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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM)

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The Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) provides independent ethical advice and policy recommendations to EU institutions.

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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 17h
🔍 Our first SAEGE Horizon Scan is available! In this publication, we explore: 🧬 Advances and risks in mirror life research 💻 EU-tech sovereignty and sustainability 🏡 Rural spatial injustice and digitalisation Read the full SAEGE Horizon Scan ➡️ zenodo.org/records/2332...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Neurodata should be understood not only as a technological resource but also as a political-economic one, creating value through model training, prediction and classification while raising concerns regarding market concentration, dependency and digital sovereignty. 🔗 ethicsadvice.eu/advice/gover...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Neuro-AI infrastructure governance cannot rely solely on the regulation of individual devices, applications or downstream harms, but should address the upstream conditions of data governance, model development, platform infrastructures and cross-contextual reuse. 🔗 ethicsadvice.eu/advice/gover...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How existing rights and ethical principles should be operationalised in relation to emerging neuro-AI infrastructures, including questions of European technological sovereignty, public-interest infrastructures and democratic accountability. Read the EGE Statement ➡️ ethicsadvice.eu/advice/gover...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You can read the full Statement by the EGE here ➡️ ethicsadvice.eu/advice/gover...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
📬 Our newsletter is out! 🔍 We look into our recently published Statement on neuro-AI, an event co-organised with @unibirmingham.bsky.social, and upcoming advice on ultra-processed foods, as well as science and democracy. Read ➡️ shorturl.at/04yXW Subscribe for future updates ➡️ shorturl.at/TAVhs
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We must move beyond a focus on data governance and recognise that the convergence of neurodata, neurotechnology and AI infrastructures requires a policy response that takes a systemic approach across regulatory domains. Read the full new EGE Statement ➡️ ethicsadvice.eu/advice/gover...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The EGE will examine how principles such as transparency, accountability, equity and proportionality should be put into practice in areas such as research, the media and public policymaking. Find more details here ➡️ ethicsadvice.eu/advice/scien...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🍲 The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies has been asked to provide an opinion on 'ultra-processed foods'. Understanding the balance between potential benefits and risks, and defining and managing ethical considerations, is challenging. More ➡️ ethicsadvice.eu/advice/ultra...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
❓Can ethics help policymakers make better decisions? Join us on 27 July to discuss how ethical analysis can strengthen science-policy advice and learn more about the REAL Method for rapid ethics assessment. 🕓 16:00 CEST Register here ➡️ shorturl.at/JNPbi
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
📬 Our first EthAM newsletter is out! 🔍 This edition looks back at EthAM's work since its inception and spotlights the Opinion 'Valuing Nature: Implications for EU Governance'. Read it here ➡️ shorturl.at/4iHpb Subscribe for future updates ➡️ shorturl.at/TAVhs
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
📢 Stay up to date with our latest work by subscribing to our newly launched newsletter. You will receive updates on: 📄 New publications and advice. 🎙️ Latest podcasts and interviews. 📅 Upcoming events and discussions. 👥 Activities and contributions from EGE members. Register now ➡️ shorturl.at/jSVOv
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Next year, at the request of the @ec.europa.eu, we will be playing a significant role in shaping discussions on the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence across several key sectors: 🔬 Science 💻 Digital fairness ⚡ Energy Read more ➡️ shorturl.at/2Zvba
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
During the session, she presented the messages included in our latest Opinions: 🔹 Valuing Nature: Implications for EU Governance ➡️ shorturl.at/Hg8dY 🔹 Towards a just green transition: addressing structural inequities ➡️ shorturl.at/6IH3e
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
EGE Member Nikola Biller-Andorno gave a remote presentation during last week's Circular Economy - Interdisciplinary Conference. 🗣️ She highlighted the need to provide ethical grounding for considering circularity, justice, and ecological integrity together.
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
How can policymakers inform their decisions with ethics insights? Join us for a webinar co-organised with the Ethics, Evidence, and Policy Network, where we will look at this and other questions on the role of values in science-policy advice. 🗓️ 27 July 2026 🕓 4pm CEST Register ➡️ shorturl.at/vwPnP
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
📊 Economic valuation should be used within clear ethical and ecological conditions and be seen as one, but not the only, way to frame human relationships with nature. Read our recent advice here ➡️ ethicsadvice.eu/advice/valui...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A nature-positive economy can be an important and constructive policy ambition if it is clearly defined and responsibly governed. It should recognise nature as a condition of prosperity, wellbeing, and long-term resilience. Read our latest advice here ➡️ ethicsadvice.eu/advice/valui...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"The point is not to slow innovation down, but to orient it. Resilience by design means integrating delivery, justice and ecological grounding from the start." 🗣️ Nikola Biller-Andorno at the Green Transition Forum. She presented our new opinion on valuing nature ➡️ ethicsadvice.eu/advice/valui...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
👥🍃 Human societies are not external to nature but embedded within ecological systems on which they depend. Nature is not only a resource, service provider, or object of management. Read our latest Advice here ➡️ ethicsadvice.eu/advice/valui...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🇪🇺 The EU should integrate plural ways of valuing nature explicitly and consistently into policymaking, so that ecological, ethical, social, cultural, and economic considerations can shape decisions. Read our new opinion ➡️ ethicsadvice.eu/advice/valui...
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This Wednesday, we will release an EGE opinion on the value of nature. "We need to work together to make sure that our legal instruments, our economic tools are really all geared towards and aligned with the goal of valuing nature more fully." 🗣️ Nikola Biller-Andorno, co-lead author of the opinion.
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Ethics Advice Mechanism to the European Commission (EthAM) @ethicsadvice.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"You cannot have progress, development without values, and values without scientific, well-rounded knowledge seem to be helpless." 🗣️ Pawel Łuków, member of the European Group on Ethics, emphasised how important it is to pair science advice with ethics guidance at this year's NEC Forum.
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