In 2023, EthicSchool played an active role in three initiatives that put people at the heart of sustainable development. In Utrecht, dialogue with citizens with a small budget was the starting point in
Sustainable Utrecht 2030. Sustainable Utrecht 2030 was awarded one of the three U Awards of Utrecht 4 Global Goals. This
newsletter provides an overview of the results achieved and a first sketch of the follow-up.
As the Dutch contact person of the
African Network for Solar Energy, we helped build research capacity in the field of sustainable energy in Africa, by seeking funding and partners for the implementation of the
ANSOLE Energy Compact. Specifically, we supported Dr. Rahimat Yakubi in her PhD research, in 2022 thanks to a contribution from the municipality of Utrecht from the Here and There fund of Utrecht
4 Global Goals, and in 2023 from our own resources. On November 24, 2023, she obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainable Energy Technologies from Kwame Nkruma University of Technology in Ghana. As one of the thirty
L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talents Sub-Saharan Africa Awards winners, she will continue her research in the coming period.
Based on the results of the European project
RiskGONE, I lead the ethical pillar in the International Networking Initiative on Safe and Sustainable Nanotechnology, part of the Nanosafety
Cluster. In 2023, we carried out several activities in this network, including the sixth EU-Asian dialogue on Nanosafety in Berlin on 21 June, and an online
seminar on the precautionary principle with Prof Guillermo Foladori on 9 October. This webinar was co-facilitated by ANSOLE.
Publications
[Ineke Malsch, Panagiotis Isigonis, Evert Bouman, Antreas Afantitis, Georgia Melagraki, Maria Dusinska (accepted for peer review) Testing ethical impact assessment for nano risk governance. Open Research Europe: https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/ ]
[Ineke Malsch, Panagiotis Isigonis, Evert Bouman, Antreas Afantitis, Georgia Melagraki, Dalila, Antunes, Maria Dusinska (2024) Exploring ethical impacts of nanomaterials for wastewater remediation. Book chapter in S. Suriyanarayanan, Shivaraju HP, David Jenkins (eds.) Book Series: Water Resources Development and Management. Springer Singapore. pending publication. https://link.springer.com/book/9789819986385]
Ineke Malsch (2023) Ethics and Nanomedicine. Book chapter in Jorddy N. Cruz. Nanobiomaterials: Perspectives for Medical Applications in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases. Series "Materials Research Foundations" Materials Research Forum LLC.
https://www.mrforum.com/product/9781644902370-12/
Presentations & Posters
8 November 2023: Ineke Malsch: Ethical control approaches. Invited presentation during Erlangen Conference, 8-9 November, Nürnberg, Germany:
https://www.bafa.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/Aussenwirtschaft/2023_18_erlangen_initiative.html
26 October 2023: Ineke Malsch. Assessing ethical impacts of (not) sharing nanosafety data. Online presentation during Ethics by Design conference. Warsaw, Poland.
https://orgmasz.pl/en/conference-ethics-by-design-23/
18 October 2023: Ineke Malsch. Assessing ethical impacts of (not) sharing nanosafety data. Online presentation during XX International Seminar Nanotechnology, Society and Environment, Universidade Federal do Espiritu Santo, Brazil:
https://www.nanotecnologiadoavesso.org/content/xx-semin%C3%A1rio-internacional-nanotecnologia-sociedade-e-meio-ambiente-e-xx-semana-nacional-de- (in Portuguese)
9 October 2023: Ineke Malsch: chair webinar on reflections on precautionary principle and nanosafety. ANSOLE, INISS-nano and Nanosafety Cluster:
https://ethicschool.nl/reflections-on-precautionary-principle
2 October 2023: Ineke Malsch, report on break-out group international collaboration on ethical and societal aspects of nanotechnology. 6th EU-Asian Dialogue on Nanosafety. INISS-nano online meeting
21 June 2023: Ineke Malsch: break-out group leader international collaboration on ethical and societal aspects of nanotechnology.
6th EU-Asian Dialogue on Nanosafety. Berlin, Germany.
15-16 June 2023: Malsch, Ineke; Isigonis, Panagiotis; Bouman, Evert. Aphantitis, Antreas; Melagraki, Georgia; Dusinska, Maria: Ethical impacts of (not) sharing nanosafety data. Poster at RiskGONE final conference, Madrid: 10.5281/zenodo.8138350
Publicity
Articles or interviews about Sustainable Utrecht 2030 were published in the following media:
Newsletter and website Poverty Coalition Utrecht, September 2023: https://www.armoedecoalitie-utrecht.nl/nieuws/op-weg-naar-duurzaam-en-betaalbaar-leven/
WIJS April 2023: Ineke Malsch: Balance caring for the earth and each other. Magazine of the Ecumenical St. John's Church Congregation Utrecht.
Martinus+ Magazine March 2023: interview about faith and sustainability. Edition of 6500 copies.
Radio Maria, 1 March 2023: interview with Koos Smits about faith and sustainability.
