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Published in: NanoEthics 2/2017

28-03-2017 | Original Paper

More than a Decade On: Mapping Today’s Regulatory and Policy Landscapes Following the Publication of Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies: Opportunities and Uncertainties

Author: Diana M Bowman

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Abstract

It is now more than a decade since the release of the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering’s (RA/RAEng) seminal report on nanosciences and nanotechnologies. The report, for the first time, brought together the spectrum of scientific and societal issues underpinning the emergence of the technology. In articulating 21 recommendations, the RA/RAEng provided the United Kingdom Government—and others—with an agenda on how they could, and should, deal with the disparate aspects of the technology. The report provides a baseline to measure progress against. By focusing on the eight recommendations that dealt specifically with regulation and governance, I reflect on the extent, and nature, of this progress; identify key actors in shaping the evolving governance framework; and, importantly, distinguish areas where progress appears to have lagged.
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Footnotes
1
The 21 Recommendations were placed into six categories: The industrial application of nanotechnologies (R1–2); Possible adverse health, safety and environmental impacts (R3–7); Regulatory issues (R8–15); Social and ethical issues (R16–17); Stakeholder and public dialog (R18–19) and Ensuring the responsible development of nanotechnologies (R20–21). While distinct for the purposes of the report, many of the recommendations draw from, and build upon, the other multiple domains.
 
2
It should be noted that at the time the UK Government released their response to the RS/RAEng the concept of “Brexit” had not been conceived. As such, the Governance deferred–as and where required–to the overarching legislative regimes established by the European Parliament and Council for member states. At the time of writing (October 2016), it still remains unclear how the Brexit vote will impact on the regulation within the United Kingdom.
 
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Title
More than a Decade On: Mapping Today’s Regulatory and Policy Landscapes Following the Publication of Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies: Opportunities and Uncertainties
Author
Diana M Bowman
Publication date
28-03-2017
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
NanoEthics / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1871-4757
Electronic ISSN: 1871-4765
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-017-0281-x

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