Science4Peace: Against the opening civil research facilities for military projects – contributions to a discussion at DESY

Datum/Zeit
Date(s) - 04/09/2024
17:00 - 19:00

Veranstaltungsort
Zoom

Kategorien


The announcement to start a discussion at DESY on opening civil research facilities for military projects came as a shock. However, this announcement follows the discussion outlined in a Position Paper of the German Ministry, as well as a White Paper  of the EU commission.

It is time to critically discuss such attempts and assess their impact, from both the ethical and the practical perspectives, also in view of a potential shift in perception of what is permissible and what is decent.

The Science4Peace Forum organizes a panel discussion on this topic, also to collect arguments for keeping the purely civil mandate of public universities and research institutions.

A virtual panel discussion

4 September 2024, 5 pm (CEST)

ZOOM: https://tinyurl.com/S4Ppaneldiscussion 

Panel:

  • Jonathan Beullens (Civil Clause, Frankfurt University)
  • Dr John Ellis (King’s College London)
  • Dr Alexander Glazov (DESY)
  • Dr Jenny List (DESY)
  • Lukas Mengelkamp (IFSH, Marburg University)
  • Dr Gudrid Moortgat-Pick (Hamburg University)
  • Dr Götz Neuneck (Chairman, Federation of German Scientists and Pugwash Council member)
  • Dr Jürgen Scheffran (Hamburg University, NatWiss, VDW)

Moderation: Dr Michelangelo Mangano (CERN)

Material: Statement of the DESY directorate (2024-07-23)

Please register for this event at: https://tinyurl.com/S4Ppaneldiscussion