score from 1 to 100 reflecting its impact and plausibility” the scores for “The Lack of a Global DURC Framework” appear to range from 1 to 99:
Interesting, thank you for sharing! I was aware of this report, but did not consider their methodology in-depth at the time of reading.