Eight Things You Need to Know About Social Implications of Nanotechnology Research

Jan L. Youtie, Ph.D., is director of policy research services and principal research associate in the Economic Development Lab, a unit of Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute. She is the co-founder of the program in Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy; and co-director of the Innovation Co-Lab with Beijing Institute of Technology and University of Manchester. She is the Social and Ethical Implications Coordinator for the Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor. Dr. Youtie’s research focuses on technology-based economic development, advanced manufacturing, emerging technology assessment, bibliometric and patent analysis, and innovation and knowledge measurement and evaluation. She has been principal investigator in studies sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation, European Commission, U.N. Development Program, Aspen Institute, Southern Technology Council, and Georgia Research Alliance among others.Runtime: 12:25 minutesThis video discusses 8 things to know about the social and ethical implications of conducting nanotechnology research and working on commercial or commercializable product research and development. Facility link:www.senic.gatech.edu Policy link: www.nanopolicy.gatech.edu Framework for this video: Youtie, Jan & Shapira, Philip Journal of Technology Transfer (2017) 42: 1362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-016-9518-z. This video was undertaken at Georgia Tech with support of the National Science Foundation under NSF Award #: 1542174, NNCI: Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation