The aim was (and is) to ensure that the Church should be well-informed, and to stimulate a balanced debate in public and amongst those working in technological research itself.
With the insight of a Christian ethical stance and seeking to be an independent voice free from vested financial or commercial interests, it has published many reports and publications.
Throughout the Project's over 40-year existence, it has been led by a series of professional directors with a proven record in the field of science, technology or sociology.
Dr Donald Bruce formerly held the post of Director of the SRT Project.
A new appointment was made in early 2008 of Dr Murdo Macdonald, a molecular biologist with medical research experience in Ethiopia and Nepal.