The recent global COVID-19 pandemic has had profound economic and social impacts on the world.It has highlighted an urgent need to strengthen existing international biosecurity governance mechanisms to prevent the mis...The recent global COVID-19 pandemic has had profound economic and social impacts on the world.It has highlighted an urgent need to strengthen existing international biosecurity governance mechanisms to prevent the misuse and malicious abuse of life science research and maintain international biological arms control norms.Biologists are at the front line of biotechnology development and are key to maintaining biosecurity awareness and moral self-discipline.As an important first step,biologists need to actively participate in the formulation and implementation of relevant biosecurity policies and measures to ensure their effectiveness and sustainability.Furthermore,efforts should be made to advocate for and promote the establishment of an ethical code of conduct for biologists to share safety responsibilities for global biosecurity.To maximize the impact of this ethical code of conduct,an effective approach to implementing codes of conduct for biologists at both national and international levels should be established under the framework of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention(BTWC).展开更多
In order to effectively implement the Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines for Codes of Conduct for Scientists,biosecurity awareness-raising and education are essential because if these are not in place scientists will not ...In order to effectively implement the Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines for Codes of Conduct for Scientists,biosecurity awareness-raising and education are essential because if these are not in place scientists will not understand the need for biosecurity codes of conduct.In an effort to assist in the implementation of the guidelines,a smallscale survey was carried out in early 2022 of biosecurity awareness-raising and education projects that have been developed over the last two decades to discover what resources and experience have been accumulated.It is argued that the survey demonstrates that much of what is needed to implement the guidelines effectively has been developed,but that there are specific deficiencies that need to be remedied quickly.In particular,an updated teaching resource covering the core issues related to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention(BTWC)and the problem of dual use in scientific research needs to be made widely available and translated into at least the six official United Nations(UN)languages.Additionally,more specialists from the Humanities with expertise in ethics need to become involved in biosecurity awareness-raising and education activities.While advantage should be taken now of the available national,regional and international networks of people involved in related activities,it is suggested that in the longer term cooperation in biosecurity awareness-raising and education will benefit from the development of an equivalent organisation to the International Nuclear Security Education Network(INSEN)organised through the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA).展开更多
With the rapid advances in technology and life science,biological security is now at a defining moment.The mandate of the 2022 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention 9th Review Conference emphasised the urgent need f...With the rapid advances in technology and life science,biological security is now at a defining moment.The mandate of the 2022 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention 9th Review Conference emphasised the urgent need for new tools to strengthen the Convention.In this paper,we review the development and efforts of the International Nuclear Security Education Network(INSEN)to provide examples of best practice for implementation of the newly founded International Biological Security Education Network(IBSEN).Learning from the lessons of the INSEN,the sustainability of the network through continuous engagement of its members is essential for the further development of global biosecurity education.展开更多
基金supported by the National Social Science Fund of China(Grant no.20BFX163)grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant no.2020YFA0908600,2019YFA0904600).
文摘The recent global COVID-19 pandemic has had profound economic and social impacts on the world.It has highlighted an urgent need to strengthen existing international biosecurity governance mechanisms to prevent the misuse and malicious abuse of life science research and maintain international biological arms control norms.Biologists are at the front line of biotechnology development and are key to maintaining biosecurity awareness and moral self-discipline.As an important first step,biologists need to actively participate in the formulation and implementation of relevant biosecurity policies and measures to ensure their effectiveness and sustainability.Furthermore,efforts should be made to advocate for and promote the establishment of an ethical code of conduct for biologists to share safety responsibilities for global biosecurity.To maximize the impact of this ethical code of conduct,an effective approach to implementing codes of conduct for biologists at both national and international levels should be established under the framework of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention(BTWC).
文摘In order to effectively implement the Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines for Codes of Conduct for Scientists,biosecurity awareness-raising and education are essential because if these are not in place scientists will not understand the need for biosecurity codes of conduct.In an effort to assist in the implementation of the guidelines,a smallscale survey was carried out in early 2022 of biosecurity awareness-raising and education projects that have been developed over the last two decades to discover what resources and experience have been accumulated.It is argued that the survey demonstrates that much of what is needed to implement the guidelines effectively has been developed,but that there are specific deficiencies that need to be remedied quickly.In particular,an updated teaching resource covering the core issues related to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention(BTWC)and the problem of dual use in scientific research needs to be made widely available and translated into at least the six official United Nations(UN)languages.Additionally,more specialists from the Humanities with expertise in ethics need to become involved in biosecurity awareness-raising and education activities.While advantage should be taken now of the available national,regional and international networks of people involved in related activities,it is suggested that in the longer term cooperation in biosecurity awareness-raising and education will benefit from the development of an equivalent organisation to the International Nuclear Security Education Network(INSEN)organised through the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA).
基金supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust(JRCT),United Kingdom,grant ID NO5469.
文摘With the rapid advances in technology and life science,biological security is now at a defining moment.The mandate of the 2022 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention 9th Review Conference emphasised the urgent need for new tools to strengthen the Convention.In this paper,we review the development and efforts of the International Nuclear Security Education Network(INSEN)to provide examples of best practice for implementation of the newly founded International Biological Security Education Network(IBSEN).Learning from the lessons of the INSEN,the sustainability of the network through continuous engagement of its members is essential for the further development of global biosecurity education.
