Miltos Ladikas, whose background is in social psychology, is a senior research fellow at the Centre for Professional Ethics, UCLan, UK as well as scientific staff at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse. His research background covers the areas of technology assessment, public perceptions of science and technology, ethics in science and technology policy, and science and development. He has coordinated a number of international research projects in these areas.