Envisioning Nanotechnology – How can we imagine what we cannot see? And, even more importantly, how can we regulate and govern some of these awesome possibilities?
Author Archives: Kirsten Rodine-Hardy
Research Team Members, Fall 2014!
Sara Sheridan is a sophomore combined Political Science and International Affairs major from Philadelphia. She is involved on-campus with the Progressive Student Alliance and has a strong interest and background in social justice, human rights, and global norms within the realms of law, environment, and technology. This past summer, she traveled to Geneva, Switzerland for […]
Fall Semester ’14 Update!
After a busy spring and summer, the fall semester is well underway for Professor Rodine-Hardy and the research team! Following an unprecedented showing at Northeastern’s Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo (RISE: 2014—http://www.northeastern.edu/rise/) where the research team had the most representation from the College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH), we continued strongly into the summer […]
New Report! Nanotechnology in a Globalized World: Strategic Assessments of an Emerging Technology
2014 006 Nanotechnology Strategic Assessments The project from my exciting collaborative project has just been released for the public!
RISE is coming up!
Come check out the whole research team as we present at RISE:2014 this Thursday, April 10! RISE is Northeastern’s Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo, where students and faculty get to show off awesome research projects they have worked on this year. Our team has created some awesome posters that they’ll be displaying, and will be […]
Research Team 2014
The start of the spring semester has been a very busy one – with new research taking off, new classes starting, and a whole new research team joining the fun! This semester we’ll be doing lots of exciting things from promoting the book (yay!) to conducting new research in nanotechnology regulation, to expanding previous research […]
News & Updates Fall 2013
This has been a fully rewarding time for Professor Rodine-Hardy and her research team. Some highlights include October’s momentous S.NET conference at Northeastern University and a brand new PASCC project, Governing Nanotechnology in a Globalized World: Cross-National Dimensions and Strategic Assessments of a Disruptive Technology. Additionally, she hit a major milestone last week by receiving her […]
SNET Conference
At the end of October 2013, Professor Rodine-Hardy attended, presented, and moderated at the Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies Conference at Northeastern University. Over 140 researchers and professors attended the event which included 40+ plenary sessions, panel discussions and roundtables surrounding this year’s theme: Innovation, Responsibility and Sustainable Development. Professor Rodine-Hardy’s presentations […]
PASCC Project
In September of this year, Professor Rodine-Hardy was approved for a grant from the Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction from the Naval Postgraduate School for her proposal: Governing Nanotechnology in a Globalized World: Cross-National Dimensions and Strategic Assessments of a Disruptive Technology. Proposal available in the 2013 PASCC Annual Report.
Telecoms & Tea
We celebrated the publishing of Professor Rodine-Hardy’s book with a high tea focused on Telecom Regulation, European Consolidation…and cake! Many thanks to Denise Garcia (right) for all the planning!
