Terza Scuola Estiva Mediterranea 3-5 October, 2012, Sassari, Sardegna, Italy Norbert Steinhaus The...

Terza Scuola Estiva Mediterranea3-5 October, 2012, Sassari, Sardegna, Italy

Norbert SteinhausThe International Science Shop Contact Point

The Living Knowledge Network

‘Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share the scientific advancement and its benefits’

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Art 27(1) (United Nations, 1948)

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu

1. Education

University Missions

2. Research

There‘s more than just

Education and Research

3. Service to Society

2. Research


DefinitionA Science Shop (is a unit that) provides independent participatory research support in response to concerns experienced by civil society.

Civil society organizations have their own research needs

Within the concept of ‘social demand’ for knowledge there is an increasing necessity for communication from society to researchers.

Science Shops are important actors in Community Based Research


e.g. universities, independent research facilities

How Science Shops are organized and operate is highly dependent on their context. There is not one dominant organisational structure defining a Science Shop.

Science Shops are organizations created as mediators between citizen groups

and research institutions

e.g. trade unions, non-profit orga-nizations, social groups, environ-mentalists, consumers etc.)

They are just one type of interface between science and its researchers and society.


Organisational Structures

University based Non-university based Dutch Model US Model

Mixed

Central Office

Faculty Office

CBR Centres

CURA NGO as

incubator NGO (Univ. Relations)

NGO (Non-univ.

related)

Netherlands Denmark UK Germany Austria South-Korea Belgium Australia USA/ Canada

Netherlands Denmark Romania South-

Africa USA/

Canada

USA Denmark (Canada)

Canada (CURA= Community University Research Alliance)

Israel (Germany) (Austria) Romania USA

Germany Austria Romania USA

Mediation Some: Internships

Research Mediation

Participatory Action- Research

Participatory research

Mediation Mediation Research Some: Participatory

Research Some: participatory

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Civil Society Organisations

Result

Issues

Science Shops

Research

Science Shops - Science & Society Interfaces

• Demand driven

• No commercial interest

• Publication of results

• Feedback to science institutions








Community/voluntary groups

Environmental NGOs

Local/regional authorities

Schools/pupils

Patient groups

Labour unions

Religious groups

Individuals (sometimes conditional)

Other: student organisations, museums, police, parliamentarians/political parties

Some: other research institutes, SMEs, larger firms/industry

Clients of Science Shops

Demand


Mediation process

1. Receive/solicit clients and (new) questions

2. Map the problem (articulation)

3. Preliminary research: Refer, Refuse, Advice or Formulate (scientific) research question ( and funds if required)

4. Find a (co-) supervisor

5. Find a student or researcher

6. Maintain communication and process

7. Facilitate useable presentation / publication of results

8. Help client implement results and formulate follow up actions

9. Make inventory of follow-up research / themes

10. Evaluation


Some examples of projects• Traffic related air pollution and

respiratory health• Cosmetics and environment• Side-effects of pesticides

• Environmental education• Health related risk communication• Textiles, chemicals and allergies• Electromagnetic radiation

• Environmental impact assessment of products

• Animal welfare and animal testing


Benefit and Success of Science Shops

Society• Access for society groups to research • Visibility of science for society• Participation of citizens(empowerment)

Education • Academic curricula, problem-oriented learning• Students get aware of science and society issues

Research• New research topics• Scientist get aware of societal demands and needs


70’s Netherlands, USA

80’s Australia, Denmark, England, Northern Ireland, Germany, Austria, France, Belgium

90’s Canada, Spain, Romania, Norway, Israel, New Zealand, Malaysia, Czech Republic, South Korea, South Africa

00’s Belgium, France, South Korea

2005 Portugal, Greece, Latvia, Japan, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Turkey, Finland, Iceland, Estonia

2006 Hungary, China, Italy, Israel, Czech Republic

2007 South Africa

2010 Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Israel, Norway

2011 New shops in Portugal, Germany, Canada, France

From the 70’s to 2011




General objective:

To give citizens around Europe (and beyond)

better access to

scientific information and expertise!

International Science Shop Network‘Living Knowledge’


• Increase of visibility and accessibility• Exchange of information

Internat.Contact Point (24 nat. contact points), Discussion list, Newsletter and Magazine, Website, Conferences (Seville 2005, Paris 2007, Belfast 2009, 2012 in Bonn, next 2014 in Copenhagen)

• Dissemination of resultsmagazine and newsletter, database(s), linking networks,

• Mentoring and trainingconsultancy, advise, exchange, Science Shop toolbox, summer schools

• Research Cooperationecology, urbanisation, environmental education, health, social issues ...

Living KnowledgePractical Use

Get visible:

The cooperation in international projects lead to a world wide recognition of the Science Shop model

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediuScience Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu

EC & Science Shops

[ACCENT (NoE) ]

[ CIPAST (CA)]

[SpidERA (SSA)]

[ EFSUPS (SSA)]

• FP 7 – PERARES (2010-2014)

GACER (2008)

MinForeignAf

MATRA-RUG-Romania

1998-2000 / 2002-2005

International Science Shop NetworkLIVING KNOWLEDGE

[ InMoSion ]

[ VECTOR ]

[ WINDFARMperception ]

[ NewCom ]

TRAMS (2005-2008) S&S-CA

• Science Shop Call 2006

SCIPAS (2000 – 2001) STRATA-AM

INTERACTS (2001 – 2003) STRATA-AM

ISSNET (2003-2005) RPA-TN


PERARES is a project which has been awarded financial support by the European Commission

as coordination action through the contract no. 244264 in FP7 (Area 5.1.2.1 Broader engagement on science-related questions, SiS-2009-1.2.1.1 Structuring public engagement in research (PER).

Developed and performed by (and for)

Science Shops,Universities and CSOs


Activities

Debates and dialogues on science and research– Science Festivals, Science Centers and Cafés– On-line dialogues– Pilot international debate: Nanotechnology

(www.livingknowledge.org/discussion/diskutiere)

Setting research agenda’s with CSOs– Dialogue between Research Labs and CSOs– Structuring PER: Domestic violence, Local Human Rights

A network of research bodies- 9 new Science Shops- Potential role of Higher Education & Research Councils- Evaluation packages - Conferences








GACERGlobal Alliance for Community Engaged Research

“network of networks”

• to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and information across continents and countries

• to enable interaction and collaboration

• to further the application and impact of community-based research for a sustainable just future for the people of the world

http://communityresearchcanada.ca/?action=alliance


GACERGlobal Alliance for Community Engaged Research

Activities of GACER led to a UNESCO Chair for Community- Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, co-chaired by Universtiy of Victoria and PRIA

• 3rd Communiqué on Sustainability, Knowledge and Democracy

• 2nd Communiqué on North-South Cooperation in Community-University Engagement

• 1st Declaration as a focus for global organizing to support and strengthen Community-Engaged Research as a fundamental means of mobilizing and creating knowledge

Thank you for your attention.Norbert [email protected]; +.49.228.2016122

Henk Mulder (PERARES coordinator)[email protected] ; +.31.50.363.4436

International Science Shop Network ‘Living Knowledge’ www.livingknowledge.org

Internat. Science Shop Contact [email protected]

Bonn Science Shop www.wilabonn.de

We only have to step out of the front door to face all the challenges which are taught in the lectures!

Participatory research - What happens right now?

• Civil society acts on research and technologies since a long time

• CSOs and CSO coalitions on broad issues like agriculture, climate change, economic justice, women rights, environment, etc. link more and more to questions of R&I, and express own research demands

• some CSOs focus on specific research domains and technologies

• they act on the local, regional, national and international level

• they are watch-dogs, force of proposals & alternatives, partners of different actors including scientists

10 reasons why Participatory Research is interesting AND necessary

1. The research and innovation that is prioritised and funded today will have a decisive impact on the future of our societies and our planet. It depends largely on underlying principles and values, how it is governed, and by whom.

2. Participatory research integrates divers forms of knowledge (professional, empirical, local, traditional, etc.) acknowledging that (techno)-scientific knowledge is necessary but not sufficient to solve current problems.

3. The division between experts and "laymen" (users of knowledge) leaves the place to a relation of dialogue and co-production of knowledge and innovations thus mobilising the immense reserves of creativity, of curiosity and of intelligence existing in our societies.

4. Participatory research counter-balances the current strong push to public research-private industry-partnerships.

5. Participatory research pushes to reconsider the notion of « scientific excellence ». It brings new questions into research, creates other (scientific)knowledge while covering a wide range of issues.

6. PR contributes to the transition to sustainable management of scarce resources, including water, land use and soil management, mitigation of climate change, preservation of biodiversity, marine ecosystems and forestry, renewable energies, …

7. PR&I benefits from high social acceptance since it integrates concerned people.

8. PR (can) question(s) current dominant paradigms such as economic growth.

9. Participatory research with CSOs has a huge potential to contribute to a socially and ecologically more just society but still remains marginal and marginalised.

10. PR improves policy making since it creates a larger knowledge basis.

There is some (modest) public support to participatory research

Universities and research institutionsSupport to Science ShopsParticipatory projects of individual scientists (toxicologists, ecologists, sociologists, urban development, …)RegionalFrance: 3 regions out of 22 have a regional participatory research programme (PICRI, ASOSC, Chercheurs-citoyens)National Canada: Community university research alliancesEMBRAPA (Brazilian Agronomic Research Institution)EuropeanFramework programme for R&DSupport from other structures, e.g. Private foundations

Recommendations - some principles for good governance and public participation practices

Overcome the myth that only highly complex and cost intensive technologies can create employment, sustainability, and well-being,

Ensure that the concept of innovation includes locally adapted and social forms of innovation,

Facilitate cooperation and knowledge exchange between civil society organisations and academia in order to realise the innovative potential of the non-profit sector,

Establish a democratic, participatory and accountable decision-making process for research funding allocation,

Open academic and policy attention to the fact that there are alternative possible orientations for progress,

Recommendations - some principles for good governance and public participation practices

Acknowledge the value of CSO participation to research and map research needs of the non profit sector,

Reward public engagement of scientists, increase the support to participatory research and encourage the professional mobility of researchers to CSOs,

Take public participation for serious not only as an annexe,

Seek for major non productiviste innovations, allow and support plurality in technology choice,

Support decentralised governance, decentralised energy supply, locally adapted and produced agriculture, etc.

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The Bonn Science Shop

Terza Scuola Estiva Mediterranea3-5 October, 2012, Sassari, Sardegna, Italy

Norbert Steinhaus

Wissenschaftsladen Bonn e.V.

Reuterstr. 157 – D 53113 Bonn

[email protected] - www.wilabonn.de

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Bonn Science Shop

- Established 1984, about 50 members- Non-profit-association- non-university based- Professional staff of >30 (18 FTEs)

in a flat, collective structure- Budget 2,1 Mio EUR- No external funds

for Science Shop idea- Demand driven and creating own

fields of work- Partner in EU funded projects:

„SCIPAS“, „ISSNET“, „TRAMS“, „CIPAST“, „EFSUPS“, „PERARES“ and „ComScience“

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The Bonn Science Shop

• Decision structure

ManagerCommittee Project-Team

Decision

Council of Delegates (Delegiertenrat)

Members

BoardEmployees

Elected Delegates

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Bonn Science Shop

Cooperation PartnersScience Shops – NGOs / CSOs – Universities - Science Museums – Science Communicators - Research Institutes – City Administration(s) - Labour Unions – Companies– SMEs - Associations – Schools and Kindergartens

Funding / Financial ResourcesLocal & (Inter)National FoundationsCity Administration(s) – AssociationsState Ministries - Federal Ministries and Agencies - European Commission -Donations – Paid Services - Companies

Where is the expertise?Why working with a non-university based Science Shop?

• Know How (subject,specialist)• Recognised Mediator Communicator• Links and Contacts (Networks, CSOs and NGOs, Citizens)• Manpower and commitment• Less bureaucratic

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Fields of Work

• Labour Market• Environment & Health

- ComScience- Organization of 5 public dissemination events, experts

from University of Bonn (on stem cell research, GMOs, obesity, allergies and asthma, food contaminants)

• Education

• Civil society and sustainability- Visualizing of land use:- co-operation with University of Bonn, Giessen

Science Shop and University for Pedagogy Karlsruhe- Events with local agenda communities to increase

public participation, Internet-presentation- Follow up projects (exhibition, teaching materials,

role plays, computer games)- Region in Balance (Land Use Mangement, Regional

Administration(s), activists, stakeholders

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