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Welcome to the pre-launch of our new website and membership programs for Student Pugwash and the Rotblat Society. We're launching while our website is still in development so we can work with our members on improving our tools and our plans. Read more here.

Social Responsibility in Science and Technology: Participate. Organize. Lead.

Our Mission:
Empower and equip students and young professionals
to identify, critically analyze, and shape

the ethical, policy, and societal dimensions
 of science and technology.

Since 1979, Student Pugwash USA has promoted discussion, education, and activism on ethical issues in science and technology. We don't tell students what to think or what's ethical; we provide the framework such that making ethical choices, as each student decides what those are, is part and parcel of the work they do as students and later as professionals.

Forty years later, we launched the Rotblat Society, our program to bring this same perspective to the general public, open up our programs to a wider range of people, and provide a place for our alumni to continue their work. Rotblat membership is open to anyone who supports our mission or who wants to benefit from our programs and network.

Both Student Pugwash and the Rotblat Society share the same goals:

  • Open discussion of serious ethical issues in STEM and international security facing us today and tomorrow, leading to deeper understanding of multiple points of view, but always with the best available science and evidence as a guide.
  • Commitment to working against threats to humanity and civilization from weapons of mass destruction, climate change, international conflict, or other disasters.
  • Fearless advocacy of the scientific method and evidence-based decision processes at all levels of private, public, and personal sectors.
  • Education ranging from beginner to advanced for all who are interested, in engaging venues and formats.
  • Empowering our members, especially students and young people, with leadership training and a powerful role to play in our organizational development and operations.

We're Student Pugwash and the Rotblat Society. Find out more, or join us.

 

 

 

Take Action

  • Become a Member
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News and Updates

  • November 2020 newslettter
    3 months 2 weeks ago
  • Rotblat lecture excerpts for the Think We Must exhibit at Central Michigan University
    3 months 2 weeks ago
  • British Student Pugwash Ethical Science Festival
    4 months 2 weeks ago
  • Members-only blog posts and updates on our discussion site
    5 months 2 weeks ago
  • Where to find older posts
    6 months 19 hours ago

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Contact Us

700 12th Street Northwest, Suite 700-93149
Washington, DC 20005 USA

+1 (202) 794-6928

contact@studentpugwash.org

Student Pugwash USA is a 501(c)3 organization registered in Washington, DC, USA.

© 2020 Student Pugwash USA. Explicitly named authors of contributed portions of the site retain copyright to their work. All rights reserved.

Beta Notice

The Student Pugwash and Rotblat Society membership programs, and this website, were launched in Summer 2020, and both are still in beta while we figure out what works best for our membership, and how to leverage this site for those programs.

Like everyone else, we're determining how to respond to COVID-19 and how it is impacting campus life, extracurriculars, and the best ways we can bring programs to our members and have them come to us with their ideas.

We welcome questions and constructive criticism, as well as requests for help and support from our membership. 

Privacy Notice and Help

This site uses cookies to make it work better, including using Google Analytics so we can see how people are using it in aggregate. The only things watching you are the automated hamsters that power the site. We're an ethics organization—we're not going to do unethical things with your data. 

If you have questions about our organization, policies, or programs, drop a line to contact@studentpugwash.org.

If you find an issue with the website or need help navigating it, get in touch with webadmin@studentpugwash.org.