PUENTES Program: An Institutional Response Claiming for Bridges in a Time of Trumpeting Walls

AbstractThe urgency of current social challenges is driving new approaches to framing and funding research, development, and innovation. The “mission-oriented” approach framing the EU’s New Horizons funding program is the latest institutional response to the pressing needs of large system transformations we are facing. We view the likely targets of mission-oriented programs as dynamic entities requiring both adaptive, inclusive responses, and anticipatory exploration. We demonstrate how participatory foresight methods provide an essential forum and process for the expression of plural, socio-technological imaginaries. As citizens and other stakeholder groups have demonstrated their myriad capacities to contribute to research and innovation agenda-setting processes in future-oriented citizen dialogs, we argue that such methods are the essential compliment to the mission-oriented framework coming into play. Participatory foresight engages citizens in critical thinking and creative activities to articulate the evolution of socio-technological issues over an extended time horizon, seeking diverse perspectives on what goals and priorities will come to define “missions.” Utilizing outputs from two recent projects, we argue that participatory foresight methods can play an essential role in bridging citizen needs with policy requirements, and will increase the reflexivity of innovation systems that invest the needed time and resources into exploring the depth of multi-actor interests and intersections. Finally, we outline possible impact pathways demonstrating how these “bottom-up” contributions could be integrated into the development of challenge-led innovation priorities.

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A Partial Institutional Response

Atlas of Lebanon ◽

10.4000/books.ifpo.13276 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 86-87

Author(s):

Chadi Abdallah ◽

Stéphane Cartier ◽

Claire Gillette

Keyword(s):

Institutional Response

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An Analysis of Canadian Institute for Health Research Funding for Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Research and Treatment ◽

10.1155/2016/8106595 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

R. Deonandan ◽

E. Y. Liu ◽

B. Kolisnyk ◽

A. T. M. Konkle

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Clinical Research ◽

Biomedical Research ◽

Health Research ◽

Research Funding ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Spectrum Disorder ◽

Institutional Response ◽

Behavioural Interventions ◽

Canadian Institute

We examined patterns of Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) funding on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research. From 1999 to 2013, CIHR funded 190 ASD grants worth $48 million. Biomedical research received 43% of grants (46% of dollars), clinical research 27% (41%), health services 10% (7%), and population health research 8% (3%). The greatest number of grants was given in 2009, but 2003 saw the greatest amount. Funding is clustered in a handful of provinces and institutions, favouring biomedical research and disfavouring behavioural interventions, adaptation, and institutional response. Preference for biomedical research may be due to the detriment of clinical research.

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Institutional response to computer‐related repetitive strain injury

Campus-Wide Information Systems ◽

10.1108/10650749910260389 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 27-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Steve Levinson

Keyword(s):

Repetitive Strain Injury ◽

Institutional Response ◽

Repetitive Strain

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Beneficence, Street Begging, and Diverted Giving Schemes

Political Research Quarterly ◽

10.1177/1065912918768031 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 71 (4) ◽

pp. 923-935

Author(s):

Cristian Pérez-Muñoz

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Main Idea ◽

The United States ◽

Policy Instrument ◽

Potential Solution ◽

Institutional Response ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Ability To Act ◽

Normative Evaluation ◽

Moral Duties

In recent years, some cities and localities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere have adopted or intend to adopt one potential solution to the difficulties inherent in addressing the needs of street beggars: diverted giving schemes (DGSs). A DGS is an institutional response designed to motivate people to donate money in charity boxes or donation meters rather than directly to street beggars. Their advocates believe that DGSs are both more efficient and more ethically permissible than direct giving to individual beggars. This article asks whether and how a DGS can be justified. It offers a normative evaluation of the main idea behind this policy, namely, that anonymous and spontaneous donations to charity boxes are in themselves an adequate policy instrument to address the problem of street begging. Ultimately, the paper argues against this idea and develops the case that DGSs can potentially compromise our ability to act on our moral duties toward truly needy beggars. Moreover, it explains why and under which circumstances this kind of program can potentially and seriously interfere with the freedom and opportunities of individuals in the begging population.

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Institutional Response and Impact of Reporting Sexual Violence: An Examination of Sexual and Gender Minority College Students

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/08862605211055078 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052110550

Author(s):

Lauren R. Grocott ◽

Nykia R. Leach ◽

Leslie A. Brick ◽

Richard Meza-Lopez ◽

Lindsay M. Orchowski

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Sexual Violence ◽

Minority Students ◽

Sexual Minority ◽

Sexual Victimization ◽

Poor Response ◽

College Campuses ◽

Institutional Response ◽

Heterosexual Women ◽

And Gender

Although college students who are sexual and gender minorities (SGM) experience higher rates of sexual victimization than their peers who identify as heterosexual and cisgender, there is a paucity in the literature investigating how college campuses can address the needs of SGM college students in violence prevention and response. The present research examines a subset of data from the Healthy Minds Survey (HMS), a national web-based survey administered across two universities from 2016 to 2017. We examined the role of SGM status in the rates of sexual violence, perceptions of their college/university’s institutional response to reports of sexual violence (e.g., taking a report seriously and taking corrective action), and the perceived impact of reporting sexual violence (e.g., students would support the person making a report). Logistic regression analyses revealed higher rates of sexual victimization among sexual minority students (compared to heterosexual), women (compared to men), and transgender and gender diverse (TGD) students (compared to cisgender). In addition, sexual minority (compared to heterosexual), women (compared to men), and TGD (compared to cisgender) students were more likely to perceive their institution would have a poor response to reports of sexual violence. Women and sexual minority students were also likely to believe that students who report sexual violence would suffer academically. These findings highlight the need for continued efforts to enhance sexual assault prevention and response efforts on college campuses, especially for SGM students.

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