Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan heads the newly-established Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies, the only New Zealand-based research centre that will examine the legal, ethical and policy issues around new technologies.
In his talk he will discuss issues such as 'saviour siblings' - human embryos selected for implantation based on their suitability to donate life-saving tissue to an existing sibling, and the prospect of neuroscience and genetic findings being increasingly used as a factor in sentencing convicted criminals with certain genetic variations or brain abnormalities linked to violent behaviour.
| Date | Thursday, 15 August 2013 |
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| Time | 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
| Audience | Public |
| Event Category | Research Events |
| Event Type |
Winter Lecture Series |
| Campus | Auckland |
| Location | Auckland Centre, Level 4, University of Otago House, 385 Queen Street, Auckland |
| Cost | Free |
| Contact Name | Cara Postlewaight |
| Contact Phone | 64 9 373 9700 |
| Contact Email | cara.postlewaight@otago.ac.nz |
| Website | http://www.otago.ac.nz/aucklandcentre/ |
