Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
- http://crnano.org/
- CRN investigates the societal implications, long-range risks, and effective use of nanotechnology, and educates those who will influence its use, or be affected by it.
Nanosocialism
- http://www.cla.sc.edu/ENGL/faculty/berube/nanosoc.htm
- Seminal paper which argues that nanotechnology projections need to be tempered by realism about what it will be used for in the hands of corporations and governments - but that nanotechnology also offers enormous opportunities for the liberation of humanity.
The Foresight Institute
- http://www.foresight.org
- Foresight's goal is to guide emerging technologies to improve the human condition - it focuses on nanotechnology and "systems that will enhance knowledge exchange and critical discussion, thus improving public and private policy decisions".