Activities

Electronic Patient Records

This project aimed to raise informed debate on issues surrounding the use of IT systems, specifically electronic patient records, for health and medical research.

The project created and toured a Theatre of Debate® programme consisting of a play, entitled “The Breathing Country”, as well as a debate performed in schools and other organisations across the country.

The Academy also led a public attitudes research project on the topic, which explored people’s views on the use of electronic patient records in health and medical research, using a variety of techniques.

• More information about the report 'Privacy and prejudice'

• More details about the project on the Y Touring website

• Listen to or download the “Breathing Country” adaptation for radio

Synthetic Biology

The Academy conducted the UK’s first public dialogue on synthetic biology.

• Synthetic Biology: public dialogue on synthetic biology (968KB)

A video from the launch of the Public dialogue on synthetic biology report, which took place in June 2009, is also available in addition to a Radio 4 discussion between the events speakers.

• Watch the video from the launch event

• Listen to the Radio 4 broadcast on the BBC website

See also the Academy’s report Synthetic Biology: scope, applications and implications. This report, published in May 2009, reviews the state of the field and considers potential future developments and their likely technological, economic and societal impact.

• Academy’s report Synthetic Biology: scope, applications and implications (996KB)

Public Perceptions to Engineering and Engineers

• A report on the findings of a research project that explored public perceptions of engineering and engineers (1118KB)

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