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Science, Research and Policy

EUPHA conference EPHA session

Can research ever get into policy-making machine?

Viviane Willis-MazzichiScience, Economy and Society

DG Research - European Commission

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1. Are policy/decision-making processes changing?

2. An evolving role for Research

3. The Science in Society relationships

4. Changing culture to respond to new challenges

5. For further info

Outline

Design product

Manufacture

Distribute

Use

1- Decision-making Linear Model

ConsultParliame

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Secure funding

Implement

Publishresults

Defineissues

Draftpropos

al

Implement

Adopt

Peer revie

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Adapttext

Industry

Policy

Research

Qualitycheck

Product

design

Manufacture

Distribute Use

Decision-making Linear Model

ConsultParliame

nt

Research/

science

Draftpropos

al

Implement

AdoptAdapttext

Industries

Policies

Patents

Expertise

Qualitycheck

Complexifying the linear model

Towards the 7th Framework Programme

Interest GroupsInterest Groups

EESC, CoR ITRE CommitteeITRE Committee

1st reading

Member States

Constellation of concerns & actors

Biased information

Unsustainable

Production &

Consumption

Economic growth

Population growth

Markets distorsionsLimited

rationality

Green house gazPollution Degradation

water, soil... Depletion resources

Threat to human health

Reduced biodiversityClimate

change

Etc

2 – An evolving role for research

Research involved in a growing number of policy processes & controversies:

– More complex issues

– More uncertainties

– More actors involved

– Greater need to evaluate effects

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FP and SP texts

Work programm

es

Proposals

Projects

WorkshopsConference

sConsultatio

ns

Peerreview

State of the art

Health Advisory Group,

including patients

“Patients” = patients representatives or organisations – RTD-F- Health

Patients as

initiatorsPatients as participants (beneficiarie

s)

Patients as

advisors

Patients as

evaluators

Patients as contributors

Individual

patients in

studies

Engaging with civil society actors

Life cycle thinking Sustainable production &

consumption

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Ecodesign

Manufacture

Distribution

UseCollection

ReuseRecycling

NaturalResources

ResearchInterest groups

3 – The Science in SocietyRelationships

Funding Programme in Capacities = part of 7th EU Research Framework programme

Improve relationship between research & civil society:

– Make knowledge accessible

– Map controversies

– Build capacity of civil society actors, facilitators,mediators, researchers

– Engage public and civil society actors in research activities

– Explore what is relevant knowledge & for whom10

Capacity building

• STACS: nursery workshops: health & agriculture (EPHA), …

• STEPS: dialogue research org/civil society org /public bodies on needs in public health research

• CAPOIRA: Patient organisations –clinical trials and research needs in rare diseases

• Eurade: research agenda about, for and with people with disability

Mapping controversieswww.macospol.com

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Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Action Plans

Initiative in call for proposals 2010Partnership research organisations & other actors

min : 3 types & 10 countries

4 years

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Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Action Plans

Select a theme of societal interest where research is involved

Develop activities with civil society actors which address questions such as:

What knowledge should be mobilised? How can research contribute?

Who is concerned? Who should be involved and how?

What ethical issues should be raised?

Differences between men & women in perception, lifestyles,…?

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4 – Responding to new challenges

The future of the European Research Area : • Build Research agendas around grand

challenges closer to societal needs

• to be defined jointly with Member States

• Opportunity to engage on new terms

Changing culture to engage research in policy

Accessibility

Dialogue

Discuss ethicalissues

Jointly set ofResearch

priorities

Co-produce relevant knowledge

Assess

research results

Capacity building

Participative Knowledge-based

Democracy

5 - More about SiS initiatives

• Science in Society Programme on CORDIScordis.europa.eu/fp7/sis/home_en.html

• Science in Society on EUROPAec.europa.eu/research/science-society/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.topic&id=28#5

• Public engagement in Science: ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/public-engagement-081002_en.pdf

• Mapping controversies : http://www.macospol.com/

• Goverscience – Civil society organisations seminarec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/goverscience-civil-society-org-seminar-090610_en.pdf

• 2010 SiS call for proposalscordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?

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