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International governance of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology: Whom to trust with the assessment of future pathways?

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By Nina María Frahm Nina María Frahm is a research fellow and PhD candidate at the Munich Center for Technology in Society , Technical University Munich. Previously, she obtained a BA in European Studies and an MSc in Science and Technology Studies at Maastricht University, and was a research fellow at the Technical University of Berlin, where she investigated heterogeneous cultures of cooperation in collaborative forms of research and development of emerging technologies. Her interest in the crossroads of science, technology, and public policy was fueled during a junior research position at University of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, where she conducted a project on technologies for social inclusion. Her current interest in neuroethics focuses on different cultures of responsible knowledge-making in emerging brain science, and the limits and opportunities these cultures represent for transnational neuroscience.  There is a growing consensus about the need to better align neuroscience and...