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Pompeu Fabra University, Experimental and Health Sciences, Department Member
This book is the result of the Resagora Project (Responsible Research and Innovation in a Distributed Anticipatory Governance Frame. A Constructive Socio-normative Approach) aiming at developing a normative and comprehensive governance... more
This book is the result of the Resagora Project (Responsible Research and Innovation in a Distributed Anticipatory Governance Frame. A Constructive Socio-normative Approach) aiming at developing a normative and comprehensive governance framework for Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).
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Simone Arnaldi, Bjørn Bedsted, Nina Bryndum, Stephanie Daimer, Davy van Doren, Jakob Edler, Cheng Fan, Adolf Filacek, Sally Gee, Guido Gorgoni, Clair Gough, Erich Griessler, Pierre-Benoît Joly, Stefan Kuhlmann, Alexander Lang, Philippe Laredo, Ralf Lindner, Allison Loconto, Saulė Mačiukaitė-Žvinienė, Christoph Mandl, Niels Mejlgaard, Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros, Elena Paiotti, Sally Randles, Gema Revuelta, Sarah Seus, Élise Tancoigne, Loreta Tauginienė, Morten Velsing Nielsen, and Bart Walhout
List of authors (in alphabetical order):
Simone Arnaldi, Bjørn Bedsted, Nina Bryndum, Stephanie Daimer, Davy van Doren, Jakob Edler, Cheng Fan, Adolf Filacek, Sally Gee, Guido Gorgoni, Clair Gough, Erich Griessler, Pierre-Benoît Joly, Stefan Kuhlmann, Alexander Lang, Philippe Laredo, Ralf Lindner, Allison Loconto, Saulė Mačiukaitė-Žvinienė, Christoph Mandl, Niels Mejlgaard, Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros, Elena Paiotti, Sally Randles, Gema Revuelta, Sarah Seus, Élise Tancoigne, Loreta Tauginienė, Morten Velsing Nielsen, and Bart Walhout
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Quadruple Helix Collaborations (QHCs) is a cooperation model in which industry, government, academia, and the public interact to innovate. This paper analyses the impact of a training intervention to provide specific knowledge, skills,... more
Quadruple Helix Collaborations (QHCs) is a cooperation model in which industry, government, academia, and the public interact to innovate. This paper analyses the impact of a training intervention to provide specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes to deal with barriers commonly found in the progress of QHCs. We designed, implemented, and evaluated three training programs in Austrian, Colombian, Danish, and Spanish institutions. We analysed trainees’ (n = 66) and trainers’ (n = 9) perceptions to identify the competencies acquired with the intervention and the approach’s limitations. We used online questionnaires (35 trainees; 9 trainers), semi-structured interviews (10 trainees), and a focus group (6 trainers). Trainees answered positively regarding their self-perception about the impact of the course and highlighted the acquisition of inspiration for their practice (score 4.1 out of 5.0) and knowledge (3.7). In contrast, they perceived that a deeper interaction with other particip...
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During the last decades, research and innovation have experienced a revolution that has lead to new challenge, and creativity has been identified as a main skill for professional success. In this context, not only concerns about involving... more
During the last decades, research and innovation have experienced a revolution that has lead to new challenge, and creativity has been identified as a main skill for professional success. In this context, not only concerns about involving society in research and innovation processes have been increasing but also to make this process responsible. Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has been defined as the approach for making research and innovation a collaborative, intergenerational and democratic process. The HEIRRI project aims to integrate RRI at all stages of education with the creation of different programs in Higher Eduaction. The aim of this study is assess how creativity has been developed in an RRI framework in the HEIRRI Summer School programme troughout an Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) approach. On the basis of the results, this paper highlights that the IBL approach, but also the RRI framework foster creativity development in a research proposal design but also that ...
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The Covid-19 pandemic escalated demand for scientific explanations and guidance, creating opportunities for scientists to become publicly visible. In this study, we compared characteristics of visible scientists during the first year of... more
The Covid-19 pandemic escalated demand for scientific explanations and guidance, creating opportunities for scientists to become publicly visible. In this study, we compared characteristics of visible scientists during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic (January to December 2020) across 16 countries. We find that the scientists who became visible largely matched socio-cultural criteria that have characterised visible scientists in the past (e.g., age, gender, credibility, public image, involvement in controversies). However, there were limited tendencies that scientists commented outside their areas of expertise. We conclude that the unusual circumstances created by Covid-19 did not change the phenomenon of visible scientists in significant ways.
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En esta guía multimedia compartimos los materiales docentes y consejos prácticos para replicar la formación "Voluntarios contra las noticias falsas" , todos los materiales son de acceso abierto y pueden modificarse para... more
En esta guía multimedia compartimos los materiales docentes y consejos prácticos para replicar la formación "Voluntarios contra las noticias falsas" , todos los materiales son de acceso abierto y pueden modificarse para adaptarse al contexto de implementación del curso. La metodología y los materiales que conforman esta guía han sido testeados con una prueba piloto impartida y evaluada en junio de 2021.
Twelve researchers from 11 countries used autoethnographic techniques, keeping diaries over 10 weeks of the COVID-19 crisis, to observe and reflect on changes in the role and cultural authority of science during important stages of viral... more
Twelve researchers from 11 countries used autoethnographic techniques, keeping diaries over 10 weeks of the COVID-19 crisis, to observe and reflect on changes in the role and cultural authority of science during important stages of viral activity and government action in their respective countries. We followed arguments, discussions and ideas generated by mass and social media about science and scientific expertise, observed patterns and shifts in narratives, and made international comparisons. During regular meetings via video conference, the participating researchers discussed theoretical approaches and our joint methodology for reflecting on our observations. This project is informed by social representations theory, agenda-setting, and frames of meaning associated with the rise and fall of expertise and trust. This paper presents our observations and reflections on the role and authority of science in our countries from March 10 to May 31, 2020. This is the first stage of a long...
Research Interests: Science Communication, Narrative, Political Science, Risk communication, Health communication and mass media, and 7 morePublic Engagement with Science and Technology, Communication and media Studies, Action (Physics), Science and Technology Studies, coronavirus outbreak, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and Representations of science and technology
Indicators for promoting and monitoring Responsible Research and Innovation Report from the Expert Group on Policy Indicators for Responsible Research and Innovation Indicators for promoting and monitoring Responsible Research and Innovation Report from the Expert Group on Policy Indicators for R...more
Supplemental material, Llorente_Revuelta_Carrio_Supplemental_material for Social participation in science: Perspectives of Spanish civil society organizations by Carolina Llorente, Gema Revuelta and Mar Carrió in Public Understanding of... more
Supplemental material, Llorente_Revuelta_Carrio_Supplemental_material for Social participation in science: Perspectives of Spanish civil society organizations by Carolina Llorente, Gema Revuelta and Mar Carrió in Public Understanding of Science
A new regime of science production is emerging from the involvement of non-scientists. The present study aims to improve understanding of this phenomenon with an analysis of 16 interviews with Spanish coordinators of participatory science... more
A new regime of science production is emerging from the involvement of non-scientists. The present study aims to improve understanding of this phenomenon with an analysis of 16 interviews with Spanish coordinators of participatory science practices. The results indicate a majority of strategic and captive publics and point to communication as a key tool for the development of successful practices. Five key elements of the degree of integration required to develop a citizen participation in science practice were analysed: derived outputs, level of participant contribution, participation assessment, practice replicability, and participant and facilitator training. Proposals for strategies to remove barriers to citizen participation are the study's principal contribution.
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En esta tesis se utiliza la expresion Comunicacion Publica sobre Salud y Biomedicina (CPSB) en referencia a la comunicacion que se realiza o llega a la esfera de lo publico y que esta relacionada con los ambitos tematicos de la salud, la... more
En esta tesis se utiliza la expresion Comunicacion Publica sobre Salud y Biomedicina (CPSB) en referencia a la comunicacion que se realiza o llega a la esfera de lo publico y que esta relacionada con los ambitos tematicos de la salud, la sanidad, la salud publica y la biomedicina. Con el objetivo principal de mejorar la comprension global sobre las transformaciones que se han producido en el periodo 2000-2018 en la CPSB en Espana y sus consecuencias, se realizan seis estudios basados en metodologias cuantitativas (analisis de contenido de prensa, cuestionarios y analisis documental) y cualitativas (grupos focales y entrevistas semiestructuradas). Entre 2004 y 2014, internet triplico su posicion como primera fuente de acceso a la informacion sobre ciencia y tecnologia entre los ciudadanos espanoles, con diferencias en su evolucion segun genero, edad y nivel de estudios. En 2016, el acceso a la informacion cientifica en las generaciones mas jovenes se producia principalmente a partir ...
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En esta guía multimedia compartimos los materiales docentes y consejos prácticos para replicar la formación "Tercer sector, investigación y participación" , todos los materiales son de acceso abierto y pueden modificarse para... more
En esta guía multimedia compartimos los materiales docentes y consejos prácticos para replicar la formación "Tercer sector, investigación y participación" , todos los materiales son de acceso abierto y pueden modificarse para adaptarse al contexto de implementación del curso. La metodología y los materiales que conforman esta guía han sido testeados con una prueba piloto impartida y evaluada en junio de 2021.
Presentation at the CIES 2020- XVII Congreso Ibérico y XIII Congreso Iberoamericano de Energía Solar. 3-5 Nov 2020
For two years, the project GRECO has conducted a survey to analyse the opinions, doubts and experiences of researchers on the field of engineering and photovoltaic (PV) energy about Open Science (OS). We gathered 106 responses, analysed... more
For two years, the project GRECO has conducted a survey to analyse the opinions, doubts and experiences of researchers on the field of engineering and photovoltaic (PV) energy about Open Science (OS). We gathered 106 responses, analysed them and came up with 39 Frequently Asked Questions on Open Science. The experience of researchers from the PV field is useful for other fields too. So, this document is a Practical Guide for Researchers and tries to solve the most prevalent doubts, concerns and fears. It starts with a checklist for OS, that researchers may consider in various phases of their investigation. Then, the reader will find a Q&A section, structured in nine categories: 1) where to start, 2) open data, 3) open access, 4) open to society, 5) other open practices, 6) property, 7) resources, 8) politics and 9) metrics. There are 3 to 5 questions for each category, and the responses come from experts on the field and other researchers that have tried and applied OS in its differ...
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Presentation given at the European PV Solar Energy Conference, Marseille, 2019 about the development of Open Science in the context of photovoltaics
Changes in the communication ecosystem have generated profound transformations in current science communication. In the same way, the coexistence of diverse actors with different objectives and professional standards also raises new... more
Changes in the communication ecosystem have generated profound transformations in current science communication. In the same way, the coexistence of diverse actors with different objectives and professional standards also raises new ethical dilemmas. The main objective of this research was to identify existing models of teaching science communication to scientists and professional communicators worldwide. To this end, we conducted 26 semi-structured interviews with science communication teachers from 15 different countries. From these interviews, we identified three models of teaching science communication to scientists: (A) the practical model, where skills such as writing, public speaking, etc., are taught; (B) the reflective model that teaches theory and the history of science communication to enable researchers to understand the relationship between science and society; and (C) the disruptive model, where traditional roles of scientific knowledge production as well as relationsh...
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El Informe Quiral resume anualmente el análisis de las informaciones sobre salud y medicina publicadas en los medios de comunicación escritos de mayor difusión de nuestro país. Surgido de una iniciativa conjunta entre la Fundació Vila... more
El Informe Quiral resume anualmente el análisis de las informaciones sobre salud y medicina publicadas en los medios de comunicación escritos de mayor difusión de nuestro país. Surgido de una iniciativa conjunta entre la Fundació Vila Casas y el Centro de Estudios de Ciencia, Comunicación y Sociedad de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra . Se ha convertido en un importante instrumento sociológico: un referente anual de las grandes preocupaciones de nuestra sociedad en el ámbito sanitario y su repercusión en los medios de comunicación. El tema del Informe Quiral 2020 es Evolución de la comunicación y la percepción de la pandemia de covid-19.
The following document describes Mobilization and Mutual Learning (MML) actions, whose objective is to learn through dialogue. It intends to be a guide for research projects partners to implement their own MML and broaden their research... more
The following document describes Mobilization and Mutual Learning (MML) actions, whose objective is to learn through dialogue. It intends to be a guide for research projects partners to implement their own MML and broaden their research activities to include other sectors of the society. The plan establishes a set of steps to organize an MML action: either a World café, a Focus Group or a Reverse Science Café.
WHY MUTUAL LEARNING? Research and innovation has a predominantly hierarchical structure – scientists assume what end-users need and want without really asking them. However, academic institutions or corporations should not make a... more
WHY MUTUAL LEARNING? Research and innovation has a predominantly hierarchical structure – scientists assume what end-users need and want without really asking them. However, academic institutions or corporations should not make a one-sided decision for the whole of society. This involves seeking out new ways for various sectors of society to actively take part in the research process and acknowledging people's social needs with regard to next-generation technology. Research teams must address societal challenges by reaching out beyond their own communities to discuss research and innovation, engaging everyone «around one table».
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A Registry for Research on the Responsible Conduct of Research designed to enable researchers to share information on six key aspects of RCR research: Problem, Impact, Intervention, Hypothesis, Assessment and Data sharing.
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This article proposes a classification of the current differences between online videos produced specifically for television and online videos produced for the Internet, based on online audiovisual production on climate change. The... more
This article proposes a classification of the current differences between online videos produced specifically for television and online videos produced for the Internet, based on online audiovisual production on climate change. The classification, which consists of 18 formats divided into two groups that allow comparisons to be made between television and web formats, was created through the quantitative and qualitative content analysis of a sample of 300 videos. The findings show that online video's capacity to generate visits is greater when it has been designed to be broadcast on the Internet than when produced for television.
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Citizen science is becoming an effective approach in building a new relationship between science and society, in which the desire of citizens to participate actively in knowledge production meets the needs of researchers. A citizen... more
Citizen science is becoming an effective approach in building a new relationship between science and society, in which the desire of citizens to participate actively in knowledge production meets the needs of researchers. A citizen science initiative dealing with the development of photovoltaics (PV) is presented. To generate a “responsible” initiative, the research question has been designed collectively from the beginning, involving diverse actors in order to encourage creativity while addressing their interests and concerns. The result has been called Generation Solar. It aims at co-creating an open database of PV installations including their technical characteristics, and an online map for visualizing them. The initiative responds to a clear scientific demand; an important drawback for researchers working on energy modelling and predictions of production lays precisely in the lack of information about these installations’ locations and characteristics. The initiative invites ci...
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There is a general trend toward more active, broader, and more inclusive participation of different stakeholders in science. Civil society organizations’ inclusion in the scientific process is being promoted. However, there are few... more
There is a general trend toward more active, broader, and more inclusive participation of different stakeholders in science. Civil society organizations’ inclusion in the scientific process is being promoted. However, there are few attempts to understand the role of civil society organizations in research. This study is based on the analysis of 31 semi-structured interviews with Spanish civil society organization managers and representatives. Our main results regarding the current relationship between civil society organizations and the research system are (a) civil society organizations mainly participate in science within one single research moment and they are unaware of their potential. (b) We identify a lack of resources, mutual knowledge (among civil society organizations and academia), and capabilities as barriers for civil society organizations’ participation. (c) There is a need to strengthen links between civil society organizations and research by training in collaborativ...
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Introducción: Los comportamientos de la ciudadanía respecto a la información de salud pueden influir en sus relaciones con otras personas y en sus propias decisiones.Objetivos: Aumentar la comprensión sobre los cambios en los... more
Introducción: Los comportamientos de la ciudadanía respecto a la información de salud pueden influir en sus relaciones con otras personas y en sus propias decisiones.Objetivos: Aumentar la comprensión sobre los cambios en los comportamientos de los ciudadanos españoles respecto a la información sobre salud entre 2014 y 2018.Metodología: Se han realizado 6 grupos focales con ciudadanos (N=31) y 4 con comunicadores especializados en salud (N=23). Las transcripciones se han codificado y analizado con la ayuda del programa Atlas.ti 8.Resultados: En 2014, las redes sociales comenzaban a ocupar un papel central en el acceso a la información sobre salud, especialmente entre los más jóvenes. En 2018, en opinión de los comunicadores, aunque hay más contenidos de calidad online, las estrategias comerciales de las redes hacen que los ciudadanos estén más expuestos a fake-news (incluyendo las pseudoterapias) y a contenidos superficiales (como la imagen corporal). Los temas que interesan a la po...
La investigación responsable incluye, más allá de la ética en el contenido y el proceso, la implicación de múltiples actores y público, un acceso más fácil a los resultados científicos, la perspectiva de género, y la educación científica.... more
La investigación responsable incluye, más allá de la ética en el contenido y el proceso, la implicación de múltiples actores y público, un acceso más fácil a los resultados científicos, la perspectiva de género, y la educación científica. El movimiento RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation) pretende que la investigación e innovación estén orientadas a conseguir resultados sostenibles, éticamente aceptables y socialmente deseables y que todo el proceso y las prácticas que comportan la investigación e innovación estén alineados con los valores, las necesidades y las expectativas de la sociedad. La investigación en comunicación, y específicamente, en audiencias y recepción, no se escapa de esta tendencia. En esta nueva concepción, se da un paso adelante respecto a la ética y se atribuye la responsabilidad no sólo al investigador sino que se avanza hacia el concepto de corresponsabilidad. En definitiva, con el impulso inicial de la Comisión Europea, se aboga por una investigación inc...
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la formación en comunicación que reciben los alumnos que cursan estudios de grado en las áreas de ciencias de la salud y de la vida, las ciencias ambientales y las ciencias naturales. Para ello se... more
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la formación en comunicación que reciben los alumnos que cursan estudios de grado en las áreas de ciencias de la salud y de la vida, las ciencias ambientales y las ciencias naturales. Para ello se ha estudiado el conjunto del sistema universitario español (84 universidades) y una muestra de 10 universidades pertenecientes a seis países latinoamericanos. A partir de un análisis documental de sus sitios web, se han identificado 91 asignaturas que reúnen los criterios de inclusión: 48 en el grado de medicina, 18 en ciencias de la vida (biomedicina y biotecnología, fundamentalmente), 13 en ciencias ambientales y otras ciencias naturales y 12 en otras ciencias de la salud (psicología, enfermería, nutrición, farmacia, gerontología, neurociencias y veterinaria). Asimismo, el análisis de contenido de los programas docentes de estas asignaturas ha permitido identificar siete categorías temáticas: 1) teorías de la comunicación y de las intervenciones ba...
Neuroenhancement involves the use of neurotechnologies to improve cognitive, affective or behavioural functioning, where these are not judged to be clinically impaired. Questions about enhancement have become one of the key topics of... more
Neuroenhancement involves the use of neurotechnologies to improve cognitive, affective or behavioural functioning, where these are not judged to be clinically impaired. Questions about enhancement have become one of the key topics of neuroethics over the past decade. The current study draws on in-depth public engagement activities in ten European countries giving a bottom-up perspective on the ethics and desirability of enhancement. This informed the design of an online contrastive vignette experiment that was administered to representative samples of 1000 respondents in the ten countries and the United States. The experiment investigated how the gender of the protagonist, his or her level of performance, the efficacy of the enhancer and the mode of enhancement affected support for neuroenhancement in both educational and employment contexts. Of these, higher efficacy and lower performance were found to increase willingness to support enhancement. A series of commonly articulated cl...
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Na América Latina, estudos voltados à cobertura de ciência e tecnologia em telejornais são ainda incipientes, com poucos artigos publicados e um número restrito de pesquisadores dedicados ao tema. Este é, no entanto, um assunto relevante... more
Na América Latina, estudos voltados à cobertura de ciência e tecnologia em telejornais são ainda incipientes, com poucos artigos publicados e um número restrito de pesquisadores dedicados ao tema. Este é, no entanto, um assunto relevante dado o impacto reconhecido da televisão nos países desta região. Neste artigo, descrevemos e discutimos um protocolo de análise de conteúdo, desenvolvido para ser aplicado às notícias de ciência e tecnologia veiculadas por telejornais da Ibero-América. A ferramenta foi desenvolvida conjuntamente pelos participantes da Rede IberoAmericana de Capacitação e Monitoramento em Jornalismo Científico, formada por pesquisadores de 10 países da região. A concepção do protocolo buscou levar em consideração as especificidades culturais e jornalísticas de cada país, para que pudesse ser aplicado adequadamente nos diferentes telejornais e produzir, assim, dados comparáveis. O objetivo maior desse esforço é gerar um panorama da cobertura de ciência feita por telejornais da região.
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These sections are intended to introduce students to some of the principal themes of what has become an active field of study. We offer many pointers to further reading in this topic area. Students would be advised to read these early... more
These sections are intended to introduce students to some of the principal themes of what has become an active field of study. We offer many pointers to further reading in this topic area. Students would be advised to read these early sections in sequence, as they will then be better ...
This is the seventh in a series of Eurobarometer surveys on life sciences and biotechnology conducted in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2010. This latest survey, carried out in February 2010, was based on a representative sample... more
This is the seventh in a series of Eurobarometer surveys on life sciences and biotechnology conducted in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2010. This latest survey, carried out in February 2010, was based on a representative sample of 30,800 respondents from the 27 Member States, plus Croatia, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. Issues such as regenerative medicine, production of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs, both transgenic and cisgenic), biobanks, biofuels and other innovations such as ...