Message posted on 23/01/2025
CfP Eu-SPRI: coping with multiple accountability commitments within transdisciplinary research, policy and funding
Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to the call for abstract for the Eu-SPRI conference 2025 (Dortmund, 11-13 June), which is open until January 31st: Call for Papers - EU-SPRI 2025 Please consider submitting your abstract to topic 28 "Coping with multiple accountability commitments within transdisciplinary research, policy, and funding" organised by Sophie van der Does from Radboud University, and me. Topic 28 - EU-SPRI 2025 We are looking forward to interdisciplinary, qualitative or mixed-methods approaches and perspectives on questions of accountability in and around transdisciplinary research. Further information can be found under the link above or in the abstract below. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions. We are looking forward to seeing many of you in Dortmund! All the best Anne-Sophie Schaltegger Doctoral Student | Cultural Studies of Science & Technology Group - Transdisciplinarity Lab | D-USYS - ETH Zurich, Switzerland | www.csts.ethz.ch Transdisciplinary research is increasingly seen as a promising approach to solving complex societal challenges (OECD, 2020, Felt, 2016). The expectation is that transdisciplinary research will "address socially relevant issues in a comprehensive and non-reductionist way" (Pohl, 2011; 618), and is able to "enable new insight and research initiatives" (Ewel, 2001). By integrating a diverse set of stakeholders and their knowledge and experiences in the research process, transdisciplinary research is expected to produce knowledge that is not only scientifically sound but also 'socially robust' (Maasen, 2006; Lang et al 2012). The growing interest in transdisciplinary research is partly thanks to the rise of transformative and mission-driven innovation policies, which emphasize the need for user involvement, anticipation and social experimentation in innovation (Schot and Steinmueller 2018). These policies could be seen as part of a 'growing patchwork' (Irwin, 2006) of institutional innovations in science governance. Despite these developments, innovation policies are often perceived by scientists and stakeholders as a linear enterprise. In this linear model of knowledge production, knowledge creation starts with governments generously funding basic research, which then leads to applications, eventually culminating in societal benefits (Macnaghten, 2022). In particular, the idea that basic research should be performed without looking at societal impact, still influences scientists and stakeholders alike, by creating an artificial distinction between basic and applied research (van Drooge & Spaapen, 2022). These circumstances place a double imperative on transdisciplinary research in practice and evaluation (Huutoniemi, 2016; OECD, 2020; Schaltegger & Vienni-Baptista, under review). By expecting transdisciplinary research to produce scientific evidence next to resulting in 'socially robust' knowledge and societal impact, researchers, policy makers and funders alike need to align societal relevance with scientific excellence (Arnold, 2021; Bandola-Gill, 2019; Schikowitz, 2017). Consequently, these dual commitments also need to be negotiated in evaluation of transdisciplinary research (Derrick & Samuel 2016, Smit & Hessels, 2021). As a result, a precarious balance between multiple-and often competing-criteria or accountability demands needs to be maintained in transdisciplinary settings, both in its practice and its governance (Wehrens et al., 2013). On the one hand, transdisciplinary research is taken to increase public scientific accountability by increasing public participation in problem framing and research (Maasen & Lieven, 2006). On the other hand, transdisciplinarity is held accountable to produce excellent and scientifically sound knowledge, an aspect that is still largely measured from a disciplinary perspective (Henze, 2021; Lyall, 2022). Researchers navigating these multiple expectations and accountabilities can be caught in contradicting commitments that hinder them in reaping the full potential transdisciplinary research bears for societal impact and innovation (Jahn et al., 2012; Vienni-Baptista et al., 2022). However, as transdisciplinary research is dependent on its institutional frame, these accountabilities extend beyond the researchers themselves to encompass the surrounding, governing institutions as well (Lyall, 2022). Based on these observations, this track will welcome contributions that explore the following topics: * The multiple (and contradicting) forms of accountabilities actors face in conducting, participating in, organizing, governing, funding and evaluating transdisciplinary research. * Possibilities for further development of STI policy to account for these multiple accountabilities involved in transdisciplinary research, to increase its potential to produce societal impact. * Theoretical, conceptual or methodological contributions to further the field of research around the outlined topic. EASST's Eurograd mailing list -- eurograd-easst.net@lists.easst.net Archive: https://lists.easst.net/hyperkitty/list/eurograd-easst.net@lists.easst.net/ Edit your delivery settings there using Account dropdown, Mailman settings. Website: https://easst.net/easst_eurograd/ Meet us on Mastodon: https://assemblag.es/@easst Or X: https://twitter.com/STSeasstview formatted text
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