Forum 04/26/2007

“Teaching biologist to be citizens”

Jacques Dubochet, Professor – Department of Ultrastructural Analysis, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

It is hard to become a good scientist. It is even harder to become a good citizen.

Promoting social responsibility among scientists has become an important issue in many universities and research institutions.

Various solutions to the complex problems of science in society are experimented with, resulting in more or less success. I will report on our experience.