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Project Code [2012-SD-PhD-6]
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Project title
Communicating Responsible Research and Innovation� steps towards future environmental science and public engagement
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
Dublin City University (DCU)
Lead Applicant
Padraig Murphy
Project Abstract
There is a growing awareness at policy level, in the West particularly, of the gap between scientists and the rest of society regarding engagement with important matters of sustainability and resilience in what Ulrich Beck has called the �risk society� of late modernity. There is also an awareness that scientists need to do more to engage. It has been a slow process of discovery for Ireland � while institutions such as UNESCO, the European Science Foundation, the OECD and the EC has put in place guidelines and steers for greater dialogue between scientists, we are now seeing greater policy engagement following debates on offshore resources, nuclear, GM foods, fracking etc. This PhD scholarship project will track the Government/stakeholder communication processes and interactions for science, technology and innovation and public engagement from the early 2000s during Ireland�s turn toward a �bioeconomy�. It will also assess best international practice of communication and dialogue internationally and develop an engagement toolkit for STRIVE scientists for targeted publics for current and future emerging biotechnologies, with particular emphasis on public conflict. Data and criteria will be assessed using contemporary science communication/ science studies methods.
Grant Approved
�72,842.00
Research Hub
Sustainability
Research Theme
Socio-Economic Considerations
Initial Projected Completion Date
13/12/2015