Terza Scuola Estiva Mediterranea 3-5 October, 2012, Sassari, Sardegna, Italy Norbert Steinhaus The International Science Shop Contact Point The Living Knowledge Network

‘Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share the scientific advancement and its benefits’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Art 27(1) (United Nations, 1948)

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu 1.Education University Missions 2. Research There‘s more than just Education and Research 3.Service to Society 2. Research

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu Definition A Science Shop (is a unit that) provides independent participatory research support in response to concerns experienced by civil society. Civil society organizations have their own research needs Within the concept of ‘social demand’ for knowledge there is an increasing necessity for communication from society to researchers. Science Shops are important actors in Community Based Research

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu e.g. universities, independent research facilities How Science Shops are organized and operate is highly dependent on their context. There is not one dominant organisational structure defining a Science Shop. Science Shops are organizations created as mediators between citizen groups and research institutions e.g. trade unions, non-profit orga- nizations, social groups, environ- mentalists, consumers etc.) They are just one type of interface between science and its researchers and society.

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu Organisational Structures

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu Civil Society Organisations Result Issues Science Shops Research Science Shops - Science & Society Interfaces Demand driven No commercial interest Publication of results Feedback to science institutions Demand driven No commercial interest Publication of results Feedback to science institutions

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu Community/voluntary groups Environmental NGOs Local/regional authorities Schools/pupils Patient groups Labour unions Religious groups Individuals (sometimes conditional) Other: student organisations, museums, police, parliamentarians/political parties Some: other research institutes, SMEs, larger firms/industry Clients of Science Shops Demand

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu Mediation process 1.Receive/solicit clients and (new) questions 2.Map the problem (articulation) 3.Preliminary research: Refer, Refuse, Advice or Formulate (scientific) research question ( and funds if required) 4.Find a (co-) supervisor 5.Find a student or researcher 6.Maintain communication and process 7.Facilitate useable presentation / publication of results 8.Help client implement results and formulate follow up actions 9.Make inventory of follow-up research / themes 10.Evaluation

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu Some examples of projects Traffic related air pollution and respiratory health Cosmetics and environment Side-effects of pesticides Environmental education Health related risk communication Textiles, chemicals and allergies Electromagnetic radiation Environmental impact assessment of products Animal welfare and animal testing

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu Benefit and Success of Science Shops Society Access for society groups to research Visibility of science for society Participation of citizens(empowerment) Education Academic curricula, problem-oriented learning Students get aware of science and society issues Research New research topics Scientist get aware of societal demands and needs

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu 70’sNetherlands, USA 80’sAustralia, Denmark, England, Northern Ireland, Germany, Austria, France, Belgium 90’s Canada, Spain, Romania, Norway, Israel, New Zealand, Malaysia, Czech Republic, South Korea, South Africa 00’sBelgium, France, South Korea 2005 Portugal, Greece, Latvia, Japan, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Turkey, Finland, Iceland, Estonia 2006Hungary, China, Italy, Israel, Czech Republic 2007South Africa 2010Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Israel, Norway 2011New shops in Portugal, Germany, Canada, France From the 70’s to 2011

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu General objective: To give citizens around Europe (and beyond) better access to scientific information and expertise! International Science Shop Network ‘Living Knowledge’

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu Increase of visibility and accessibility Exchange of information Internat.Contact Point (24 nat. contact points), Discussion list, Newsletter and Magazine, Website, Conferences (Seville 2005, Paris 2007, Belfast 2009, 2012 in Bonn, next 2014 in Copenhagen) Dissemination of results magazine and newsletter, database(s), linking networks, Mentoring and training consultancy, advise, exchange, Science Shop toolbox, summer schools Research Cooperation ecology, urbanisation, environmental education, health, social issues... Living Knowledge Practical Use Get visible: The cooperation in international projects lead to a world wide recognition of the Science Shop model

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu EC & Science Shops [ACCENT (NoE) ] [ CIPAST (CA)] [SpidERA (SSA)] [ EFSUPS (SSA)] FP 7 – PERARES ( ) GACER (2008) MinForeignAf MATRA-RUG-Romania / International Science Shop Network LIVING KNOWLEDGE [ InMoSion ] [ VECTOR ] [ WINDFARMperception ] [ NewCom ] TRAMS ( ) S&S-CA Science Shop Call 2006 SCIPAS (2000 – 2001) STRATA-AM INTERACTS (2001 – 2003) STRATA-AM ISSNET ( ) RPA-TN

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu PERARES is a project which has been awarded financial support by the European Commission as coordination action through the contract no in FP7 (Area Broader engagement on science-related questions, SiS Structuring public engagement in research (PER). Developed and performed by (and for) Science Shops, Universities and CSOs

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu Activities Debates and dialogues on science and research –Science Festivals, Science Centers and Cafés –On-line dialogues –Pilot international debate: Nanotechnology ( Setting research agenda’s with CSOs –Dialogue between Research Labs and CSOs –Structuring PER: Domestic violence, Local Human Rights A network of research bodies 9 new Science Shops Potential role of Higher Education & Research Councils Evaluation packages - Conferences

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu GACER Global Alliance for Community Engaged Research “network of networks” to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and information across continents and countries to enable interaction and collaboration to further the application and impact of community-based research for a sustainable just future for the people of the world

Science Shop - Wetenschapswinkel - Boutique de Science - Videnskabsbutiken - Wissenschaftsladen - Bazar de las Ciencias - InterMediu GACER Global Alliance for Community Engaged Research Activities of GACER led to a UNESCO Chair for Community- Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, co-chaired by Universtiy of Victoria and PRIA 3 rd Communiqué on Sustainability, Knowledge and Democracy 2 nd Communiqué on North-South Cooperation in Community-University Engagement 1 st Declaration as a focus for global organizing to support and strengthen Community- Engaged Research as a fundamental means of mobilizing and creating knowledge

Thank you for your attention. Norbert Steinhaus Henk Mulder (PERARES coordinator) ; International Science Shop Network ‘Living Knowledge’ Internat. Science Shop Contact Point Bonn Science Shop We only have to step out of the front door to face all the challenges which are taught in the lectures!

Participatory research - What happens right now? Civil society acts on research and technologies since a long time CSOs and CSO coalitions on broad issues like agriculture, climate change, economic justice, women rights, environment, etc. link more and more to questions of R&I, and express own research demands some CSOs focus on specific research domains and technologies they act on the local, regional, national and international level they are watch-dogs, force of proposals & alternatives, partners of different actors including scientists

10 reasons why Participatory Research is interesting AND necessary 1.The research and innovation that is prioritised and funded today will have a decisive impact on the future of our societies and our planet. It depends largely on underlying principles and values, how it is governed, and by whom. 2.Participatory research integrates divers forms of knowledge (professional, empirical, local, traditional, etc.) acknowledging that (techno)-scientific knowledge is necessary but not sufficient to solve current problems. 3.The division between experts and "laymen" (users of knowledge) leaves the place to a relation of dialogue and co-production of knowledge and innovations thus mobilising the immense reserves of creativity, of curiosity and of intelligence existing in our societies.

4.Participatory research counter-balances the current strong push to public research-private industry- partnerships. 5.Participatory research pushes to reconsider the notion of « scientific excellence ». It brings new questions into research, creates other (scientific)knowledge while covering a wide range of issues. 6.PR contributes to the transition to sustainable management of scarce resources, including water, land use and soil management, mitigation of climate change, preservation of biodiversity, marine ecosystems and forestry, renewable energies, …

7.PR&I benefits from high social acceptance since it integrates concerned people. 8.PR (can) question(s) current dominant paradigms such as economic growth. 9.Participatory research with CSOs has a huge potential to contribute to a socially and ecologically more just society but still remains marginal and marginalised. 10.PR improves policy making since it creates a larger knowledge basis.

There is some (modest) public support to participatory research Universities and research institutions Support to Science Shops Participatory projects of individual scientists (toxicologists, ecologists, sociologists, urban development, …) Regional France: 3 regions out of 22 have a regional participatory research programme (PICRI, ASOSC, Chercheurs-citoyens) National Canada: Community university research alliances EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agronomic Research Institution) European Framework programme for R&D Support from other structures, e.g. Private foundations

Recommendations - some principles for good governance and public participation practices Overcome the myth that only highly complex and cost intensive technologies can create employment, sustainability, and well-being, Ensure that the concept of innovation includes locally adapted and social forms of innovation, Facilitate cooperation and knowledge exchange between civil society organisations and academia in order to realise the innovative potential of the non-profit sector, Establish a democratic, participatory and accountable decision-making process for research funding allocation, Open academic and policy attention to the fact that there are alternative possible orientations for progress,

Recommendations - some principles for good governance and public participation practices Acknowledge the value of CSO participation to research and map research needs of the non profit sector, Reward public engagement of scientists, increase the support to participatory research and encourage the professional mobility of researchers to CSOs, Take public participation for serious not only as an annexe, Seek for major non productiviste innovations, allow and support plurality in technology choice, Support decentralised governance, decentralised energy supply, locally adapted and produced agriculture, etc.

28 The Bonn Science Shop Terza Scuola Estiva Mediterranea 3-5 October, 2012, Sassari, Sardegna, Italy Norbert Steinhaus Wissenschaftsladen Bonn e.V. Reuterstr. 157 – D Bonn -

29 Bonn Science Shop - Established 1984, about 50 members - Non-profit-association - non-university based - Professional staff of >30 (18 FTEs) in a flat, collective structure -Budget 2,1 Mio EUR - No external funds for Science Shop idea - Demand driven and creating own fields of work - Partner in EU funded projects: „SCIPAS“, „ISSNET“, „TRAMS“, „CIPAST“, „EFSUPS“, „PERARES“ and „ComScience“

30 The Bonn Science Shop Decision structure Manager Committee Project-Team Decision Council of Delegates (Delegiertenrat) Members Board Employees Elected Delegates

31 Bonn Science Shop Cooperation Partners Science Shops – NGOs / CSOs – Universities - Science Museums – Science Communicators - Research Institutes – City Administration(s) - Labour Unions – Companies– SMEs - Associations – Schools and Kindergartens Funding / Financial Resources Local & (Inter)National Foundations City Administration(s) – Associations State Ministries - Federal Ministries and Agencies - European Commission - Donations – Paid Services - Companies Where is the expertise? Why working with a non-university based Science Shop? Know How (subject,specialist) Recognised Mediator Communicator Links and Contacts (Networks, CSOs and NGOs, Citizens) Manpower and commitment Less bureaucratic

32 Fields of Work Labour Market Environment & Health -ComScience - Organization of 5 public dissemination events, experts from University of Bonn (on stem cell research, GMOs, obesity, allergies and asthma, food contaminants) Education Civil society and sustainability -Visualizing of land use: -co-operation with University of Bonn, Giessen Science Shop and University for Pedagogy Karlsruhe -Events with local agenda communities to increase public participation, Internet-presentation -Follow up projects (exhibition, teaching materials, role plays, computer games) -Region in Balance (Land Use Mangement, Regional Administration(s), activists, stakeholders