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UNESCO Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science
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Established in 2003 by the Executive Board of UNESCO at its 166th session, the UNESCO Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science is awarded every two years to individuals and groups with outstanding achievements in the field of ethics in science. Its purpose is to highlight the importance of ethics in science, to develop a reflection on the issue and to bring it to the attention of scientists and the general public.
Named after the 11th-century Persian physician and philosopher Avicenna (980-1038) the Prize highlights the importance of ethics in science, helps to develop reflections and raise awareness among scientists and the general public.
To be successful, candidates would need to have provided high-quality reflection, research or policy advice on ethical issues raised by recent scientific and technological advances, developed educational and training practices or fostered science communication, public awareness and debate on the ethics of science and technology.
Winners are invited to take a one-week academic visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran, providing speeches and lectures to relevant academic gatherings.
Previous winners include Professor Donald A Brown, Scholar in Residence for Sustainability Ethics and Law at Widener University Commonwealth Law School. A world-renowned expert in environmental science, Professor Brown was honoured for paving the way in bringing ethical principles into international climate change conversations and his work demonstrating that climate change is the ethical imperative of our time.
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Make sure you read the important information below before you apply for this prize. You must apply through the UK National Commission for UNESCO. Expressions of interest are welcome.
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‘The most blessed people are those who decorate their behaviour with benevolence and their speech with truth.’
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Professor Donald A. Brown, Winner 2019
USA
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Professor Brown is a world-renowned expert in environmental science and more specifically in the international climate change ethics movement. His book Climate Change Ethics: Navigating the Perfect Moral Storm (2013) provides an influential analysis of why ethical principles have been neglected and how to include them in the climate change conversation.
Professor Zabta Khan Shinwari, Winner 2015
PAKISTAN
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Professor Zabta Khan Shinwari is Secretary-General of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and Chair of the Biotechnology Department of the Quaid-i-Azam University of Islamabad.
Avicenna (980-1038)
PERSIA
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This Prize owes its name to the renowned 11th-century physician and philosopher of Persian origin, Ibn Sina, known in Europe as Avicenna (980-1038). A healer and a humanist, Avicenna developed an exemplary holistic approach that captures the essence of ethics in science and has thus come to serve as a source of inspiration for the promotion of this concern, which is of central importance to UNESCO.
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