scholarly journals Democratising utopian thought in participatory agenda setting

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niklas Gudowsky ◽  
Ulrike Bechtold ◽  
Walter Peissl ◽  
Mahshid Sotoudeh
Keyword(s):  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Setting Process ◽  
Methodological Improvement ◽  
Utopian Thought ◽  
The Eu

AbstractEngaging non-experts in matters of science and technology has been increasingly stressed in both rhetoric and action during the past decades. Under the call for moving participation upstream, agenda setting processes have been identified as viable entry point for laypeople’s experiential and value-based knowledge into science, technology and innovation governance (STI). Harnessing visioning for target setting promises to elicit such knowledge, whilst at the same time evading the dilemma of informing participants about STI that does not exist prior to engagement. To test such claims, we investigate a large-scale citizen-visioning exercise employed as an initiation of a transdisciplinary research and innovation agenda setting process, namely CIMULACT. In a comparable Europe-wide process, more than 1000 laypeople (citizens) produced 179 visions of desirable futures which built the basis for co-creating future research topics for advising the EU research and innovation programme Horizon 2020. We provide in depth insights into the visioning methodology for inclusion of citizens into STI agenda setting, and discuss room for methodological improvement regarding potential loss and gains of creativity and diversity of opinions considering empirical results of ex-post participant evaluation questionnaires (n ≈ 964). The discussed data shows a generally positive evaluation of the process and engagement, since citizens are in retrospective content with the process and visions, they would participate again in a similar event, and they are in favour of the EU to continue hosting such events in the future. However, citizens were rather sceptic whether the results actually (can/will) have an impact on the stated aim of integration in research and innovation agenda setting.

The European Union and Israel since Oslo

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry van Bommel
Keyword(s):  
The European Union ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
Scientific Cooperation ◽  
Association Agreement ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
Peace Initiatives ◽  
The Eu

This chapter discusses the strengthening of ties between the EU and Israel during the breakdown of Oslo as well as during other fruitless peace initiatives. Shortly after the Oslo process began, the EU and Israel initiated negotiations on broadening their cooperation. This led to the signing of the EU–Israel Association Agreement in 1995. As well as economic cooperation, which was established as early as 1975 in a cooperation agreement, this new treaty included other areas, such as scientific and technical research. In more recent years the relationship between the EU and Israel has been deepened further. In 2014 the EU and Israel signed the Horizon 2020 scientific cooperation agreement, which gives Israel equal access with EU member states to the largest-ever EU research and innovation program. In itself, there is nothing wrong with the deepening of economic, scientific, cultural, and political relations between countries. However, the deepening of relations between the EU and Israel means indirect support for the Israeli occupation and the policy of expanding the settlements.

scholarly journals Science and Technology Policy Research in the EU: From Framework Programme to HORIZON 2020

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junic Kim ◽  
Jaewook Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Technology Policy ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Science And Technology Policy ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Framework Programme ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
The Eu

Science and Technology policy is regarded as an essential factor for future growth in the EU, and Horizon 2020 is the world’s most extensive research and innovation programme created by the European Union to support and encourage research in the European Research Area (ERA). The purpose of this study is to analyse and evaluate the changes to the EU’s science and technology policies from Framework Programme to Horizon 2020 and to provide vital information to research organisations and academia to conceive and conduct future research on international cooperation with the EU. Through a policy analysis, this study summarised the four science and technology policy implications: (1) building ecosystems through mutual complementation among industries, (2) solving social problems through science and technology, (3) strengthening SMEs’ participation, and (4) sharing knowledge and strengthening collaboration with non-EU countries.

Lessons learned from injection into sedimentary geothermal aquifers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maren Brehme ◽  
Abel Marko ◽  
Santiago Aldaz ◽  
Guido Blöcher ◽  
Ernst Huenges
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Sustainable Operation ◽  
Aquifer Properties ◽  
Flow Pathways

<p>Reasons for injectivity decline were investigated at different geothermal sites in Europe. Due to low injectivities, production rates have to be reduced and the site faces negative commercial implications. In addition to historical operation data, fluid and rock samples were investigated in the laboratory. Analysis and experiments focus on physical, chemical and biological processes and their interaction. Results show different processes being responsible for injection-triggered occlusion of flow pathways, e.g. fines migration, precipitation, micro-biological activity, aquifer properties, corrosion or O<sub>2</sub> inflow.</p><p>Lessons learned will be shown, from preparation of large-scale projects, from monitoring programmes towards sustainable operation.</p><p>Activities are taking place in the frame of the DESTRESS project. The DESTRESS project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 691728.</p>

Climate Advanced Forecasting of sub-seasonal Extremes (CAFE), ITN Project

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro Corral ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Atmospheric Flow ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Seasonal Time Scale

<p>The CAFE Project is a Marie S. Curie Innovative-Training-Network (ITN) project funded by the EU. The ultimate goal of the CAFE project is to contribute to the improvement of sub-seasonal predictability of extreme weather events. This will be addressed through a structured and cross-disciplinary program, training 12 early stage researchers who undertake their PhD theses. CAFE brings together a team of co-supervisors with complementary expertise in climate science, meteorology, statistics and nonlinear physics.</p><p>The CAFE team comprises ten beneficiaries (seven academic centres, one governmental agency, one intergovernmental agency and one company: ARIA, CRM, CSIC, ECMWF, MeteoFrance, MPIPKS, PIK, TUBAF, UPC, UR) and ten partner organizations (CEA and Munich Re, among them).</p><p>CAFE research is organized into three main lines: Atmospheric and oceanic processes, Analysis of extremes, and Tools for predictability, all focused on the sub-seasonal time scale. This includes the study of Rossby wave packets, Madden-Julian oscillation, Lagrangian coherent structures, ENSO-related extreme weather anomalies, cascades of extreme events, extreme precipitation, large-scale atmospheric flow patterns, and stochastic weather generators, among other topics.</p><p>Information about the CAFE project will be updated at:</p><p>http://www.cafes2se-itn.eu/</p><p>https://twitter.com/CAFE_S2SExtrem</p><p>This project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 813844.</p>

scholarly journals FROM EDUCATIONAL POLICIES TO ACTUAL PRACTICES: YOUNG NEETS IN ROMANIA

2020 ◽  
Vol LXVIII (2) ◽  
pp. 105-124
Author(s):  
Simona Sava
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
School To Work ◽  
European Level ◽  
Public Employment ◽  
Know How ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Work Transition ◽  
Low Performance ◽  
Governmentality Studies ◽  
The Eu

According to Eurostat data, the young NEETs (Not in education, employment or training) rate in Romania is one of the highest in Europe. It ranks 4th in Europe in 2019 (after Italy, Greece, and Slovenia) (Eurostat, 2020), with 11.5% for men, and 27.8% for women (while the EU average is 12.2% for men, and 20.8% for women). In addition, Romania has one of the highest rates of ’other NEETs’, not registered by public employment agencies: only 4.8% were registered in 2018, and received the NEETs benefits (CE, 2018). Recent data show the low performance of Romania in monitoring the school to work transition of youths, in accessing the European funds to support young people entering the labor market, or for offering the Youth Guarantee (Beadle et al., 2020). Even so, Romania, like all other member states, cannot afford to lose the youth capital, while it faces sharp population ageing and outgoing migration. During the last decade, we saw emerging a strong know-how for understanding and addressing the NEETs issue. Reflecting on the research data from different reports and studies, from various findings in large scale H2020 research and innovation projects on NEETs, the paper elaborates on proactive or remedial integrative solutions for improving the situation of young NEETs in Romania, building up on the good practices in atracting NEETs, at national and European level, while using the theoretical framework of the governmentality studies applied to the youth field (Besley, 2010).

Member States in the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programmes

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.28) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Dina Bērziņa
Keyword(s):  
Group Performance ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
Member States ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Framework Programmes ◽  
The Eu

Sustainable growth is the key driver of development and it depends on research and innovation which creates investment opportunities for new and better products and services and thereby increases the competitiveness and employment. Research has a long history on our old continent: the European Union is a research think-tank, still the world’s leading producer of scientific knowledge but is lagging in implementation of the results. Therefore, constitution of the Framework Programmes enabled better coordination of research among all the participating countries. The EU Framework Programmes celebrated 30 years of operation recently – they have become a key element of the research policy in Europe today. Since the First Framework Programme launched in 1984, the current Horizon 2020 has expanded in scope and scale by attracting more resources and participating countries performing research on diverse topics. This paper provides an overview of the EU Member States’ engagement with emphasis on the two last Framework Programmes. It outlines the current disproportion with respect to different country group performance and provides links to various data sources for further studies.  

scholarly journals Deliberative Agenda Setting: Piloting Reform of Direct Democracy in California

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1030-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Fishkin ◽  
Thad Kousser ◽  
Robert C. Luskin ◽  
Alice Siu
Keyword(s):  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Setting Process ◽  
Legislative Proposal

Can the people deliberate to set the agenda for direct democracy in large scale states? How might such an institution work? The 2011 California Deliberative Poll piloted a solution to this problem helping to produce proposals that went to the ballot and also to the legislature. The paper reports on how this pilot worked and what it suggests about a possible institution to solve the deliberative agenda setting problem. The legislative proposal passed the legislature but the ballot proposition (Prop 31) failed. However, we show that the proposals actually deliberated on by the people might well have passed if not encumbered by additional elements not deliberated on by the public that drew opposition. The paper ends with an outline of how the process of deliberative agenda setting for the initiative might work, vetting proposals once every two years that could get on the ballot for a greatly reduced cost in signature collections. Adding deliberation to the agenda setting process would allow for a thoughtful and informed public will formation to determine the agenda for direct democracy.

scholarly journals Cross-domain scenario data model for the matching of comparable disaster situations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Friedemann ◽  
Fabian Henkel ◽  
Benjamin Barth ◽  
Jordi Vendrell ◽  
David Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Lessons Learnt

<p>Our ecosystems are facing increasingly extensive and complex natural disasters originating from natural or man-made hazards. Examples include the wild fires in Portugal 2017, Chile 2017, California 2018 and most recently Australia 2019/2020 as well as widespread flood events in Austria and the Czech Republic in 2013 and in Serbia and Croatia in 2014. These complex crisis situations highlight the increasing demands of stakeholders to monitor, anticipate, prepare for and learn from disasters. Research and innovation in this area needs to revolve around the expertise and guidance from practitioners in order to find solutions that are accepted and to benefit from their domain knowledge. In the European Commission (EC) H2020-funded project HEIMDALL on a Multi-Hazard Cooperative Management Tool for Data Exchange, Response Planning and Scenario Building we address the challenge of co-designing technological solutions for an improved adaptive emergency management at local, regional, national and European level with a multi-disciplinary group of experts including firefighters, police, emergency medical services, command and control and civil protection.</p><p>In order to find the most practical scenario-based solutions we follow a three-step approach: 1) Identification of immediate and long-term prevention and response planning activities that involve complex multi-hazard scenarios and information that needs to be represented in a conceptual scenario model to improve these activities; 2) Extension of that scenario data model by a harmonized lessons learnt data structure which allows stakeholders to capture experience of the emergency management in complex disasters; 3) Development and implementation of a scenario matching tool which allows users to find situations with a similar context, environmental conditions, hazard behaviour and stressed capabilities, from local storage as well as shared by other organizations. We believe that the combination of recording and matching scenarios including lessons learnt from prior incidents can improve the ability of stakeholders to learn and evolve from complex situations and thereby allow them to respond more effectively and operate more efficiently during disasters. Results of successive user exercises and evaluations of the implemented products and tools throughout the project underpin this assumption and at the same time indicate future research needs.</p><p>The HEIMDALL project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 740689.</p>

scholarly journals Kierunki polityki UE w zakresie opieki zdrowotnej związanej ze starzeniem się społeczeństwa

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 137-147
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Regiec
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Policy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
European Health ◽  
The Eu

EU health care policy objectives in connection with the society growing olderEuropean Union’s society is aging, which generates the increase in needs regarding health care and its financial repercussions. In order to meet economic needs increased by ageing population, the Health for Growth Programme was commenced. Moreover Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, will focus on, amongst societal challenges, health, demographic change and well-being. One of the other milestones for European health care was entering into force the Directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare.

scholarly journals Alternative Mechanisms for Funding Research in the European Union

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 203-208
Author(s):  
N. A. Pozhilova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Third Way ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Capital Financing ◽  
Venture Funding ◽  
The Eu

Today, despite the known scale of European Union grant funding in support of research and innovation, the EU Commission seeks to ensure the use of alternative sources of funding, for example, venture capital financing by collective investment enterprises, including through the creation of a pan-European fund of funds, as well as using such mechanisms like crowdfunding. The paper provides an analysis of three possible promising areas of alternative financing using the current mechanisms of the financial market, which are used on an equal basis both in the EU and in other countries, including an analysis of obtaining funding for projects that received grants under the EU Horizon 2020 Framework Program. The first way is to finance scientific projects thanks to new venture funding mechanisms of the European fund VentureEU, the second is to ensure the attraction of funds through crowdfunding (collective financing), the third way is provided by enterprises entering an IPO. The use of alternative methods of financing makes it possible, on the one hand, to ensure the commercialization of research projects that allow research teams to receive additional remuneration and direct it to further work in the field of research, and on the other hand, to draw public attention to pressing problems of science and technology.

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