A series of 3rd Generation Deliberative Processes
were organised as part of the NanoDiode project.
The “third generation” of nano deliberations envi
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sions a type of participatory workshop that over
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comes some of the limitations observed in earlier
deliberative processes:
1.
the process should focus on specific political,
social or regulatory questions on specific appli
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cations or subfields rather than general ethical
questions about nanotechnology in the singular;
2.
the deliberative process should avoid replication
of previous outcomes and generate new insights
and reflections instead;
3.
the process should connect to political or social
processes in a more direct way.
The analysis of previous processes, and the proposed
improvement of the method, was developed by Na
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noDiode partner SIFO from Norway, in collaboration
with some consortium members in the European
Project NANOPLAT. In the NanoDiode project, the
task was to test the method and the approach in
a selection of European countries, as a part of the
project’s “midstream” engagement activities.
