Dear all,
The Chair of Science, Technology and Gender Studies (STGS) at
Friedrich-Alexander-Universitt Erlangen-Nrnberg, headed by Prof. Maria
Rentetzi, invites you to virtually attend its next guest lecture:
Prof. Saradindu Bhaduri
"From Margins to Mainstream: Locating Frugal Innovations in Science Diplomacy
Discourse"
Thursday, May 19, 2022, 18:00 (CEST)
To join via Zoom please register here: https://tinyurl.com/2rpv3ntx.
In recent decades, science diplomacy has gained much currency in global
discourse for its perceived potential to foster regional and international
cooperation around various 'grand' challenges facing the international
community. Situated primarily at the intersection of S&T policy and
international affairs, science diplomacy practices have emerged as a panacea
for generating relevant knowledge and feeding new ideas into diplomacy to
serve global public goods. However, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought
to the surface what was until now a 'below the radar' activity, largely
limited to the economies of the global South. It has exposed severe
limitations of extant production-innovation-distribution systems and their
insistence upon formalized tools and protocols in regulation and governance.
The pandemic prompts us to explore alternative knowledge pathways that seek to
occupy the innovation space amidst extreme uncertainties. Citizens and
'non-experts' (or unrecognized experts) are often the critical drivers of such
a frugal innovation wave and thus should receive more recognition in
contemporary science diplomacy discourse. By recombining existing materials,
knowledge, and skills in creative ways, such cooperation can help foster
globalized interactions and generate relevant solutions. Strengthening such
organic human-centered technology governance against the highly technocratic
paradigm institutionalized by the contemporary economic order can be central
to reshaping science diplomacy strategies in the post-COVID era. Recognizing
the crucial role frugal responses play could be the first step for science
diplomacy to strengthen its role in policymaking.
Saradindu Bhaduri is an economist and Associate Professor at the Centre for
Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. In 2015-17
he held the Prince Claus Chair in Frugal Innovation for Development and Equity
at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Among his latest publications are the
co-edited collection Informal Sector Innovations: Insights from the Global
South (Routledge, 2017) and the article "RRI Beyond Its Comfort Zone:
Initiating a Dialogue with Frugal Innovation by 'the Vulnerable'" in Science,
Technology and Society (2020).
Best wishes,
Bjrn Bosserhoff
Dr. Bjrn Bosserhoff
Project Manager ERC project "Living with Radiation" (HRP-IAEA)
Chair of Science, Technology and Gender Studies
FAU Erlangen-Nrnberg
bjoern.bosserhoff@fau.de
https://www.stgs.fau.de/
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