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Gregor Wolbring, PhD.
Born: February, 12, 1962, Germany
Address: Dr. Gregor Wolbring, University of Calgary,
Dept of Community Health Sciences, Program of Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, Faculty of Medicine,
3330 Hospital Drive, NW, T2N 4N1,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Telephone: 1 (403) 686-6179 (res)
1 (403) 220-2985 (work)Fax: 1 (403) 283-4740 (work)
E-Mail: gwolbrin@ucalgary.ca
Webpage: http://www.bioethicsanddisability.org
Ableism Ethics and Governance blog: http://ableism.wordpress.com
Biweekly column The Choice is Yours: http://www.innovationwatch.com/commentary_choiceisyours.htm
NBICS Blog: http://wolbring.wordpress.com/  

Interests:

 

Key Interests: Ability and ableism ethics and governance; History of thalidomide and thalidomiders; Social, ethical, legal, economic, environmental, cultural and governance issues of new, emerging and converging sciences and technologies (S&T) such as nanoscale S&T (feed, food, water…), molecular manufacturing, aging, longevity and immortality research, cognitive sciences, neuromorphic engineering, genetics, synthetic biology, bodily enhancement S&T, in vitro meat, artificial intelligence and robotics;  Impact of S&T on: marginalized populations especially disabled people; Sports; human security, human right, personhood, sentient rights; concept of  disability impairment, ableism and transhumanism; models and determinants of health; global health, tele-health, health- (technology assessment, law, care and policies); medical anthropology; foresight studies, bioethics issues, biochemistry, role of different stakeholders and evaluation of existing S&T discourses.

Education:

1982-1989

Diploma in Biochemistry at the University of Tübingen, Germany and University College London, England

1988

Diploma thesis at University College London, England and London Biotechnology Ltd. London, England about the development of a new non-radioactive detection system for gene probes

1989-1992

Ph.D. Thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt a.M. and the University of Frankfurt a.M. Germany under the supervision of Prof. Hartmut Michel (Nobel Laureate), Germany

1992-1998

Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary, Faculty Dept. of Medical Biochemistry; Research

1998 - Present

Research scientist at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Medical Biochemistry; Research

Academic Appointments:

1999-

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Dept. of Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, University of Calgary, Canada

2002-2005

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, John Dossetor Health Ethic Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

 2005-

  • Founding Member and Affiliated Scholar, Center for Nanotechnology and Society at Arizona State University, USA
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Health,  Faculty of Medicine University of Calgary (2005-2008)

 2007-

  • Part Time Professor Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada

  2008-

  • Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Dept of Community Heath Sciences, Program in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies (August 2008
  • Adjunct Faculty Critical Disability Studies York University Canada
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Ethics, health research, governance of science and technology, ability-disability studies -related Career (biochemistry related career after this (both careers were done at the same time till August 2008 when I gave up biochemistry):

Teaching: Courses developed and taught:

2005-8 for Dept. of Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, University of Calgary 

  • Bioethics and people with disabilities undergraduate and graduate course taught online
  • Emerging technologies (Nano, bio, info, cogno), concept of health,disease, disability, impairment and wellbeing, governance of science, technology and health research and marginalized groups" undergraduate and graduate course taught online
  • History of Disability Service Organizations
  • Health Foundations: Disability Across Life Span taught online
  • History and Systems in Community Rehabilitation
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2007 for Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa 

  1. CML –4104D – Studies in Public Law: Emerging Sciences and Technologies: Legal Ethics, Governance and Policy Discourse  (3 credits) Fall 2007

 

 

Journal Appointments:

  1. Editorial Review Board of the new "International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation" (IJNMC)
  2. Editor with Anita Ghai and Kirk Allison of a special issue of Journal: Review of Disability Studies with the theme Human Security, Social Cohesion and Disability
  3. Since 2008 member of the review board of the Journal: Review of Disability Studies Hawaii http://www.rds.hawaii.edu/ 
  4. Since December 2007 Member, International Editorial Advisory Board, Journal: Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology
  5. Peer reviewer, U. S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services-National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (1996- )
  6. Co-editor special issue NanoBioInfoCogno and development Journal ‘Development’ published by the Society for International Development (SID) December (2006)
  7. Used by National Science Foundation (USA) as a reviewer of grants
  8. Used by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) as a reviewer of grants
  9. Peer reviewer for the American Journal of Bioethics
  10. Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Disability, Community & Rehabilitation
  11. Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Evolution and Technology  

 Grants:

  1. (2005)  Successful. Collaborator, National Science Foundation. Nanotechnology and Society. Money awarded 6.2 Million US Dollar. Purpose: Establishment of a Centre for Nanotechnology and Society at Arizona State University.
  2. (2005) Successful: Principle Investigator, Health Technology Assessment Unit Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, 15000 Dollar. To write a background paper on the relationship between emerging technologies, imagery and situation of disabled people and the field of health technology assessment 
  3. (2008) Successful: Principal Investigator,  Alberta Ingenuity Grant 8000 Dollar
  4. Grant Pending: CIHR Catalyst Grant in Ethics as PI
  5. Grant Pending: SSHRC operating grant as Co-PI
  6. Grant Pending: Genome Canada grant as Co-PI
  7. Grant Pending: SSHRC CURA grant as Co-PI

 

 Awards:

  • Council of Canadians with Disabilities, National Award 1997
  • Award by Big Brothers/ Big Sisters organization 1998

Membership on Boards, Committees and other Appointments:

 

  1. Member, Advisory Board of the Program in Human Rights and Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis USA 2007-
  2. Member International Program Committee IASTED International Conference on Nanotechnology and Applications (NANA 2008),
  3. PACT senior research consultant for the Science & Technology Foresight directorate of the Office of the National Science Advisor, Government of Canada 2007-
  4. Chair Foresight Taskforce of the International Disability Caucus related to the UN Convention on the rights of persons with Disabilities 2007-
  5. Member of the Canadian Node of the UN Millenium Project 2006-
  6. Partner Conley International Canada, 2006-
  7. Senior Fellow, Oakland Institute, USA 2006-
  8. Member, Advisory committee World Report on Disability and Rehabilitation to be written by the World Health Organization (2006-)
  9. Member DALY Committee of Disabled People International (2006, work finished)
  10. Member, CAC/ISO - Canadian Advisory Committees for the International Organization for Standardization, section TC229 Nanotechnologies, 2005-
  11. Member, Steering Committee of the International research network on disability, health and wellbeing, launched 13 Sept 2005 in Mumbai, India, 2005-
  12. Member, International Nanotechnology and Society Network, 2005-
  13. Project Advisor, Research study titled, "Clinical Versus Experiential Views of Genetic Disability" This research is funded by the National Institutes of Health through the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues program of the National Human Genome Research Institute (1 R01 HG 2422-01A2). Carol Gill Principal Investigator Associate Professor, Department of Disability & Human Development Director of Graduate Studies, Ph.D. Program in Disability Studies
    University of Illinois at Chicago (MC 626) . The Co-Investigators are: Adrienne Asch, Ph.D., Wellesley College; Kristi Kirschner, MD, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University; Kelly Ormond, Northwestern University, 2005-  
  14. Member, Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research, 2005-
  15. Member, Editor team of the Nanotechnology for Development portal of the Development Gateway Foundation, an independent not-for-profit organization conceived by former World Bank President, James Wolfensohn, 2005 –
  16. Scientific advisor, First international conference on water resources in the 21st century, 26-28th December 2005, Alexandria, Egypt,
  17. Chair, Bioethics taskforce of Disabled Peoples International, 2004-
  18. Abroad Advisor, Arab Healthy Water Association, 2004-2006 max term.
  19. Member, genetic technology advisory committee of the World Council of Churches, 2004-
  20. Member, Nano-health and Nano-ethics initiative of Canada, 2003-
  21. Member, Foothills Hospital Ethics Committee Calgary, Canada, 2003-
  22. Member, Advisory body of the Canadian Network for Inclusive Cultural Exchange, 2003-
  23. Member, Executive of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, 2003-
  24. Member, Sectorial committee on Natural and Social Science of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, 2003-
  25. Member, Board of ETC- Action Group on Erosion, Technology, and Concentration- formerly known as RAFI, 2002-
  26. Founding member, Collaborative on Health and the Environment, 2002-
  27. Founder of the virtual  International Center for Bioethics, Culture and Disability, 2002-
  28. Member, Canadian Commission for UNESCO, 2002-
  29. Member, Ethics working group of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, 2001-
  30. Member, Board and Vice President, Canadian Center on Disability Studies,1999-2004
  31.  Member, Board of Director, Edmonds Institute, USA,1999-
  32. Founder and Coordinator, International network of bioethics and disability, 1999-
  33. Member, Board of The Alberta Provincial Health Ethics Network Canada, 1999-2005, (terms maxed out)
  34. Member, Canadian Delegation for the UNESCO and ICSU organized World Conference on Sciences Budapest (July 1999)
  35. Member, Human Rights Committee of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), Canada, (1995-2004), and Bioethics advisor to the CCD, 1996-
  36.  Member, California Disability Alliance, 1996-
  37. Principle Investigator of the Thalidomide victim health research project at the University of Calgary, Canada (work finished).
  38. Scientific advisor, Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada, 1996-
  39. Co-founder, World Federation of Thalidomiders,1991
  40. Member, Disability Policy Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada (finished)
  41. Member, Board of Directors, Thalidomide Society of Hessen, Germany, (1989-1992)
  42. Member, London Disability Arts Forum, UK, (1988-1992)
  43. Member, Board of Directors,  Assembly of Disabled People and Chair of the Bioethics and Transportation committees, Frankfurt, Germany, (1989-1992)

Publications:

Webpage/Biweekly Column

  • Bioethics, Culture and Disability <www.bioethicsanddisability.org>.  My webpage that deals with bioethics, equality rights, disabled people’s rights, health research, emerging technology, ethics and other issues.
  • Ableism Ethics and Governance: http://ableism.wordpress.com
  • Nano, Bio, Info, Cogno, Synthetic bio, NBICS Where I post what I find interesting in regards to NBICS and social implications Blog:  http://wolbring.wordpress.com/ 
  • What Sorts of People is another blog I am involved with http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com
  • Biweekly Column The Choice is Yours –  “The Choice is Yours” highlights scientific and technological advances and poses questions he hopes readers will think about. He believes that engagement of the global community in the discourse of science and technology research and development is essential if negative consequences are to be avoided”.

The column is now published by two sources: Innovationwatch.com (every 15th of a month) and Healthwrights (every 30th of a month)

 

My Students output

  1. (My students, 2008) The E3LS issues of synthetic biology: Work done by three of my students Sibat Khwaja, Niklas Bobrovitz, Daniela Navia at iGEM 2008 http://2008.igem.org/Team:Calgary_Ethics

 

E-Book, Peer Reviewed

 

  1. Wolbring (2007) Peer Reviewed The triangle of new and emerging technologies, disabled people and the World Council of Churches; Able-ism: A prerequisite for transhumanism, published as e-book by the World Council of Churches
  2. Wolbring (2006) Peer Reviewed A 220 page report. “The Triangle of Enhancement Medicine, Disabled People and the Concept of  Health: A new  challenge for HTA, health research and health policy” published by the Health Technology Initiative Publication Series  of the Health Technology Assessment Unit of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. Alberta, Canada

 

Chapters in Books

  1. Wolbring (2008) Monitoring Financial Flows for Health Research 2008 Prioritizing research for health equity; Box 2.1 Update on nanoscale science and technologies p 41-44 http://www.globalforumhealth.org/filesupld/MFF08/MonitoringFinancialFlows2008.pdf
  2. Wolbring (2008) "One World, One Olympics: Governing Human Ability, Ableism and Disablism in an Era of Bodily Enhancements"   Andy Miah, Mike Stubbs & Laura Sillars eds in Human Future Liverpool University Press http://humanfutures.fact.co.uk/   linked to the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad
  3. Wolbring (2008) Lego Atoms and Base pairs Sean Caulfield and Timothy Caulfied, eds, in Imagining Science (University of Alberta Press, http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=795).
  4. Wolbring (2008) The game is changing: Now is the time to act, Written for IDIRIYA in Sri Lanka: Topic is about the need and why it makes sense to built accessible infrastructure
  5. Wolbring (2008) Box Nanoscale sciences and technology and the framework of Ableism: in Nanotechnology: Ethics and Society CRC Press Editor Debra Bennett Wood
  6. Wolbring (2008) The Triangle of Disabled people, the concepts of cultural identity, cultural diversity, biological diversity, ableism and transhumanism and new and emerging sciences and technologies forthcoming Universidade de São Paulo Press EDUSP Cultural pluralism: Fourth volume of the collection Science, Scientists and Tolerance forthcoming.
  7. Wolbring (2006) The unenhanced underclass, Chapter 12 in Better Humans The politics of human enhancement and life extension Edited by Paul Miller James Wilsdon Publisher Demos Collection 21, Demos Institute, UK ISBN 1 84180 155 0
  8. Wolbring  and Kumar (2006),  'Volunteerism and disabled people' published by the Rehabilitation Council, India Editor, Mr Vedabhyas Kundu
  9. Wolbring (2005) A Disability Rights Approach to Eugenics, pp. 146-151 in “Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age”, Council for responsible genetic (Ed), Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, ISBN, 0-7425-4341-2,
  10. Wolbring (2005) Disability Rights and Genetic Discrimination,  pp.178.183 in “Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age”, Council for responsible genetic (Ed), Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, ISBN, 0-7425-4341-2,
  11. Wolbring (2004) Disability rights approach to genetic discrimination, pp. 161-184 in "Society and Genetic Information: Codes and Laws in the Genetic Era”, Judit Sandor (Ed) CPS books, Central European University Press, ISBN: 963924175X
  12. Wolbring (2004) Parents without Prejudice pp. 18-22 in "Reflections from a Different Journey: What Adults with Disabilities Want All Parents to Know" Stan Klein, John Kemp (Ed), McGraw Hill, ISBN: 0071422692
  13. Wolbring (2003) Confined to Your Legs pp. 139-157 in “Living with the Genie: Essays on Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery” A. Lightman, D. Sarewitz, and C. Desser (Eds.), Washington, DC: Island Press, ISBN: 1-55963-419-7
  14. Wolbring, et al (2003) Improving Human Health and physical Capabilities Theme C Summary pp. 159-162 in “Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance: Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science”, Mihail C. Roco, William Sims Bainbridge (Eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-1254-3
  15. Wolbring (2003) Science and Technology and the triple D (Disease Disability Defect) pp. 206-215 in “Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance: Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science”, Mihail C. Roco, William Sims Bainbridge (Eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-1254-3
  16. Wolbring and Golledge (2003) Improving Quality of Life of Disabled People using Converging Technologies pp. 240-243 in “Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance: Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science” Mihail C. Roco, William Sims Bainbridge (Eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-1254-3
  17. Wolbring (2001) Where do we draw the line? Surviving eugenics in a technological world pp. 38-50 "Disability and the Life Course: global perspectives." Mark Priestley (Ed), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-79340-8

Peer-reviewed reports, articles in Peer-reviewed journals, academic conference proceedings

  1. Wolbring (2008) "Is there an end to out-able? Is there an end to the rat race for abilities?" for Journal: Media and Culture, Volume 11, Issue 3, July. 2008 online life July 2nd http://journal.media-culture.org.au/
  2. Wolbring (2008) Oscar Pistorius and the Future Nature of Olympic, Paralympic and Other Sports , pp.139-160 5:1 SCRIPT-ed http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/script-ed/vol5-1/wolbring.pdf
  3. Wolbring, G and Saner, M (2008) Environmental Nanotechnology; Report for Environment Canada
  4. Wolbring (2008) Why NBIC? Why human performance enhancement? European Journal of Social Science Research, Vol 21,No.1,pp.25-40
  5. Wolbring (2008)  "Ability Studies: The Politics of Ableism." Development 51, 2. published by Society for International Development December
  6. Wolbring (2007) Should we 'cure' aging? Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology Vol 1 Issue 1
  7. Wolbring (2007) Bio-tech, NanoBio-Tech, SynBio-tech, NanoSynBio-tech? The changing face of biotech law? (Part I) Journal of International Biotechnology Law JIBL Vol. 4 Issue 4 September 177-186
  8. Wolbring (2007) Bio-tech, NanoBio-Tech, SynBio-tech, NanoSynBio-tech? The changing face of biotech law? (Part II) Journal of International Biotechnology Law JIBL Vol. 4 Issue 5 November 221-227
  9. Wolbring (2007) New and Emerging Sciences and Technologies, Ableism, Transhumanism and Religion, Faith, Theology and Churches in Madang; International Journal of Contextual Theology in East Asia, Volume 7 (June 2007) 79-112
  10. Wolbring (2007) What Convergence is in the Cards for Future Scientists? Conference paper online here
  11. Wolbring (2007) " Nano-engagement: For Whom? By Whom? With Whom? For What? What Risk? Medical Health? Environmental? Social? Accepted Journal of Health and Development (India)
  12. Wolbring (2007) Social and ethical issues of nanotechnologies ISO FOCUS the Journal of the International Organization for Standardtization ISO Focus, Volume 4, No. 4, April 2007, p.40-42. A full version of the article is online here, ISSN 1729-8709
  13. Wolbring (2006) 'Nanotechnology for health and development' in Development 49.4 New technologies and development published by Society for International Development
  14. Wolbring(2006) Last Word: The UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities Comments by Gregor Wolbring in Development 49.4 New technologies and development published by Society for International Development
  15. Wolbring (2006) "Emerging technologies (Nano, Bio, Info, Cogno) and the changing concepts of Health and disability/impairment:  A New Challenge for Health Policy, research and care" in Journal of Health and Development (India), Volume 2, Number 1&2, pp.19-37
  16. Wolbring (2006) Three challenges to the Ottawa spirit of health promotion, trends in global health, and disabled people (Commentary), September/October 2006 issue of the Canadian Journal of Public Health
  17. Wolbring (2006) A 220 page report. “The Triangle of Enhancement Medicine, Disabled People and the Concept of  Health: A new  challenge for HTA, health research and health policy” published by the Health Technology Initiative Publication Series  of the Health Technology Assessment Unit of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. Alberta, Canada
  18. Wolbring (2005) A Disability Rights Approach Towards Sex Selection in Development Volume 48 no 4 Special Issue on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
  19. Wolbring (2004) “Disabled people's rights approach towards genetic discrimination” in Law and Human Genome Review Jul-Dec ;(21):165-84.
  20. Wolbring (2004) "Solutions follow perception: Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno-technology (NBIC) and the concept of health, medicine, disability and disease" in Alberta Health Law Review Volume 12, Number 3, pp.41-47
  21. Wolbring, G. (2003) “Disability rights approach towards bioethics” in Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 14(3), pp. 154-180
  22.  Wolbring (2003) “Social Construction of Health and Medicine” in Health Ethics Today, Vol. 13, Number 1, pp. 5-6
  23. Wolbring (2001) “Bioethics and Disability: Making Assumptions Explicit “in Health Ethics Today, Vol.12, No1, Fall 
  24. Wolbring (2001) “Disabled People's Approach to Bioethics” in American Journal of Bioethics Volume 1, Number 3, Page 1- 2
  25. Wolbring (2000) “Bio/gene technology and the disabled: The unheard voice” in Interaction, Vol. 13, Issue 3, pp. 25-31, published by the National Council on Intellectual Disability, Australia
  26. Wolbring (2000) “The disabled and the debate of bio/gene technology” in Bridges Vol. 8, Issue 2, Fall.  pp. 17-19published by the Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute, Canada.
  27. Wolbring (1998) “Illusion of Safety through Segregation” in In Touch, Vol.1, Nr.4, pp.1-2.

Encyclopedia contribution

  1. Wolbring 2009)  Thalidomide in   “Encyclopedia of American Disability History” New York: Facts on File
  2. Wolbring (2005) Science and Technology and Disabled People in "Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics" Macmillan Reference, USA,

Small Monograph

  1. Wolbring (2006) Scoping paper on Nanotechnology on Nanotechnology and disabled people for the Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Arizona State University
  2. Wolbring,  Wetter, Yon-Bock, Kamaara, Lee, Robra (2006) Science, Faith & New Technologies: Transforming Life Volume I  Convergent technologies published by the Justice, Peace and Creation Team World Council of Churches & World Association for Christian Communication with Bossey Ecumenical Institute Authors
  3.  Wolbring et al (2006) Science, Faith & New Technologies: Transforming Life Volume II Science, Faith & New Technologies: Transforming Life Volume II Genetics, Agriculture and Human Life Discussion-Document by the Working Group on Genetic Engineering of the Justice, Peace and Creation Team World Council of Churches & World Association for Christian Communication produced by the Working Group on Genetic Engineering of the Justice, Peace and Creation Team of which I am a member
  4. Wolbring (2000)Science and the disadvantaged a 62 page booklet in the occasional papers series of the “Edmonds Institute,” USA.

Articles written for NGO’s and other non-academic groups

  1. Wolbring (2008) Synthetic Biology for Genewatch USA
  2. Wolbring (2008) A Constitution: A meta-governance tool for science and technology? for the group of people given the task to write the new Ecuadorian constitution
  3. Wolbring (2007) Nanofood for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy IATP
  4. Wolbring (2007) Glossary for the 21th Century
  5. Wolbring (2007) Disease Trading and Disease Intervention and Prevention Trading and Selling -- Kyoto Style for HealthWrights
  6.  Wolbring (2007) Editorial for HealthWrights NBICS With, For, and By the People: What it is, what it means and why it matters It is stored here as we had compatibility problems with healthwright software for the start of the article see Healthwright webpage
  7. Wolbring (2007) Nanofood to be published  by the Oakland Institute
  8. Wolbring (2006) New Challenges of Convergence of Advanced Technologies (NBICS) for Bioethical Policy" for a seminar for the Advanced Institute for Integral Study of Life (also available in Korean)
  9. Wolbring (2006) What technologies? A background paper for members of the national assembly of South Korea attending my workshop set up by Prof. Kim Yong-Bock and hosted by National Assembly Woman Yoo Seung Hee
  10. Wolbring (2006) Emerging science and technology policy issues: A background paper for members of the national assembly of South Korea attending my workshop set up by Prof. Kim Yong-Bock and hosted by National Assembly Woman Yoo Seung Hee (a short 17 pages executive summary also available in Korean)
  11. Wolbring (2006) Nanotechnologie, Behinderte und der ÖRK in Ökumenische Rundschau  October 2006 55. Jahrgang Heft 4 page 412-424
  12. Wolbring (2006) Things to come: nano-technology and HIV prevention in the magazine 'Contact', Number 182, August, 2006 Issue "HIV prevention: Current Issues and New Technologies" pp.38-39, World Council of Churches
  13. Wolbring (2006) "KEY TERMINOLOGIES IN THE FIELD OF DISABILITY: Impact on data, rehabilitation ‘health services’ and disabled people" for World Health Organization meeting on disability data and terminology in 27 and 28 July convened by the disability and rehabilitation unit of the WHO.
  14. Wolbring (2006)Transhumanization of ableism
  15. Wolbring (2006) The unenhanced underclass, Chapter 12 in Better Humans The politics of human enhancement and life extension Edited by Paul Miller James Wilsdon Publisher Demos Collection 21, Demos Institute, UK ISBN 1 84180 155 0
  16. Wolbring (2006) Nano Enhancement Medicine for special nanotechnology edition of FoE's Australia quarterly magazine Chain Reaction p35-37.
  17. Wolbring (2006) The unenhanced underclass reprint in the World Association for Christian Communication’s journal Media Development Issue 2006
  18. Wolbring (2006) Disabled people: A social group with cultural identities? in the World Association for Christian Communication’s journal Media Development special issue on Communication and cultural diversity Issue January 2006
  19. Wolbring (2006) Enhancement Medicine in "Ethicscorner" Publication of the Ethics committee of the Calgary Health Region, Canada
  20. Wolbring (2005) A Disability Rights Approach Towards Sex Selection in the special issue "Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights" of the journal Development Volume 48 no 4
  21. Wolbring, G., (2005) Background paper for an online discussion on Sexual Violence against disabled people hosted by the WHO Sexual Violence Research Initiative.
  22. Wolbring (2005) Wolbring (2005) Rethinking the DALYs, for Forum 9 of the Global Forum for Health Research Mumbai, India 12 September 2005.
  23. Wolbring, G., (2004) Monitoring Financial Flows for Health Research 2004 Chapter 2 Highlight 2.2 Future shock? Flagging NBIC technologies pp. 28-30 published by the Global Forum for Health Research, Geneva, Switzerland
  24. Wolbring (2004) “A sustainable research and product development agenda?” On-line library of the Leadership Development department at The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
  25. Wolbring, G., West, R., and Campell, M., (2004) “Mind over Kitchen: The Future of Thought-controlled Personal Environments” in Horizon Zero 14.2”
  26. Wolbring (2004) “Universal Architectures: Gregor Wolbring on Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno (NBIC) convergence and the ethics of self-identity” in Horizon Zero 14.2
  27. Wolbring (2002) “The Silenced Target” written for the Institute of Science in Society UK
  28. Wolbring (2001) “Ciencia, tecnología y la DED (discapacidad, enfermedad, defecto)” Documento presentado en el Seminario "Nuevas Tecnologías: posiciones e imposiciones" realizado en Temuko, Región Mapuche entre el 27 y el 30 de noviembre de 2001 y organizado por ETC Group y CETSur
  29. Wolbring (2001) “Im Land der begrenzten Möglichkeiten (In the Land of limited Possibilities) Die Situation der Humangenetikdebatte in Nordamerika (The Situation of the human genetic debate in North America)” in Gene Ethischer Informationsdienst (GID), GID Spezial Nr.2 Dezember, Eugenik -Gestern und Heute, pp. 28-36, ISSN 0935-2481
  30. Wolbring (2000) “AIMS OF MEDICINE- NEW FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE Virtual Round Table New frontiers in medicine Genetics,” by Giuseppe Recchia Medical Director, Glaxo Wellcome, Italy
  31. Wolbring (2000) “The Writing is on the Wall” in Gene Watch, Vol.13, No.3, pp. 8-9
  32.  Wolbring (2000) “Bioethics and Disability,” for Philia A Dialogue on Citizenship Themes: Ethics and Community – Ideas 
  33. Wolbring (2000) “Animal Farm Philosophy” in Hadar Forum, No.1, pp.2-3, SWEDEN
  34. Wolbring (1999) “Eugenics, Euthenics, Euphenics’ in Gene Watch, Vol.12, No.3, pp. 8-10
  35. Wolbring (1999) “Do No Harm” in Gene Watch, Vol. 12, No.2, p 10.
  36. Wolbring (1998) “No problem with thalidomide” in The Ragged Edge, Sept/Oct p. 9
  37. Wolbring (1997) “Is Ableism a form of eugenics” in Transition, Aug/Sept, pp.12-18 publishedby BC Coalition of People with disabilities
  38. Wolbring and Sobsey (1997) “Sobsey and Wolbring Speak Out. Responding to Dying with Dignity” in Latimer Watch published by Council of Canadians with Disabilities;
  39. Wolbring and Sobsey (1996) “Violence and Abuse Child Abuse and Disability” in Rehabilitation Digest, Volume 26, Issue 3, pp. 11-14
  40. Wolbring (1996) “Euthanasia part II” in Action #13 published by Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada, Winter, pp. 12-17
  41. Wolbring (1996) “Euthanasia” in Action #12 published by Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada, Autumn, pp. 8-11
  42. Wolbring (1995) A Breech of Compassion in “A Voice of Our Own” Publication of the council of Canadians with disabilities pp. 5-8

 

Interventions/ briefing papers written for NGOs and others

  1. Wolbring (2005) Evaluation of the Biotech statements of the World Council of Churches in the light of the disability model put forward by the EDAN prepared for the World Council of Churches, internal document
  2. Wolbring (2004) Intervention on behalf of Disabled People International in regards to the UNESCO declaration on Universal Norms for bioethics third draft
  3. Wolbring (2004) Intervention on behalf of Disabled People International in regards to the UNESCO declaration on Universal Norms for bioethics second draft
  4. Wolbring (2003), Intervention on behalf of Disabled People International in regards to the UNESCO Report of the IBC on Pre-implantation Diagnosis and Germ-line Intervention
  5. Wolbring (2003), Intervention on behalf of Disabled people International in regards to the UNESCO Revised outline of the International Declaration on Human Genetic Data second version
  6. Wolbring (2003), Intervention on behalf of Disabled people International in regards to the UNESCO Provisional Preliminary Draft of the International Declaration on Human Genetic Data
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