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.

Soldiers in the laboratory: Military involvement in science and technology - and some alternatives (Oct/Nov 2005)

Texts of presentations by Chris Langley, SGR, to Pugwash Ethical Science Group, Imperial College, London, October 2005, and Totton Sixth-Form College, Southampton, November, 2005
 

Universal Ethical Code for Scientists: SGR Response

Response to a consultation, 1 November 2005
 

Letter to Margaret Beckett regarding the climate negotiations in Montreal

SGR letter to Margaret Beckett (Environment Minister) arguing for the UK to take a strong position at the upcoming climate negotiations in Montreal, 28 October 2005
 

Nuclear Power: they can't be serious (Oct 2005)

Presentation by Mark Whitby, BEng, FEng, FICE, Hon FRIBA of Whitbybird Ltd to the SGR Conference on Saturday 22nd October 2005 
 

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