Conference: learning by doing.! Making interdisciplinarity work! Lessons learnt from FP7 projects!
Interdisciplinary projects in the fields of Energy, Environment and Transport Andrea Ricci - ISIS
Bruxelles, January 15th, 2013
This presentation ! Interdisciplinarity in R&I projects ! MOVE TOGETHER (Transport) ! PASHMINA and FLAGSHIP (SSH, Transport-Energy-Environment-Landuse) ! Interdisciplinarity: barriers, good practices and tools
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Interdisciplinarity ! Combining natural sciences with SSH
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SSH and interdisciplinarity Scientific & Technological research
Technological innovation
Identification of RTD priorities
Socio-economic Research Social innovation
solutions
solutions
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Addressing grand societal challenges
Interdisciplinarity ! Combining natural sciences with SSH ! Integration of different thematic disciplines (e.g. transport + energy + environment + landuse…) capability of analyzing complex systems
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FLAGSHIP
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Interdisciplinarity ! Combining natural sciences with SSH ! Integration of different thematic disciplines (e.g. transport + energy + environment + landuse…) ! Vertical integration (policy driven R&I) Capability of involving relevant stakeholders along the entire process of policy/decision making
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Interdisciplinarity ! Combining natural sciences with SSH ! Integration of different thematic disciplines (e.g. transport + energy + environment + landuse…) ! Vertical integration (policy driven R&I) ! Combining qualitative and quantitative methods
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Back to the renaissance man???
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MOVE TOGETHER
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Objectives To enhance citizens' involvement and direct contribution to urban sustainable mobility by: ! raising their awareness of European targeted research and policies which will help to solve urban mobility problems; ! anticipating the knowledge of the impact that such EU research programmes may have on their daily life ! making them conscious of how far more responsible individual choices can help to achieve better urban mobility and quality of life; ! stimulating a more active support to and participation in planning and implementing European projects, including the related innovations and sustainable mobility policies, in their cities A. Ricci – 15/01/2013
Key features ! International focus group of randomly selected EU 27 citizens ! Local citizens groups ! Stakeholders conferences ! Traveling exhibition on new mobility culture ! Citizens’ declarations ! Media (videos etc.)
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Integrated, participatory management
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PASHMINA
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Barriers ! Objectives not aligned (scientific progress Vs societal problem solving)
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Barriers ! Objectives not aligned (scientific progress Vs societal problem solving) ! Language (unwilling?) linguistic terrorism…
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Barriers ! Objectives not aligned (scientific progress Vs societal problem solving) ! Language: (unwilling?) linguistic terrorism… ! Academic bad habit of working in (disciplinary) isolation : the fishtank syndrome
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Barriers ! Objectives not aligned (scientific progress Vs societal problem solving) ! Language (unwilling linguistic terrorism…) ! Academic bad habit of working in (disciplinary) isolation : the fishtank syndrome ! Disciplinary sectarianism of (most) journals
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Good practices ! The sooner the better: joint, substantive involvement of disciplinary communities in proposal design/goal setting
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Good practices ! The sooner the better: joint, substantive involvement of disciplinary communities in proposal design/goal setting ! Mediator (coordinator?)
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Good practices ! The sooner the better: joint, substantive involvement of disciplinary communities in proposal design/goal setting ! Mediator (coordinator?) ! Interdisciplinary, authoritative advisory board ! Interdisciplinary review of deliverables
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WP structure
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Tools ! Reality check: Impact assessment and Social Cost Benefit Analysis
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Tools ! Reality check: Impact assessment and Social Cost Benefit Analysis ! Scenarios (and foresight): storylines (narrative) combined with figures and models (quantitative)
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FLAGSHIP
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Tools ! Reality check: Impact assessment and Social Cost Benefit Analysis ! Scenarios (and foresight): storylines (narrative) combined with figures and models (quantitative) ! …and interface: indicators
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Tools ! Reality check: Impact assessment and Social Cost Benefit Analysis ! Scenarios (and foresight): sotrylines (narrative) combined with figures and models (quantitative) ! …and interface: indicators ! Consultation (internal = management tool, and external = consensus building)
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Thank you Andrea Ricci ISIS
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