Technologies of identification and responses to mass death: a PEALS symposium on the social and ethical aspects of DVI. (360G-Wellcome-103928_Z_14_Z)
The requested funding will part-support up to 6 international speakers to attend the 15th annual PEALS international symposium on Technologies of identification and responses to mass death in April 2014. PEALS symposia traditionally assemble a small number of invited discussants representing a range of experts, affected communities, practitioners and policy makers, for 2 days of exchange and dialogue. Objectives for the 15th symposium are: (i) to outline key social and bioethical questions r aised by the application of biomedical technologies in disaster victim identification (DVI); (ii) to examine how differently involved groups develop, respond to, and evaluate DVI practices; (iii) to enable a range of perspectives to inform the discussion by convening leading figures from academia, practice and policy with experience in the design and execution of DVI efforts, with input from representatives of affected communities; (iv) to compare and contrast the social and bioethical issues presented by DVI efforts in differing settings including military conflict, terrorist attacks, and natural disasters; (v) to facilitate future cooperation between involved groups; (vi) to identify areas for future social and bioethical research.
Where is this data from?
This data was originally published by The Wellcome Trust. If you see something about your organisation or the funding it has received on this page that doesn't look right you can submit a grantee amendment request. You can hover over codes from standard codelists to see the user-friendly name provided by 360Giving.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded | 4250 |
Applicant Surname | Scully |
Approval Committee | ERG10 Medical Humanities |
Award Date | 2014-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 |
Financial Year | 2013/14 |
Grant Programme: Title | Small grant in H&SS |
Internal ID | 103928/Z/14/Z |
Lead Applicant | Prof Jackie Scully |
Partnership Value | 4250 |
Planned Dates: End Date | 2014-05-31T00:00:00+00:00 |
Planned Dates: Start Date | 2014-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
Recipient Org: Country | United Kingdom |
Region | North East |