Responsible Science

The influential SGR Newsletter was published regularly between 1992 and 2018. Averaging 24 pages, it contained feature articles, as well as news of SGR activities, and reviews of books and conferences. Feature articles were written by authors with expertise in the relevant field, and include detailed references. It has now been replaced by the Responsible Science Journal.

Paper copies of SGR Newsletter were distributed FREE to all members and are available to non-members at a cost of £3.50 - see ordering - and this will remain the case for the new journal.

Pdf copies of previous newsletters dating back to 2001 are available to download from this section, with a selection of the best articles available under issues. The final newsletter published by Architects and Engineers for Social Responsibility (AESR) in 2005 is also available to download here.

If you are interested in writing an article for a future edition of the Responsible Science Journal, please contact the Newsletter Editor <newsletter@sgr.org.uk>.

SGR Newsletter 46

Winter 2018

Feature articles cover: nuclear weapons - current threats and opportunities; melting of Arctic ice cap; cars and climate change; air pollution; protecting the oceans; Brexit and universities; EU military R&D; nuclear weapons accidents in UK; radical science in 1980s

SGR Newsletter 45

Winter 2017

Feature articles cover: cyber-security threats to nuclear weapons; renewable energy expansion; commercialisation of UK universities; links between nuclear power and nuclear weapons; landmines; fracking and public health; arms and fossil fuels industries in schools; nuclear submarine risks.

SGR Newsletter 44

Winter 2016

Feature articles cover: failings in UK climate policy; the flaws of nuclear deterrence; climate impacts of space tourism; the risks of another Chernobyl/ Fukushima; ocean acidification; military science and technology; the Paris climate agreement; teaching science ethics

SGR Newsletter 43

Winter 2015

Feature articles cover: science and engineering for war; shale gas and fracking; risks of nuclear weapons use; chemical weaponry and World War I; controlling global carbon emissions; UK domestic energy efficiency programmes; corporate influence on research on genetically-modified crops

SGR Newsletter 42

Autumn 2013

Feature articles cover: UK military R&D and alternatives; sustainable communities; Arctic ice cap melting; nuclear weapons proliferation via nuclear power; honesty in medical science; climate change and shale gas

SGR Newsletter 41

Autumn 2012 - 20th anniversary issue

Feature articles cover: UK military R&D; alternatives to Iran's nuclear programme; low carbon transition pathways; offshore wind and marine energy; nuclear disarmament; sustainable building materials; corporate science communication; local sustainable energy; synthetic biology; the Fukushima nuclear disaster; and climate change sceptics

SGR Newsletter 40

Autumn 2011

Feature articles cover: nuclear power after Fukushima; war in Libya; military robotics and drones; the low energy society; geoengineering; shale gas; science commercialisation; militarisation of EU research; nuclear weapons treaties; low energy buildings; Millennium Consumption Goals; risks of emerging technologies; and the Luddites anniversary

SGR Newsletter 39

Winter 2011

Feature articles cover: UK defence and security review; arms conversion; new nuclear power; accountability in research investment; climate science; the Atomic Weapons Establishment; data security in the UK census; armed robotic aircraft; transport and land-use; synthetic biology; renewable energy funding in the UK; commercialism at universities; and international energy and climate policy.

SGR Newsletter 38

Winter 2010

Feature articles cover: arms conversion; international and UK climate change policy; climate science debate; global nuclear disarmament; militarisation of space; sustainability and population; corporate influence on science; ethics and universities; animal farming and sustainability.

SGR Newsletter 37

Spring 2009

Feature articles cover: sustainability and the global economic crisis, sustainable housing, military involvement in science and technology, social housing, nuclear weapons policy, low carbon energy, and alternatives to animal experiments.

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