Stephen M. Maurer

Stephen M. Maurer holds appointments at the University of California’s Goldman School of Public Policy and Berkeley Law School. Trained as a lawyer, he helped to develop and finalize the International Association Synthetic Biology’s Code of Conduct. Maurer is the editor and lead author of WMD Terrorism: Science and Policy Choices (MIT Press, 2009).

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Articles by Stephen M. Maurer

1 May 2013
Corporate sustainability issue

Industry self-governance: A new way to manage dangerous technologies

Stephen M. MaurerSebastian von Engelhardt

Advanced technologies for making chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons can be purchased from hundreds of companies around the world. But negotiating treaties to regulate this trade would take years—and even then, many governments lack the will or resources to enforce them.

1 January 2010
Feature

How to Control Dual-Use Technologies in the Age of Global Commerce

Stephen M. MaurerMarkus Fischer
Voluntary standards in the synthetic biology industry point a way forward to controlling many emerging and potentially dangerous technologies, even as they become easier to acquire than ever before and traditional government controls
1 November 2007
Opinion

Synthesizing Biosecurity

Stephen M. MaurerLaurie Zoloth
Protecting the public from the risks of synthetic biology depends on the scientific community's will, capacity, and commitment to regulate itself.