1. Societal challenges as research priorities

Putting social value at the heart of nanotechnology governance

EEB-05-2017: Development of near zero energy building renovation

NMBP-17-2016: Advanced materials solutions and architectures for high efficiency solar energy harvesting

BIOTEC-02-2016: Bioconversion of non-agricultural waste into biomolecules for industrial applications

Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016 - 2017. 5.ii. Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnologyand Advanced Manufacturing and Processing.

(European Commission Decision C (2015)6776 of 13 October 2015)

1. Societal challenges as research priorities

2. Open up research decision making to a

broader range of voices

Putting social value at the heart of nanotechnology governance

2017 Edelman Trust Barometer, http://www.edelman.com/trust2017/

“The general population’s trust in all four key institutions — business, government, NGOs, and media — has declined broadly, a phenomenon not reported since Edelman began tracking trust among this segment in 2012. With the fall of trust, the majority of respondents now lack full belief that the overall system is working for them. In this climate, people’s societal and economic concerns, including globalization, the pace of innovation and eroding social values, turn into fears, spurring the rise of populist actions now playing out in several Western-style democracies.

To rebuild trust and restore faith in the system, institutions must step outside of their traditional roles and work toward a new, more integrated operating model that puts people — and the addressing of their fears — at the center of everything they do.”

1. Societal challenges as research priorities

3. Include social and environmental indicators

in the appraisal of nanotechnologies

2. Open up research decision making to a

broader range of voices

Putting social value at the heart of nanotechnology governance