Research Report for the Wellcome Trust Project on `Building a Sustainable Capacity in Dual-use Bioethics`
By J. Sture and M. Minehata
Our aim in producing this report on the meeting in Bradford, UK, in July 2010 is three-fold. Firstly, we aim to provide an account of the presentations given, thereby offering an overview of the current international situation in regard to dual use bioethics and biosecurity education. Secondly, we aim to provide an introduction to the principal issues that face stakeholder communities when faced with the need for education and awareness-raising in terms of dual use risks. Thirdly, we aim to provide a number of conclusions and recommendations for the higher education and the life science communities, as well as the policy-making community, in the hope that these will be of practical use and assistance to ongoing international efforts to support the full implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. We hope, therefore, that this report will not only offer an account of the Bradford meeting, but that it will also serve as an introductory overview to the current context for those readers who are unfamiliar with the subject.
