Student/Young Pugwash UK’s Project on Ethical Science held two events in June 2021. — Ethical Careers in STEM (June 9th) A virtual careers event exploring different opportunities available to STEM graduates. The panellists, from the civil service, the third sector and industry, explored the ethical considerations that have guided their own careers and provide advice […]
Archive | 2021
British Pugwash Group Annual Report 2020
Topics covered include: International developments vis-a-vis arms control Student/Young Pugwash UK PeaceJam UK British Pugwash Lecture at Hay: Jim Al-Khalili Multimedia from events Welcoming our Patrons The Joseph Rotblat Memorial Trust Download or read the report
April 2021 Newsletter – British Pugwash
Topics covered in the British Pugwash April 2021 Newsletter include: OxPeace 2021 – Peace in the Nuclear Era (Conference) – 15th May British Pugwash Lecture at Hay – Margaret MacMillan – 1st June A selection of articles from around the web VIDEO – Cyber & Digital in Warfare (SYP UK workshop) The newsletter can be […]
British Pugwash statement on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy (March 2021)
British Pugwash is troubled to note the UK Government’s decisions, announced in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, to increase the UK’s stockpile of nuclear warheads and no longer to reveal the number of these weapons that will be kept operational. Both these moves are retrograde. The change from the previous […]
VIDEO: Peace Workshops, SYP UK, March 2021
Throughout March, Student/Young Pugwash (SYP) UK ran a series of online ‘peace workshops’, bringing together international researchers and policy practitioners to discuss opportunities for international co-operation, arms control and peace. Some of the sessions were recorded (below). Others were held under Chatham House rules. Keynote: Dr Lassina Zerbo (Chief Exec, CTBTO), in conversation Our keynote […]
SYP’s Project on Ethical Science – Get involved!
The fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are full of complex ethical questions about risk, responsibility, legality and lethality. It is vital that the UK’s emerging cohort of STEMists consider ethics questions as part of their daily practice. “But where can we go to learn more about ethics in STEM?”, we hear you […]