Policy

Joint Academies projects on human enhancement and the future of work

Summary| Working Group Membership

Four of the UK’s national scientific Academies: the Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society, are considering the implications of human enhancement technologies for the future of work.

The Academies are convening a small policy-focused workshop in March 2012, which will bring together policy-makers with leading UK and international speakers and participants from across engineering, science, social science and the humanities, as well as representatives from industry. The workshop will provide insights into potential enhancements that will arise from advances in science and engineering that are likely to impact on the future of work. It will also provide a chance to consider the associated opportunities and challenges for all stakeholders.

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Professor Genevra Richardson CBE FBA is chairing a small steering committee of Fellows from the Academies, the membership of which is as follows:

Professor Genevra Richardson CBE FBA, Professor of Law, King’s College London (Chair)

Professor Paul Edwards FBA, Professor of Employment Relations, Birmingham Business School

Dr Robin Lovell-Badge FRS FMedSci, Head of Division of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics, MRC National Institute for Medical Research

Mr Phil Newman, CEO, Pergali

Professor Barbara Sahakian FMedSci, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge

Professor Nigel Shadbolt FREng, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Southampton

Professor Jonathan Wolff, Professor of Philosophy, University College London

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