Research Report for the Wellcome Trust Project on `Building a Sustainable Capacity in Dual-use Bioethics
Masamichi Minehata
This investigation aims to provide an insight to help support Asia-Pacific countries in developing biosecurity education for life scientists in order to prevent the destructive use of science. The investigation develops two stages of analysis. Firstly, the current national policy trends of regional countries on biosecurity, biosafety and bioethics issues are set out. Secondly, the investigation examines the survey results of the current state of biosecurity education at university level life science degree courses in Asia-Pacific. By doing so, the investigation is designed to identify a potential gap between national policy provisions of biosecurity issues and the implementation level of biosecurity education at universities in the region. Finally, the investigation considers potential approaches to promote biosecurity education.
