The state of the responsible research and innovation programme: A case for its application in additive manufacturing

The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.Many of the ethical issues of additive manufacturing (AM) are not well known or understood, and there remains a policy vacuum that needs to be addressed. This paper aims to describe an approach that has been applied successfully to other emerging technologies, referred to as the responsible research and innovation (RRI) framework programme. A case is then made for the application of this approach in the AM industry with an illustration of how it might be used

The case for strategic international alliances to harness nutritional genomics for public and personal health

Nutrigenomics is the study of how constituents of the diet interact with genes, and their products, to alter phenotype and, conversely, how genes and their products metabolise these constituents into nutrients, antinutrients, and bioactive compounds. Results from molecular and genetic epidemiological studies indicate that dietary unbalance can alter gene-nutrient interactions in ways that increase the risk of developing chronic disease. The interplay of human genetic variation and environmental factors will make identifying causative genes and nutrients a formidable, but not intractable, challenge. We provide specific recommendations for how to best meet this challenge and discuss the need for new methodologies and the use of comprehensive analyses of nutrient-genotype interactions involving large and diverse populations. The objective of the present paper is to stimulate discourse and collaboration among nutrigenomic researchers and stakeholders, a process that will lead to an increase in global health and wellness by reducing health disparities in developed and developing countrie

Disembodied sport: ethical issues of virtual sport, electronic games, and virtual leisure.

This was the first paper to philosophically analyse virtual sport and “cheating” in electronic games. The paper considers the possible environmental effects of virtual sport, the ability of virtual sport to offer widened access to the experience of competition, safety issues, and the use of simulators in sports training. The philosophical analysis of “cheating” was innovative, integrating computer gaming with analyses of cheating in sport. This has since been taken up by other authors (for example, www.i-ri-e.net/inhalt/004/Kimppa-Bissett.pdf ). Other impacts of this paper have included an invitation to appear on the BBC World Service programme “Newshour” (March 2007)

Internet voting - well at least it's modern

This was the first journal paper to give a systematic security analysis of vulnerabilities of internet voting in public elections. It draws upon “...the laudably thorough Technical Options Report by Ben Fairweather and Simon Rogerson at De Montfort” (www.vnunet.com/itweek/analysis/2086828/commentexperimental-voting-leaves-nasty-aftertaste). Disanalogies between voting and banking are described, and the 2002 electronic voting pilots were critiqued. Unusually for a fully refereed academic journal, Representation is read by significant numbers of MPs and policy makers, due to its links to the Electoral Reform Society. The Electoral Commission heeded the advice for caution, suspending electronic voting pilots between 2003 and 2007, and has subsequently taken on board criticism in the paper that security analysis of pilots is needed (see for example p19ff www.electoralcommission.org.uk/files/dms/Actica Summary 27244-20136_E_N_S_W_.pdf )