Session transcript · Topic 3 · Marieke Hood · GESDA
Overview
GESDA explores how scientific breakthroughs can be anticipated and connected with diplomacy, policy and multilateral governance for the benefit of society.
Key ideas
- Anticipation can help policy-makers engage earlier with emerging science.
- Scientific communities should be represented when rules for new technologies are shaped.
- Global perspectives matter when discussing ethics and governance.
- Parliamentarians can connect scientific developments with public debate and society.
Science, society and governance
The session stresses that scientific anticipation should inform conversation rather than claim certainty. Scientists, parliamentarians and the public all have a role in shaping how emerging technologies are governed.