Searchable annotated bibliography → Resources

This section contains links to a variety of nanoethics information – web sites, articles, blogs, and other documents – that are suitable for classroom use in order to introduce graduate students to social and ethical issues related to nanotechnology.

Nano & Society Centers

• Center for Ethics at The University of Montana
  http://www.umt.edu/ethics/contact.html
• Center for Nanotechnology in Society at University of California, Santa Barbara
  http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/home/
• Center for Nanoscale Systems in Information Technology at Cornell
  http://www.cns.cornell.edu/Technology AndSociety.html
• Center on Nanotechnology and Society. Chicago-Kent College of Law and Illinois Institute of Technology
  http://www.nano-and-society.org/NELSI/
• Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at Illinois Institute of Technology
  http://ethics.iit.edu/index.html
• Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University
  http://cns.asu.edu/

Articles

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• Social and Ethical Issues in Nanotechnology: Lessons from Biotechnology and Other High Technologies
  http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irvi/ irvi_32biotechnology.html
• Societal and Ethical Implications of Nanotechnology: Meanings, Interest Groups and Social Dynamics
  http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/ v8n2/pdf/schummer.pdf

Government Organization/Projects

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• National Nanotechnology Initiative. A central location for communication and collaboration of federal nanotechnology-related agencies.
  http://www.nano.gov
• Web-based resource for research, education and collaboration in nanotechnology.
  www.nanohub.org
• National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) on Societal and Ethical Issues in Nanotechnology. Provides a large nano research database and other resources.
  http://sei.nnin.org
• Training video and slides for social and ethical issues related to nanotechnology.
  http://nnin.org/nnin_ethicstraining.html

Non-Government Organization/Projects

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• The Ethics Case Discussions Webforum hosted by the Online Ethics Center at the National Academy of Engineering
  http://ethicscasediscussions.org/
  (Must open free account to access.)
• A Nano Café provides a casual atmosphere in which people who want to know more about nanotechnology can listen to experts, ask questions and share ideas.
  http://www.nanocafes.org/ latest_nanonews
• The Nanoethics Group is a research and education organization.
  www.nanoethics.org.
• Nano Risk Framework: A partnership of Environmental Defense Fund and Dupont.
  http://nanoriskframework.com/ page.cfm?tagID=1095
• The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. A collaboration between Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Pew Charitable Trusts with the goal of creating an active public and policy dialogue
  http://www.nanotechproject.org/
• A comprehensive nanotechnology and nanoscience resource site that includes databases, news, general nano information and much more.
  www.nanowerk.com
• Series of panel discussions on nanotechnology appearing on public television stations. Began in April 2008.
  http://powerofsmall.org/

Nano News

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• Daily articles covering a variety of nano-related news
  http://nanotechwire.com/news_list.asp
• Daily articles covering a variety of nano-related news
  www.smalltimes.com

Journals

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• Nanoethics: A journal published quarterly about ethical and social issues related to nanotechnology.
  http://www.springerlink.com/content/1871-4757

Blogs

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• North Carolina State University professor, David Berube's blog on nanotechnology
  http://nanohype.blogspot.com/
• University of Wisconsin professor, Dietram A. Scheufele's blog on nanotechnology
  http://nanopublic.blogspot.com/