Public Participation, Science and Society Tools for Dynamic and Responsible Governance of Research and Innovation

• Main Authors: Rask, Mikko, Mačiukaitė-Žvinienė, Saulė, Tauginienė, Loreta, Dikčius, Vytautas, Matschoss, Kaisa, Aarrevaara, Timo, d’Andrea, Luciano
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2018; University of Helsinki; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Citizen Science Project; Development studies; Dynamic Governance; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Ecology; Environment & Society; Environmental Issues; Environmental Policy; Environmental policy and protocols; EU Conference; Governance; Innovation; Interdisciplinary studies; International Advisory Board Members; Intra Mural; Kaisa Matschoss; Loreta Tauginienė; Luciano d'Andrea; National DNA Database; Nature; Nonfiction; Pe Activity; Pe Evaluation; Pe Initiative; Pe Process; Political activism / Political engagement; Political Science; Politics; Politics and government; Public Engagement; Public opinion and polls; Public Policy; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research > Citizen participation; Research and information: general; Research Methods in Environmental Studies; Research methods: general; Research-Methodology; RRI; RRI Approach; RRI Tool; Saulė Maukaitė-Žvinienė; Science; Science and state > Citizen participation; Science-Citizen participation-Case studies; Social impact of environmental issues; Social Science; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; Successful Pe; TAMI Model; Technological innovations > Citizen participation; The environment; Timo Aarrevaara; Vytautas Dikus; World Wide Views; National DNA Database; RRI; Pe Initiative; Intra Mural; Citizen Science Project; RRI Tool; TAMI Model; Pe; EU Conference; RRI Approach; International Advisory Board Members; Pe Process; World Wide Views; Pe Evaluation; Successful Pe; Dynamic Governance; Pe Activity
• ISBN: 1351272950; 9781351272957; 9781138574953; 9780367891022; 1138574953; 0367891026; 1351272942; 1351272934; 9781351272933; 1351272969; 9781351272964; 9781351272940
• DOI: 10.4324/9781351272964

The field of public participation is developing fast, with phenomena such as citizen science and crowdsourcing extending the resource base of research, stimulating innovation and making science more accessible to the general population. Promoting public participation means giving more weight to citizens and civil society actors in the definition of research needs and in the implementation of research and innovation. As yet, there is limited understanding of the implications of widespread use of public participation and as a result, there is a risk that it will become a burden for research and an obstacle to bridging the gap between research and society. This volume presents the findings of a three-year international study on innovative public participation. The resulting work studies the characteristics and trends of innovative public participation through a global sample of 38 case studies. It provides theoretical generalisations on the dynamics of public participation, suggestions for an evaluation framework and clear empirical examples of how public participation works in practice. Illustrated by best practice cases, the authors identify characteristics which contribute to successful public participation. The book is aimed primarily at scholars and practitioners of public participation, as well as research managers, policy makers and business actors interested in related issues. There is also a secondary market for students and scholars of European governance studies, sociology and political sciences.