Marc Saner (born 1961) is a Full Professor at the

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, Canada and Departmental Science Advisor to

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Education

Saner studied biology at the

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, Switzerland (PhD, 1991) and philosophy at

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, Canada (MA 1999).

Career

Upon completion of his doctorate, he served as a regulatory scientist at the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. He then obtained a graduate degree in philosophy and became the Managing Director of the Ethics and Policy Issues Centre (EPIC) at Carleton University. He served as a Director at the

Institute on Governance Institute on Governance (IOG) is a Canadian think-tank focused on developing better governance in the public sphere both in Canada and internationally. IOG is headquartered in Ottawa with a second office in Toronto and extensive operations in Ir ...

from 2003-2006 and as the Executive Vice-President and Director of Assessments at the

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(CCA) from 2006-2007 and the Executive Director of the Regulatory Governance Initiative at the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University from 2008-2010. In 2010, Marc Saner became the Inaugural Director of the

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(ISSP) at the

. He developed the ISSP from 2010-2015 and established a network of fellows, advisors and faculty, as well as the institute's first graduate program. He is currently a professor at the University of Ottawa, where he chairs the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics. He also serves part-time as Departmental Science Advisor to

Publications

Book chapters

* Saner M. (2013) The Role of Adaptation in the Governance of Emerging Technologies in Marchant, G. E., Abbott, K. W., and Allenby, B. (eds.), ''Innovative Governance Models for Emerging Technologies'', (Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton, MA), pp. 92–107. * Saner M. & Geelen J. (2012) Identity in a Technological Society: Governance Implications, Chapter 37 in Luppicini, Rocci (ed.), ''Handbook of Research on Technoself: Identity in a Technological Society'', (IGI Global, Hershey, PA, 2012), pp. 720–741. * Saner M. (2008) Ethics, Governance and Regulation and the Environmental Aspects of Aquaculture in Culver, Keith and David Castle (eds.), ''Aquaculture, Innovation and Social Transformation'' (Springer, International Library of Environmental, Agricultural, and Food Ethics Vol. 17), pp. 115–121. *Saner M., D.R. Clements, M.R. Hall, D.J. Doohan & C.W. Crompton (2005). The Biology of Canadian weeds. 105. Linaria vulgaris Mill. in P.B. Cavers (ed.), ''The Biology of Canadian Weeds'' (The Agricultural Institute of Ottawa), Vol. 5. pp. 16-29. *Saner M. (2002). Real and Metaphorical Moral Limits in the Biotechnology Debate in Ruse, M. and David Castle (eds.), ''Genetically Modified Foods'' (Prometheus Books, New York), pp. 77-79.

Monographs

* A Primer on Scientific Risk Assessment at Health Canada by Marc Saner (2010), Health Canada Catalogue number
H22-4/3-2010
*International Approaches to the Regulatory Governance of Nanotechnology by Jennifer Pelley and Marc Saner (2009), School of Public Policy and Administration,

*A Primer for Scientists: Ethical Issues of Environmental Biotechnology Research by Marc Saner (2001), Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environment Canada Catalogue number
En40-645/2001E-IN

References

External links

University of OttawaPublications at Academia.edu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saner, Marc 1961 births Living people University of Basel alumni Carleton University alumni Academic staff of the University of Ottawa