Nedanstående debattinlägg var publicerat i Tidningen Curie den 15 mars 2017:
Den faktaresistens vi ser idag är bara toppen på ett isberg, varnar Svenska nationalkommittén för biologi vid Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien. Här lyfter de behovet av en samordnad svensk strategi mot desinformation så att vi är bättre förberedda för en kollision med isberget.
Integrate RRI as a cross-cutting issue in the EU framework programme for R&I. Use the SwafS programme to advance EU’s Open Science agenda! These were some of the suggestions raised during an evening discussion held on 15 November 2016 in Brussels organised by SiS.net, the network of National Contact Points for the SwafS programme and the Swedish national advocacy platform on Swafs.
Do more to address citizens’ needs and involve them in the research and innovation process. Include the humanities and social sciences more in Horizon 2020 calls. These are two of the recommendations put forward by VA (Public & Science) in response to the European Commission’s public stakeholder consultation, which forms part of the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020. Responses to the questionnaire will help the Commission improve its implementation of H2020 and inform EU research and innovation funding post-2020.
Between October 2016 and January 2017, the European Commission ran a public stakeholder consultation in the context of the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020 in the form of a questionnaire. The aim is to improve the implementation of Horizon 2020 and set the scene for the future discussions on the next EU research and innovation funding post-2020. Here is VA’s completed questionnaire.
Each year, the Engage conference in the UK brings together delegates interested in public engagement in Higher Education institutions. The 2016 conference theme was ‘inspiring innovation’. VA (Public & Science) contributed to the programme with a workshop on RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), together with University College London (UCL).
Den nya versionen av verktygslådan för ansvarsfull forskning och innovation (Responsible Research and Innovation, RRI) har nu publicerats. Mer än 800 personer och institutioner runt om i Europa använder redan verktygen. Den öppna webbplattformen har utvecklats av EU-projektet RRI Tools för att hjälpa europeiska aktörer inom forskning och innovation att arbeta på ett mer socialt, etiskt och hållbart sätt – något som numera är ett krav i många utlysningar om forskningsmedel.
The new version of the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Toolkit www.rri-tools.eu has now been released, supported by a community of more than 800 individuals and institutions from all over Europe. This open online platform was launched by the European RRI Tools project to help research and innovation actors across Europe work in a more social, ethical, and sustainable way, a requisite in many European funding calls.
The results of an open public online consultation run by the European Commission to collect input and opinions of SwafS stakeholders across Europe have now been published.
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