Issues

We currently focus on four main issues: disarmament and security, climate change and energy, questions of who controls science and technology and issues surrounding new and emerging technologies. You will also see that we work on some other issues too. You can explore these with the menu on the left of this page and with the search function. Material in this section includes all SGR's main outputs since 2005, with a selection of the more important material from before then.

Lessons from Lancaster

Comment article on The Guardian website by Stuart Parkinson, SGR, on the way Lancaster University dealt with protestors, and how this reflects on UK policy on universities and science, 19 October 2005
 

Scientists, Architects and Engineers join together to promote ethics

Press release, 3 November 2005
 

Letter to The Lancet on Reed Elsevier

Text of a letter to The Lancet, co-signed by Stuart Parkinson, SGR, published on 10 September 2005
 

It's Time for Scientists and Technologists to Act over Nuclear Weapons

Press release, 6 August 2005
 

It's Time to Get Tough with the US Over Climate, say Scientists and Technologists

Press release, 5 July 2005
 

Military-University Partnerships: The role of science and technology in setting the security agenda

Presentation given by Dr Chris Langley, SGR, at the 9th Annual Conference on Economics and Security at the University of Bristol on 23-25 June, 2005
 

The military dimensions of science and technology (May 2005)

Presentation by Stuart Parkinson, SGR, on 'Engineering in Society' undergraduate course, Lancaster University, May 2005
 

Climate change, the Kyoto Protocol and civil engineering

Lecture by Dr Stuart Parkinson at the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, May 2005
 

The military agenda: the role of science, engineering and technology

Presentation by Dr Chris Langley, SGR, as part of a Debate at the Royal Institution on 11 May 2005
 

Ethics teaching for science and technology students

Identifying potential cases to include in ethical curricula for science and engineering students - the military presence

Notes for a Symposium given by Dr Chris Langley, SGR in Copenhagen, Denmark, in April 2005