{"108311":{"#nid":"108311","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Prof Kosal speaks on CBRN Security Culture and Academic Freedoms","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Monday, 6 February, Sam Nunn School of International\nAffairs Assistant Professor Margaret E. Kosal spoke on the challenges of\nintegrating security with the needs of basic scientific research.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EKosal was an invited speaker at the recent workshop,\u0026nbsp; \u201cIn Search of Sustainable Approaches to CBRN\nSecurity Culture,\u201d organized by UGA\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cits.uga.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for\nInternational Trade and Security\u003C\/a\u003E (CITS) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.un.org\/disarmament\/\u0022\u003EUN Office of Disarmament Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe international workshop focused on the human dimension of\nsecurity related to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN)\nnonproliferation rather than on physical security or technological approaches\nto reducing the risk from CBRN weapons and agents. A sub-set of the larger organizational\nculture, security culture is the assembly of characteristics, beliefs, and the\npatterns of behavior designed to enhance security or facilitate specific\nmissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EKosal addressed the importance and role of science and\ntechnology as part of diplomacy and soft power for the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E Century\nalong with the recognition that emerging research \u2013 in areas of the biological\nsciences, the cognitive sciences, chemistry, and nanotechnology \u2013 offer potentially\ndisruptive developments for national and international security. She discussed\nrecent contentious research activities focusing on the recent controversy\nsurrounding experiments on the H5N1 influenza virus and recommendations to\nlimit publication of the results. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBased on the results of an ethnographic survey of academic\nscientists and engineers, Kosal presented data showing that researchers do not\nseem to consider fully the commonalities that may exist between dual-use\npotentials and other concepts such as criminal or state-sponsored exploitations\nof research. Not unexpectedly, the security implications of research were found\nto not be foremost on the minds of the researchers in general or in any\nspecific area, as exhibited through overwhelming resistance to limitations on\npublications. Additionally, researchers are unsure, in general, about less\nintrusive measures like codes of conduct and other similar measures. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn relationship to academic research, Kosal noted that defining\nsecurity as a \u201cneed\u201d and academic freedom (either implicitly or explicitly) as an\noption or as secondary reflects a construction based on a security culture\nperspective. \u0026nbsp;She concluded by noting\nthat the downward shift in security culture to individual researchers has the\npotential to affect scientific research, technological innovation, and national\ncompetiveness, as well as impact the authority, viability, and effectiveness of\ninternational regimes and organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Monday, 6 February, Sam Nunn School of International\nAffairs Assistant Professor Margaret E. Kosal spoke on the challenges of\nintegrating security with the needs of basic scientific research.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Kosal was an invited speaker at the recent workshop,\u0026nbsp; \u201cIn Search of Sustainable Approaches to CBRN\nSecurity Culture,\u201d organized by UGA\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cits.uga.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for\nInternational Trade and Security\u003C\/a\u003E (CITS) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.un.org\/disarmament\/\u0022\u003EUN Office of Disarmament Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On Monday, 6 February, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Assistant Professor Margaret E. Kosal spoke on the challenges of integrating security with the needs of basic scientific research."}],"uid":"27617","created_gmt":"2012-02-09 16:27:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:40","author":"William Foster","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"23541","name":"CBRN"},{"id":"12778","name":"Maggie Kosal"},{"id":"23551","name":"UN Office of Disarmament Affairs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:William.Foster@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWilliam.Foster@inta.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}