BOOK OF ABSTRACTS. INTERFACES BETWEEN SCIENCE & SOCIETY Collecting Experiences for Good Practice International Worksop - Milano 27 - 28 November 2003

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INTERFACES BETWEEN SCIENCE & SOCIETY
Collecting Experiences for Good Practice
EDITED BY
Angela Guimarães Pereira
Mercè Agüera Cabo
Silvio Funtowicz
BOOK OF ABSTRACTS
International Worksop - Milano 27 - 28 November 2003
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Mercè Agüera Cabü
Silvia Funtowicz
Knowledge Assessment Methodologies THE MISSION OF THE JRC
The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception,
development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies, As a service of the European Commission,
the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union. Close to the policy­
making processes, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special
interests, whether private or national.
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Printed in Italy INTERFACES BETWEEN SCIENCE & SOCIETY
COLLECTING EXPERIENCES FOR GOOD PRACTICE
In recent years science has come down from its academic ivory tower, and is now managed as a producer of intellectual property
in a marketplace of corporate customers. There is another transformation, where science related to public policy has been brought
into the forum of debate among concerned citizens. The first development has led to the industrialisation of the research enterprise.
The second has led to the engagement of the public in the assessment of the relevant knowledge and the governance of its production.
It is now appreciated that in a fully democratic society, science must submit to public scrutiny and participation in the appropriate
ways. The task of this conference will be to explore the implications of this new extension of democracy. The variety of interfaces
between science and society will be explored, so that guidance on best practice in each area can be achieved.
In every area, the workshop will be encouraged to a rounded view of the issues. Thus, while reviewing positive accomplishments
and prospects for further progress, the discussion should include difficulties, disadvantages and dangers of such developments. In
this way the workshop should contribute to enrichment and deepening of our understanding of these important new trends in the
social relations of science.
THEMES COyERED^BY THE WORKSHOP
Processes
■ COMMUNICATING AMONG PLURAL PERSPECTIVES: Exploring the communication of different kinds of information
among participants with different backgrounds and perspectives.
MANAGING UNCERTAINTY, COMPLEXITY AND VALUE-COMMITMENTS: Exploring the management of these
qualitative aspects of information among the diverse . Implementation of precautionary principles.
■ KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT: Integrating the different methods and criteria of assessment of information among the
diverse perspectives.
Context
TRANSPARENCY, OPENNESS AND PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE POLICY PROCESSES: Developments in the principles
and conduct of governance, especially regulatory agencies, enabling broader participation, at both national and EU levels.
■ COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH: Reviewing relevant worldwide experience on community based research, e.g.
science shops, including their societal and policy impacts. Exploring how these can be useful in the context of new EC initiatives
such as science & society interfaces; science & governance; risk and governance; etc.
■ EMERGING STYLES OF GOVERNANCE AND NEW ICT: Exploring how the new Information and Communication
Technologies can become a convivial medium of social learning and governance of scientific issues in the EU context. ("e2
governance" = electronic and extended). TABLE DF CONTENTS
Plenary Sessions
Science & Society Interfaces: Process
Jerry Ravetz Page 3
Evaluating Experiments in the 'New' Governance of Science and Technology: some Reflections on Theory and Practice
Page 5 Jacquie Burgess
Quicksandy Knowledge Bases. The Need for Guidance for dealing with Uncertainty, Assumptions and Value
Commitments in Environmental Assessment
Jeroen P. van der Sluijs Page 8
Why Knowledge Assessment?
Silvio Funtowicz Page 10
Transparency, Openness and Participation in Science Policy Processes
Maria Eduarda Gonçalves Page 12
Linking Science, Policy and Local Governance: Moving beyond 'Talk the Talk' through Community-Based Research
Jennifer Bellamy Page 14
Governance and Information and Communication Technologies in 201 0
António S. Câmara Page 16
A Forward Look into the "Knowledge Society" and its Implications for Public Policies
Paraskevas Caracostas Page 17
Breakout Sessions
Science, Sustainable Development and other Knowledges Page 2 7
Articulating Alternative Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Development: the Scientific Challenge
Gilberto Gallopín
Knowledge Hybridization. Science and Local Knowledges in the Search for Sustainable Development
Hebe Vessuri Systems of Knowledge for the Conservation of the Maya Rainforest (Mexico and Guatemala)
David Manuel Navarrete
Whose VISTA and Why: Identifying Beneficiaries and Evaluating their Perceptions of Land Use Change in European
Traditional Agricultural Landscapes
Jacqueline de Chazal & Sandra Lavorel
Snails, Sex and Science: Communicating Values, Facts and Interests between Scientists and Stakeholders Page 27
The Tributyltin (TBT) story 1870-2000: When Small was Sexually Powerful
David Gee
Maritime Shipping and the Environment. The Potential of Science and Scientists to Assist in Policy Planning for the
Environment and in Raising Public Awareness
Cafo C. ten Hallers-Tjabbes
Long-term: Thinking, Monitoring, Communicating and Cooperating
Sofia Guedes Vaz
Risk Management and Food Safety, Learning from the Nitrofen Case
Lucilla Gregoretti & Johannes Kern
Uncertainty, Assumptions, and Value Commitments in the Knowledge Base of Complex Environmental Problems Page 3 3
Towards Multi Dimensional Uncertainty Assessment
By Jeroen Van Der Sluijs
Decision-Making under Uncertainty: Is there any other Kind?
Naomi Oreskes
Knowledge and Values in Transdisciplinary Research
Barbara Regeer
Creating Ears for Inclusive Policy Page 39
Institutional Divide: Are They Ready To Listen To Citizenry?
Angela Guimarães Pereira
Looking at Policy Making from the Scientists Perspective: the Case of Air Pollution Research and Policy
Frank Raes Gender Approach to Environmental Governance
Mercè Agüera Cabo
Influencing Policy Making through Reflexivity: a Feasible Challenge for Science AND Public Participation?
Matthieu Graye
Principles of Transparency: The Institutionalisation of Public Engagement at the European Food Safety Agency
Javier Le za un & Robert Doubleday
The Post-Normal Times: Broadening the Cultural Context for Public Dialogue on Science and Policy
Sylvia S. Tognetti
Institutional Arrangements and Public Participation: a Laboratory of Local Governance
Francesco Mazzeo Rinaldi
Science Communication: Hierarchies or Partnerships? Page 51
Science Communication: Hierarchies or Partnerships?
Bruna De Marchi
Communication: the Gap between Information and Scientific Knowledge. Role of the Associations
Nicole Alby
Informing to Educate. Can the Media Help to Enable Women to Safeguard their Health Themselves?
Gianna Milano
Why Partnership with Users?
Gabriella Salvini Porro
Science for Governance: the Implications of the Complexity Revolution Page 59
lhe Crash of Reductionism against the Complexity of Reality
Mario Giampietro
For Simple Systems We Can Use Models, but Complex Systems Must Have Narrative
Tim Allen
Multiple Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal Metabolism (MSIASM): Examples of Applications
Jesus Ramos Martin Rethinking the Concept of Sound Science in the GMO Arena?
Anne Ingeborg Myhr
The Pros and Cons of Messy Governance Page 65
The Uncertainty and Complexity of Managing Uncertainty and Complexity
Roger Strand
How Extended Peer Communities Can Handle Subtlety and Complexity in the Assessment of Scientific Materials
Jerry Ravetz
The Norcat Project: Managing Uncertainty, Complexity and Landscape values in a Norwegian village
Silvia Cañellas i Boltà
Participation Under Uncertainty
Moses A. Boudourides
Technology, Foresight and People Page 71
A Concept of Participatory Technological Envisioning
Bruce Beck
A Strategic and Practical Approach to Sustainable Development of Cities
Peter Head
Civil Infrastructure as if People Really Matter
Sarah Hunt
New Perspectives on Conservation of our Cultural Heritage at Risk
Sc/ra Menoni
Participatory Technology Assessment Processes: Reflect