UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights
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5th International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop and Conference
During three days our UNESCO Chair workshop will analyse and discuss “Bioethical Challenges in Neurogenomics from an Interreligious and Multicultural Perspective”. Previous workshops have successfully taken place in Jerusalem, Rome, Hong Kong and Mexico with the...
Religious liberty conference with interreligious round-table discussion
by Michael Baggot View highlights of the event below: View the afternoon session that began with the round table discussion: How do your sacred texts view religious liberty? What convergences and divergences do you find between your religion and the text Dignitatis...
Laudato Si’ conference features IFAD president and interdisciplinary panel of experts
by Josefa Cameron On November 26th, the Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum and the European University of Rome in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics and Human Rights held the conference “Agricultural development and the fight against hunger....
UNESCO Chair signs accord with the Universidad Finis Terrae in Chile
UNESCO Chair Director Alberto García signed a framework agreement for ongoing collaboration with the Universidad Finis Terrae in Santiago, Chile on November 19, 2015. The accord was signed the same day García spoke delivered the introductory address of an...
Agricultural development and the fight against hunger. The call of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’
“Agricultural development and the fight against hunger. The call of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’.” November 26, 2015 at the Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum and the European University of Rome. The meeting is sponsored by the Permanent Observer...
UNESCO Chair signs accord with the Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero
UNESCO Chair Director Alberto Garcia signed an accord on November 6, 2015 with the faculty of medicine of Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero in Acapulco, México to collaborate in offering young minds a solid bioethical formation. During his visit to Acapulco, Garcia...
Neurobioethics Research Group members contribute to international metaphysics conference
The Idente Foundation for Study and Research recently published a bilingual edition of the proceedings for the Metaphysics 2012 5th World Conference. Three members of the Neurobioethics Research Group (GdN) contributed to the conference: Dr. Paola Ciadamidaro, Dr....
UNESCO Chair Director speaks at OncoGen opening
Dr. Alberto García Gómez, Director of the UNESCO Chair, offered reflections on the ethical dimension of medical research during the opening ceremony of the OncoGen (Centre for Gene and Cellular Therapies in the Treatment of Cancer). While in Romania, García signed a...
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