Science4Peace: Against the opening civil research facilities for military projects - contributions to a discussion at DESY
The announcement to start a discussion at DESY on opening civil research facilities for military projects came as a shock. However, this announcement follows the discussion outlined in a Position Paper of the German Ministry, as well as a White Paper of the EU commission.
It is time to critically discuss such attempts and assess their impact, from both the ethical and the practical perspectives, also in view of a potential shift in perception of what is permissible and what is decent.
The Science4Peace Forum organizes a panel discussion on this topic, also to collect arguments for keeping the purely civil mandate of public universities and research institutions.
Against opening civil research facilities for military projects - contributions to a discussion at DESY
A virtual panel discussion
4 September 2024, 5 pm (CEST)
ZOOM: https://tinyurl.com/S4Ppaneldiscussion
Panel:
- Jonathan Beullens (Civil Clause, Frankfurt University)
- Dr John Ellis (King’s College London)
- Dr Alexander Glazov (DESY)
- Dr Jenny List (DESY)
- Lukas Mengelkamp (IFSH, Marburg University)
- Dr Gudrid Moortgat-Pick (Hamburg University)
- Dr Götz Neuneck (Chairman, Federation of German Scientists and Pugwash Council member)
- Dr Jürgen Scheffran (Hamburg University, NatWiss, VDW)
Moderation: Dr Michelangelo Mangano (CERN)
- Statement of the DESY directorate (2024-07-23)
