Issues: Other issues

Other issues

SGR resources which fall outside of our main four 'issues' - including general material - are listed here. This covers issues such as the built environment, sustainable development and space technology.

Engineers and social responsibility: the big issues

Article by Stuart Parkinson, SGR, in UNESCO report, Engineering: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Development, published 14 October 2010.
 

Latest Scientists for Global Responsibility Newsletter (no. 38)

Press release, 24 February 2010
 

Finding an Ethical Career in Science and Technology (Feb 2010)

Slides of a presentation given by Stuart Parkinson, SGR, to computer science students at Birmingham University, 12 February, 2010
 

Time for global responsibility in the global economy

Stuart Parkinson looks at the potential for a sustainable, low-carbon economy to be created through efforts to tackle the current global economic problems.

Article from SGR Newsletter no. 37; spring 2009
 

Key principles in making sustainable buildings and places

Sandy Halliday traces the evolution of the principles behind sustainable design, and argues for their much wider use.

Article from SGR Newsletter no. 37; spring 2009
 

Social housing projects could learn from past successes

Past collaborative efforts of architects and policy-makers have produced elegant social housing solutions. Kate Macintosh reflects on two examples and how their lessons could help the housing crisis.

Article from SGR Newsletter, no. 37; spring 2009
 

Latest Scientists for Global Responsibility Newsletter (no. 37)

Press release, 11 March 2009
 

Finding an Ethical Career in Science, Design and Technology (Feb 2009)

Slides of a presentation given by Stuart Parkinson, SGR, at Nottingham University, 17 February, 2009

 

How many experts does it take to switch students on to science?

Article by Vanessa Spedding on ethical careers in science, Science and Public Affairs, September 2007
 

Building hope: global network tackles humanitarian problems

An increasing number of organisations are using skilled volunteers to provide practical help for humanitarian problems. Chris Medland introduces one such organisation, in the field of design: Architecture for Humanity.

Article from SGR Newsletter no. 34, summer 2007