Europe's plans for responsible science

Mejlgaard, Niels; Woolley, Richard; Bloch, Carter; Bührer, Susanne; Grießler, Erich; Jäger, Angela; Lindner, Ralf; Madsen, Emil; Maier, Frederic; Meijer, Ingeborg; Peter, Viola; Stilgoe, Jack; Wuketich, Milena

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“…The petition called on the European Institutions to "set a separate programme in line with a sufficient separate budget for the successor of the 'Science with and for Society' programme." This call was echoed by a letter to Science signed by a list of researchers involved in the promotion of RRI through European funding in the past years (Mejlgaard et al 2018). These petitions show that science-society issues were sufficiently institutionalized as to federate actors beyond DG Research around shared interests in maintaining specific dedicated programmes promoting them.…”

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From Deliberation to Production: Public Participation in Science and Technology Policies of the European Commission (1998–2019)

Macq

Tancoigne

Strasser

2020

Minerva

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This article investigates how a discourse about the role and value of public participation in science, technology, and innovation emerged and evolved in the research policies of the European Commission. At the beginning of the twentyfirst century, two main discourses have been successively institutionalized: the first focused on participation in policy-making, while the second aimed at participation in the production of knowledge and innovation. This paper distinguishes three main institutional phases: (i) a phase dedicated to public participation in the governance of science and technology (2000-2010); (ii) a reframing period of science and technology policies by the Commission to integrate the growing emphasis on innovation (2010-2014); (iii) a period focusing on co-creation and citizen science as new ways to involve the public in science and technology (2014-today). Factors such as individual commitments of key policy actors, specific epistemic communities and institutional dynamics within the Commission played a crucial role in shaping the policies of participation. But broader factors are also essential to account for these changes. In this respect, the economic crisis of the late 2000s appears fundamental to understanding how the conception and promotion of public participation in the European science and technology policies have evolved over time. This paper thus offers new insights to the analysis of the political economy of public participation.

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Section: Public Participation As Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

From Deliberation to Production: Public Participation in Science and Technology Policies of the European Commission (1998–2019)

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Tancoigne

Strasser

2020

Minerva

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“…The aim of SwafS has been both to progressively align research and innovation in Europe with citizens' expectations, and to deepen the opportunities for scientific modes of citizenship in the Member States of the European Union. Supporting informed and engaged citizenship is therefore essential both for the upstream shaping of what R&I delivers to society and to developing citizens' capacity to participate fully in and maximise the benefits of R&I [22].…”

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“…The main benefits of citizen science include: the increase in scientific literacy and the critical capacity of citizenship, the democratisation of the scientific process, the motivation of young people to pursue scientific careers, the generation of new knowledge with perspectives of innovative research, and the expansion of the abilities of researchers [22]. This new science ethos has found significant institutional backing, such as in the European Union's Framework Programmes that have funded several citizen projects.…”

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Scientific Landscape of Citizen Science Publications: Dynamics, Content and Presence in Social Media

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Citizen science (CS) aims primarily to create a new scientific culture able to improve upon the triple interaction between science, society, and policy in the dual pursuit of more democratic research and decision-making informed by sound evidence. It is both an aim and an enabler of open science (OS), to which it contributes by involving citizens in research and encouraging participation in the generation of new knowledge. This study analyses scientific output on CS using bibliometric techniques and Web of Science (WoS) data. Co-occurrence maps are formulated to define subject clusters as background for an analysis of the impact of each on social media. Four clusters are identified: HEALTH, BIO, GEO and PUBLIC. The profiles for the four clusters are observed to be fairly similar, although BIO and HEALTH are mentioned more frequently in blogposts and tweets and BIO and PUBLIC in Facebook and newsfeeds. The findings also show that output in the area has grown since 2010, with a larger proportion of papers (66%) mentioned in social media than reported in other studies. The percentage of open access documents (30.7%) is likewise higher than the overall mean for all areas.

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“…Scientific knowledge production, research and innovation assist peoples of Europe to live better lives. 1 However, there is a growing disbelief in science, political suspicion towards evidence based policy making and growing concern with inequitable societies [Mejlgaard et al, 2018a]. Nevertheless, research and innovation is still dominantly entangled in its traditional 'Republic of Science' [Polanyi, 1962] where self-defined 'excellence' is the canon of self-improvement, public interest and the principal provider of progress.…”

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More democratic research and innovation

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For decades the idea that scientists, policy makers and industry know best in research and innovation has been convincingly challenged. The concept of Responsible Research and Innovation [RRI] combines various strands of critique and takes up the idea that research and innovation need to be democratized and must engage with the public in order to serve the public. The proposed future EU research funding framework programme, Horizon Europe, excludes a specific program line on research in RRI. We propose a number of steps the European Parliament should take to institutionalize RRI in Horizon Europe and beyond.

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Europe's plans for responsible science

Cited by 13 publications

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From Deliberation to Production: Public Participation in Science and Technology Policies of the European Commission (1998–2019)

From Deliberation to Production: Public Participation in Science and Technology Policies of the European Commission (1998–2019)

Scientific Landscape of Citizen Science Publications: Dynamics, Content and Presence in Social Media

More democratic research and innovation

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