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2nd announcement: The Integrity of Science

Second announcement – registration now open The integrity of science A conference about the conflict between public policy and independent science, in honour of Dr. Árpád Pusztai (1930 – 2021) Edinburgh (UK), 26 – 27 May 2023 open to both on site and online …

Registration: Integrity of Science, 26/28 May, Edinburgh

The Integrity of Science A conference about the conflict between public policy and independent science, in honour of Dr. Árpád Pusztai (1930 – 2021) Edinburgh (UK), 26 – 27 May 2023 The conference will be in two parts: Day one (26 May 2023) …

1st Announcement: The Integrity of Science

Second announcement available here The Integrity of Science A conference about the conflict between public policy and independent science, in honour of Dr. Árpád Pusztai (1930 – 2021) Edinburgh (UK), 26 – 27 May 2023 open to both on site and online participation …

Veranstaltungseinladung: Sind wir noch zu retten? – Was können Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft gemeinsam zum Gesellschaftswandel beitragen? oder Über die Kunst, auf Umwegen schneller ans Ziel zu gelangen als auf direktem Wege

“Sind wir noch zu retten? – Was können Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft gemeinsam zum Gesellschaftswandel beitragen? oder Über die Kunst, auf Umwegen schneller ans Ziel zu gelangen als auf direktem Wege“ kubus – Wissenschaftsladen der TU Berlin und ENSSER – The European Network of …

Invitation: WHAT CAUSES WHAT IN LIFE? Explaining today’s major challenges – A public conference about the riddles of cause and effect”

WHAT CAUSES WHAT IN LIFE? Explaining today’s major challenges A public conference about the riddles of cause and effect Friday 26 and Saturday 27 November 2021 Bern, Switzerland Both on site and online Organized by Please accept YouTube cookies to play this video. …

INVITATION to conference: Context, Causality and Consequences: from robust evidence to timely action in biology, ecology, law and public policy

“Context, Causality and Consequences: from robust evidence to timely action in biology, ecology, law and public policy” A public conference Friday 26 and Saturday 27 November 2021 Registration online: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X9hhCNv9QLCFACw8-QiGGA Registration onsite: Please contact us at to see if onsite participation is …

Webinars on Report: Genetically Engineered Gene Drives: IUCN report on Synthetic Biology lacks balance

Webinars to introduce and discuss: A critique of the IUCN report ‘Genetic Frontiers for Conservation: An assessment of synthetic biology and biodiversity conservation’ – with regards to its assessment of gene drives May 2021 Authors: Mark Wells, PhD & Ricarda Steinbrecher, PhD Editor: Holly …

19 April: Science in the storm: GMOs, agnotology, theory

An open conversation led by Maël Montévil (theoretical biologist, IRI et IHPST, Université Paris I) and Victor Chaix (AAGT-AI). with Prof. Ignacio Chapela (microbial ecologist and mycologist, University of California, Berkeley) Dr. Angelika Hilbeck (agricultural ecologist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Zuerich) Prof. …

Zoom Corona Round Table: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: science in the spotlight

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: science in the spotlight An online public Round Table Tuesday 6 Oct. 2020, 13:30 – 17:30 CEST The current pandemic and the socioeconomic measures to control it have created a lot of controversy. Governments claim that their control measures are …

Getting EU risk assessment for protecting environment and health to achieve its legal objectives. Escaping reductionist fallacies

A series of three webinars organised by the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER) Thursdays 17 and 24 September and 1 October 2020 16:00 – 17:30 Central European Summer Time European regulatory systems are often portrayed as some of …

Gene Drive Web-inar Series

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Documentary – Experts and Scientists about gene drive

Gene drives are used to bypass the rules of inheritance in order to accelerate the spread of modified genes across wild populations. While normal genes have a 50% chance of being passed on to the next generation, gene drive elements change the odds dramatically …

Science, Precaution, Innovation: towards the integrated governance of new technologies

Conference Presentations We invite you to browse through the final program and to open the presentations of the conference via the attachments below or via the links in the program. We are still working on collecting all presentations of the conference. If you would …

Pesticides, poisoning and the politics of agrichemicals between Europe and Brazil

The Work, Labour and Globalisation Research network at University of Strathclyde, the European Network of European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility, and the Pesticide Action Network Europe invite you to: “Pesticides, poisoning and the politics of agrichemicals between Europe and Brazil” …

Gene Drive Symposium, 24 May 2019, Eventforum Bern

Which path do we want to take as a society? Gene Drives have the potential to circumvent the rules of inheritance in order to quickly and fundamentally alter wild populations of species or to exterminate them altogether. An idea that has long existed, gene …

Report on ENSSER side events at 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and 9th Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of the Parties (COPMOP9) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB)

Side events at 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and 9th Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of the Parties (COPMOP9) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) 18 – 21 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt …

Videos of Public Event: Bound to fail – The flawed scientific foundations of genetic engineering – The Central Dogma is 60 years old – but has it always been the new clothes of the emperor?

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Public Event: Bound to fail – The flawed scientific foundations of genetic engineering

The Central Dogma is 60 years old – but has it always been the new clothes of the emperor? Public and press event Wednesday, September 5th 7 – 9.30 pm GLS Bank, Schumannstraße 10, 10117 Berlin With: Ignacio Chapela, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, …

Scientific Participation at the GMO Free Regions Conference

ENSSER gives scientific input at the GMO Free Regions Conference in Berlin on 6-7 September 2018. On 5 September ENSSER organizes the public event Bound to fail – The flawed scientific foundations of genetic engineering with Ignacio Chapela, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA Jack …

Energy Workshop – A World We Want

On 13 December ENSSER conducted the workshop “A World We Want” within the boundaries of planet earth: Finding a common and scientific fact-based language for the energy transition. Purpose During the past decades and especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union, several …

Scientific Conference 2016 TAKING STOCK – 20 YEARS OF GM CROPS – 40 YEARS OF “GENETIC ENGINEERING”

Forty years of genetic engineering (GE) have led to a host of new products and a recent surge in new techniques, but in agriculture and various other fields of application the level of insight into the effects of GE on organisms and ecosystems has …

Post Neonikotinoid Symposium

1. Dezember 2015 Festsaal der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Luisenstraße 56, 10115 Berlin (Nähe Charité) Die Biodiversität und damit die menschliche Nahrungsgewinnung ist in zunehmendem Maße bedroht. Eingriffe des Menschen in die Natur wie Landschaftsveränderungen und Bodenversiegelung verursachen großenteils den Rückgang der Artenvielfalt. Neonikotinoide, die …

Conference “Science in the Eye of the Storm”, Berlin, September 10-11 2014

PROGRAM and DOCUMENTATION – please find below the final program of the conference including speakers’ presentations – Opening of conference and setting the stage Speaker: Angelika Hilbeck (ENSSER / ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Plenary symposium I Development towards sustainability – local, regional, global Chairs: Michael …

Conference on Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems in Europe: A Transformative Agenda

Conference Documents Conference paper: Levidow L, M Pimbert, P M Stassart, G Vanloqueren. “Agroecology in Europe: Conforming – or transforming the dominant agro-food regime?” Conference : “What is the problem and why a transformative agenda?” The website Agricultural Transition presents a wealth of studies, reports, …

International Conference on Implications of GM Crop Cultivation at Large Spatial Scales (GMLS)

ENSSER participated in the organisation of the Third International Conference on Implications of GM Crop Cultivation at Large Spatial Scales (GMLS-III) convened in June 2012 in Bremen (Germany). Several ENSSER members gave key note speeches and presentations. More than sixty participants from 18 countries …

Conference on Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems in Europe: A Transformative Agenda

June 26-27, 2013 – Brussels, Belgium – Université Libre de Bruxelles Conference program Conference outline Summary of the conference paper “Agroecology in Europe: Conforming – or transforming the dominant agro-food regime?” Co-organisers: Centre for Agroecology and Food Security at the Coventry University (CAFS, UK), …

Sustainable Diet and Food Security

Belgian Nutrition Society (BNS), The Nutrition Society (NS) and Société Française de Nutrition (SFN) co-organize on 28 and 29 May 2013 in Lille under the auspices of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS), a conference on “Sustainable Diet and Food Security”. This conference …

Governance of emerging technologies in the context of sustainable development

On Mar 28 2012, ENSSER members and colleagues convened the session “Governance of Emerging Technologies in the Context of Sustainable Development“. Chaired by Claudia Neubauer and Brian Wynne Convenors: Kathy Jo Wetter, ETC Group; Claudia Neubauer, Fondations Sciences Citoyennes; Hartmut Meyer, The European …

Judicial Review of EU Authorisation of Genetically Engineered Soybeans with Stacked Genes (MON 87701 x MON 89788)

The Grounds upon which Testbiotech, ENSSER, and Sambucus challenge the Commission’s decision are, in summary: Ground A: EFSA’s assessment that the Soybean is ‘substantially equivalent’ to its appropriate comparators is unlawful, is based on a scientific assessment which was not carried out in accordance …

Objektive Sicherheitsforschung im Agrarbereich?

February 06, 2013 – Hohenheim, Germany – Universität Stuttgart-Hohenheim Co-organisers: Gentechnikfreies Europa e.V. (V.i.S.d.P.; www), ENSSER, Aktionsbündnis gentechnikfreies Baden Württemberg (www), Albert Schweizer Stiftung (www), Brot für die Welt (www) Students’ Co-organisers: FRESH (www), Arbeitskreis Ökolandbau (AKÖ), Grüne Hochschulgruppe (GHG), Greening Hohenheim (www), studentisch-alternative …

ENSSER at MOP-6

05 Oct 2012 – ENSSER participated with 7 delegates at the 6th meeting of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP-6) from 01-05 Oct 2012 in Hyderabad, India. ENSSER convened two side events informing MOP-6 participates about recent scientific research and policy analysis in different …

Advancing the Understanding of Biosafety GMO Risk Assessment, Independent Biosafety Research and Holistic Analysis

This conference took place in the wake of the 6th meeting of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP-6) from 01-05 Oct 2012. ENSSER was represented at the MOP-6 convening 2 side events. Advancing the Understanding of Biosafety GMO Risk Assessment, Independent Biosafety Research …

Can GM Crops Meet India’s Food Security and Export Markets?

An International Scientific Conference Date: 27 Sep 2012 Venue: Courtyard by Marriott, Hyderabad Hosts: Aruna Rodrigues & Tara Foundation Co-organiser: ENSSER Conference Agenda Conference Proceedings Newspaper coverage: Times of India, Times of India (2), Science and Development Network, The Hindu Business Line, The …

The State of the GMO Planet

What has happened to Genetic Engineering in the world? And where are we leading now with GMOs? On August 31, 2012, a unique group of international scientists engaged with environmental and social questions around genetic engineering met for an open conversation on the state of …

Congress on Risks for Public Health & the Environment

Time for Convergence in European Technology Assessment and Risk Assessment May 16-18, 2012 – Madrid/Spain – Complutense University Co-organisers: ENSSER, EEA, Fundación Vivosano/Health Defense Organisation, Cátedra Universidad-Empresa-Sindicato: Trabajo, Ambiente y Salud May 16 (13:30) – Opening Prof. Emilio Mínguez Torres, Vice-Rector, Technical University …

Environmental monitoring of GM crops

29 Mar 2012 – On 29 March 2012 , the Commission organised a hearing on “Environmental monitoring of GM crops” in Brussels, the third of a series after the two on “GMO risk assessment and management” (March 2011) and “Socio-economic dimensions of GMO cultivation” …

Green Genetechnology is overestimated

In 2011, Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, a leading German biotechnologist and science manager, called for an “ideology free” approach to green genetechnology and for an unconditional support of the technology. Members of ENSSER and other experts replied to Winnacker’s article. The following text was published in …

23rd Meeting of the GMO Round Table

Upon request, ENSSER has advised the Hungarian GMO Round Table, advisory body of the Agricultural and Environmental Committees of the Hungarian Parliament regarding the GM seed contamination that occurred in Hungary, a situation very similar to GM seed contamination in Germany in 2010. The …

EFSA Consultative Workshop on Draft Guidance on Selection of Comparators for the Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Plants

31 Mar 2011 – The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) held a consultative workshop in Brussels on 31 March 2011 to discuss the views of stakeholders on its draft guidance for the selection of Genetically Modified (GM) plant comparators. The workshop brought together various …

Sustainability and Holistic Assessment of Technologies and Biotechnologies

March 24/25, 2011 – Caen/France – University of Caen, Human Sciences (MRSH), Esplanade de la Paix Co-organisers: University of Caen MRSH-CNRS; Risk Pole; CRIIGEN; ENSSER; Foundation for Citizen Sciences; GenØk; Society of Environmental Health in Western France Program Public event: English, francaise Poster …

GMO RISK EVALUATION – A contradictory debate

12 Jan 2011 – The evaluation of the risks of GMOs for health and the environment is the key controversy in the GMO debate in Europe. The work of European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) GMO panel, in charge of this evaluation, has been criticised …

Reassessing Monsanto’s Data

Support Letter / Lettre Soutien for Gilles-Eric Séralini & Co-Authors May 10, 2010 – ENSSER and FSC invite you to sign the support letter for Professor Séralini and his colleagues Joël Spiroux de Vendômois and Dominique Cellier who have become the targets of a …

Symposium on Science and Society “Integrety of Science under Attack”

ENSSER and the European Environment Agency (EEA) are cooperating in convening the Seminar on Science and Socity ‘Integraty of Science under Attack’. This public seminar took place on April 15 and 16 at the EEA headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. ENSSER and EEA present current …

HEALTH: QUESTIONING EXPERTISE: Deficient evaluation and conflicts of interest

European Parliament – Brussels – Room: JAN 4Q 1 04 March 2010 – 9.00-12.30 & 14.30-17.00 MEP Corinne Lepage, MEP Frédérique Ries and MEP Fiona Hall Co-organisation: CRIIGEN – Comité de Recherche et d’Information Indépendantes sur le Génie Génétique FSC – Fondation Sciences Citoyennes …