Sunday, March 28, 2021

CfPs: Rethinking Innovation and Development Discourses in Light of COVID-19 | STS Special Issue

Science Technology and Society (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/sts)

 

Dear All, 

I am glad to share the special issue call for papers with you all here. The deadline for submissions is 15th of November, 2021. Detailed concept note is available here. As flagged in the concept note, selected manuscript authors will be invited to a workshop on the same theme to be hosted at Zhejiang University, China in late 2021. The special issue will later be converted to an open- access book. Looking forward to your valuable contributions. Should you need any further information or have any questions, kindly drop me a mail. Thank you enormously in anticipation! 

Best Regards 

Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad (PhD)

Innovation Researcher | Zhejiang University China.


Special Issue Background

The COVID‐19 pandemic has cast new light on worldwide socioeconomic susceptibility to exogenous shocks. This global crisis has been cited as being unlike any other in modern memory (Schwab & Malleret, 2020). In addition to sparking an unforeseen socioeconomic crisis, COVID-19 has exposed innovation systems' vulnerabilities as evidenced by innovation obstacles (Chesbrough, 2020) and overdependence on conventional approaches. More than a year after the pandemic's emergence, global citizens continue to grapple with adverse economic and health-related effects (Sohrabi et al., 2020; Zakaria, 2020). The virus has also unveiled deep flaws in the global public health infrastructure (Brands & Gavin, 2020). Susskind and Vines (2020) argued that COVID-19 has triggered the most severe global economic consequences since the South Sea Bubble burst in 1720. As COVID-19 is akin to a natural disaster, some economists have suggested that the outbreak could lead to severe economic crises—unlike a more standard financial crisis that follows from the arrogance of a few (Gans, 2021). Nearly all global governments are navigating the ramifications of the pandemic. A series of revelatory reports on COVID-19 have shown that its damage has exceeded expectations (Naidoo and Fisher, 2020; Zakaria, 2020). To date, COVID-19 has infected more than 124 million people and was projected to be responsible for global economic losses totaling between $5.8 trillion and $8.8 trillion by the end of 2020 (Bachman, 2020; Sarkis et al., 2020; Staff, 2020). The outbreak has also dragged millions into poverty; more than 265 million people were expected to struggle with hunger by late 2020 (Anthem, 2020). Further complicating governments' fight against COVID-19 are concerns of racial injustice, climate change, and economic inequality (Henderson, 2020; Mazzucato, 2021).

Amid the health, political, and economic crises unleashed by the pandemic (Rowan & Galanakis, 2020), COVID-19—similar to prior crises—has reignited debate around the dominant narrative across innovation and development discourses. Inherent tensions accompanying the prevailing producer's innovation paradigm (Cristensen, et al 2019; von Hippel, 2017) have become especially pronounced. The ruling economic system of capitalism has also come under fire (Yunus, 2018, Henderson, 2020). Muzzacato, (2021) asserted that the COVID-19 outbreak has illuminated the cracks in capitalism as well as its flaws. She further argued that there is no better time than now to rectify these issues—but that it will only be possible to do so by reimagining governments' roles, policies, and capitalism at large. Meanwhile, among criticism of existing growth and innovation models, many Nobel prizewinning economists have drawn hope from COVID-19: they believe that the pandemic has opened a window of opportunity to explore alternative innovation and growth models, even warning that returning to old models could be "equal to committing suicide" (Yunus, 2021).

People were advocating for revamped innovation and development models well before COVID-19. The environmental crises, institutional collapses, middle-income traps, stagflation, and wealth inequality that followed the 2008 recession ignited concerns about common innovation and growth models (Gordon, 2016; Heeks et al., 2014, p. 176; Piketty and Goldhammer 2017; Santiago, 2014, p. 1). Jacobs and Mazzucato (2016) pointed out that inequality has reached a peak unseen since the 1800s. 'Productivity-enhancing innovation' has declined as well (Gordon, 2016). Climate change and health crises such as COVID-19 continue to threaten global prosperity (Henderson, 2020; Mazzucato, 2021). So-called 'degenerative industrial activity' based on a linear industrial system has decimated natural cycles and siphoned natural resources (Raworth, 2017). Against this dark backdrop, financial greed from material through-flow has corroded intelligent, local, non-compensated, and sustainable innovation (Raworth, 2017).

Given such dysfunction, innovation and development models deserve renewed attention (Bhaduri, 2016; Bhatti et al., 2018; von Hippel, 2017; Mazzucato, 2021; Phelps, 2013; UNCTAD, 2017, Krishna, 2017). Scholars have advocated for recasting growth models such that externalities are primed to rectify pitfalls (Henderson, 2020; Yunus, 2018, Wu, 2020). Sustainability has also gained global traction, with experts recommending hybrid innovation models as a partial answer to climate change, inequality, and poverty (UNCTAD, 2017). More democratized innovation models, which can promote grassroots thinking and sustainability, are becoming increasingly popular (Godin & Vinck, 2017; Hippel, 2005). Development scholars have thus started to explore alternative paths to development and innovation that feature neither 'extraction' nor negative externalities. Even some argue that post-COVID-19 "development must have a radically transformative, egalitarian and inclusive knowledge and politics at its core" (Leach et al., 2021). The traditional "top down, rigid and orientated towards narrowly-defined economic goals" development model should be avoided.

Just as the pandemic has revealed the "fault lines of the world – most notably social divides, lack of fairness, absence of cooperation, failure of global governance and leadership," it has highlighted room for transformation. "Reinvention" is imperative if practitioners wish to thoroughly address global challenges (Schwab & Malleret, 2020). COVID-19 has inspired radical approaches to innovation, research and development, and community initiatives. Other problems, such as excessive institutional reliance on 'superspecialization' and 'databased decisions,' also call for innovation: ideas that encourage adaptability and experimentation can have far-reaching benefits (Knorringa & Bhaduri, 2020). The common assumption that red tape, bureaucracy, and government overreach inhibit innovation is changing as well; in fact, many have argued that public policy and government support are integral to a hopeful future. Weiss (2021) even contended that the government possesses the entrepreneurial spirit necessary to transform the public sector's responses to both major and minor problems.

The pandemic has compelled healthcare ecosystems worldwide to rethink their global strategies, moving from resilience to anti-fragility (Cobianchi, Dal Mas, et al., 2020). Seemingly countless modern technologies have flourished in response to COVID-19 (e.g., 3D printing, flexible manufacturing systems, big data analytics, and smart healthcare wearables) (Brem et al., 2021). In a similar vein, telehealth has led in-person clinical visits to be partly replaced by virtual consultations (Woolliscroft, 2020). Bottom up entrepreneurship featuring homegrown efforts to crowdsource innovations has also 'sparked creative collaborations to tackle timely issues (Ramadi & Nguyen, 2021). Digital technologies are being harnessed to support public health responses to COVID-19 as well (Budd et al., 2020). Frugal innovations (Harris et al., 2020) represent a notable bright spot. Rapidly reusing, repurposing, and recombining available resources and knowledge has become a prominent innovation strategy (von Krogh, 2020; Harris et al., 2020). COVID-19 has breathed new life into national innovation plans and accelerated pandemic-related interventions: governments have begun promoting local and international cooperation and imploring start-ups and other companies to fast-track promising mitigation measures (OECD, 2020). Open-source circular economy movements by innovators, designers, and activists are also being pursued to create regenerative economies worldwide (Raworth, 2017). Even healthcare organizations in advanced countries such as the U.S. are learning from Asia and Africa in the fight against the pandemic (Ramamurti, 2020), revealing a trend of reverse innovation from less to more developed economies (Ramamurti, 2020). Innovation policy is evolving dramatically. Economic growth is no longer considered the sole means of 'stimulating technological development'; 'solving concrete and pressing problems in society at large' currently dominates the innovation policy discourse (Wanzenböck, & Hekkert 2012).

Indicative List of Themes

In the wake of the pandemic and other global challenges, this special issue is intended to gather empirical insight on innovation, development, and innovation policy for a post-COVID-19 world. This special issue aims to identify the guiding principles of government innovation and development policy to overcome pressing challenges. We are especially interested in papers that highlight why it is necessary to recast prevailing innovation and development discourses and recommend inclusive and sustainable alternative pathways. The issue will be dedicated in exploring the under-researched areas of innovation policy, alternative, equitable, sustainable and inclusive development and innovation pathways. Papers that delineate the roles of alternative innovation models, frugal innovations, and grassroots innovations amid COVID-19 are welcomed. Conceptual papers and provocative essays that offer new perspectives on the roles of governments and mission-oriented innovation policy in combatting crises such as COVID-19 will be considered as well. We also encourage papers on digital innovations' potential applications and places in a sustainable, equitable future. Research on social innovations, secondary innovations, and bottom-up developmental practices with policy inferences is similarly sought after. We encourage submissions across broad disciplines with an array of theoretical and practical implications.

Guest Editors: Prof. Xiaobo Wu (Zhejiang University, China); Dr. Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh (Zhejiang University, China)

SAGE's Science, Technology and Society (STS) offers a fertile platform to debate questions on development, technology, and innovations. STS is a prestigious international peer-reviewed journal devoted to the interdisciplinary study of science and technology and innovations in social contexts. The journal is included in all major abstracting and indexing databases like Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) and etc. Selected manuscript authors will be invited to a workshop on the same theme to be hosted at Zhejiang University, China in late 2021. The special issue will later be converted to an open-access book. 

Submission Guidelines for Science, Technology and Society: Complete manuscripts should be addressed to the guest editors of the special issue: Prof. Xiaobo Wu and Dr. Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh and also copy them to Dr. V.V. Krishna, Editor-in-Chief, Science, Technology and Society at following emails: stsjournal@gmail.com, xbwu@zju.edu.cn, sheikhfayaz@zju.edu.cn.

Important Dates

  • First submission date 15 April 2021
  • Deadline for full submissions 15 November, 2021
  • Projected workshop date 30 December 2021
  • Manuscript decisions 15 April 2022

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Call for Research Associate Positions at GIDR, Ahmedabad

  

Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad

Call for Research Associate Positions

 Applications are invited from suitable candidates for two posts of Research Associate (RA) to work on a national level collaborative research project titled "Institutional Changes for Rural Innovation: The Civic Space and the State in India, the 1980s through 2010s" sponsored by the Ford Foundation. The study explores how actors in the civic space, many using S&T/knowledge inputs and processes, engage with the state in its understanding of and action for supporting rural resource-based livelihoods and well-being. This also includes questions on how the state engages with a wide range of diverse production contexts, and rural small farmers/producers, processors, manufacturers therein. It explores and analyses the relationships between the state and CSOs, explaining the social relationships and evolution of these relationships in both.

Following are the eligibility criteria for the position:

  • i. M.A./M.Phil. in Social Sciences (Science Technology Society (STS) Studies/ Political Science/ Sociology/ Economics/ Development Studies)
  • ii. Good writing skills (proof required)
  • iii. Willingness to travel extensively across the country

Both are purely temporary positions for a period of 15 months and would be based mostly in Ahmedabad, New Delhi and for a period in Hyderabad. An RA would receive a consolidated salary of Rs. 30000 per month.

Candidates with experience in the social sciences related field work (data collection and data analysis) and report writing/publications in peer reviewed journals having good command over English will be preferred. Women candidates are encouraged to apply.  Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed online.

Interested candidates should email their complete biodata along with proof of writing skills (articles, dissertation, etc.) to the following: chaitsi[@]gidr.ac.in with the title "Application for RA-ICRI."  Last date for application is April 26, 2021.

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Friday, March 19, 2021

Indialics Public Lecture on Understanding Structure and Dynamics of 4th Industrial Revolution | 20 March 2021


Indialics Public Lecture on Understanding Structure and Dynamics of 4th Industrial Revolution | 20 March 2021 at 5:00pm IST
Zoom Meeting Number: 93573643808, Passcode 2021

Understanding the Structure and Dynamics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Implications for India [1]
Abstract: Making the argument that understanding the structure and dynamics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution calls for diving deep into the earlier industrial revolutions; the presentation will first draw the salient characteristics from them to delineate some of the key aspects and learning. We argue that moving beyond the rhetoric of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, one can observe in the last decade or so new technologies are reshaping and challenging our engagement with technology as such. Emerging technology breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, the 'Internet of things (IoT)', big data, robotics, 3D printing etc. are changing the production value chain in advanced countries. 3D printing leading to additive manufacturing, global digital networks opening up access to manufacturing processes globally, IoT providing dynamic information exchanges between networked devices that are allowing to remotely connect, track and manage products, systems and grids; new possibility of changing hardware systems through software modifications, development of biological computational interfaces, etc. are defining new types of convergence between digital, physical and biological technologies. The implications of these changes is estimated to be huge particularly for developing/emerging economies. Some studies estimate that up to half of all conventional jobs will be threatened by automation over the next ten years. The integration that is happening in the cyber-physical system, between the digital and biological systems have far reaching consequences for human interface with technology, and the pervasive effect they will have in the economy and society.
Learning lessons from earlier industrial revolutions highlight the changes that happened in institutions, organizational innovations created an ambient environment for innovations to happen. Learning of various types, the punctuation of radical innovation with architectural and modular innovations are important when we understand the structure and dynamics of the Fourth Industrial revolution. But to comprehend it further, we argue the need to develop a new conceptual framework that draws from the Innovation Systems approach, STS among others. The new framework needs to provide an analytical framework that underpins ethical-legal-societal (ELSI) and environment-health-society (EHS) issues, regulation and governance aspects, and societal interface. It also has to accommodate the changing context of science, the Post-normal science thesis. Triple helix, for example, need to move beyond to Quad helix.
We can observe monopoly being created in the new technologies through patents and standards including anticipatory standards with new actors challenging the dominance of USA and Europe. China is leading the race with South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore making deep inroads. India has created a plethora of policy articulations (available in various policy formulations, in budget provisions, etc) for India's engagement with the Fourth Industrial revolution. The desire is 'not missing the bus' this time. However, we argue that these new articulations have to be situated within the developmental challenges and socio-economic context. The disruptions that will become more aggressive as new technologies get embedded requires a serious rethink in the policy articulations. The recent engagements show the large inadequacy of our institutions to address those including issues of regulation and governance and clarity in framing the rules.
[1] Sujit Bhattacharya, CSIR-NISTADS for presentation at the INDIALICS Public Lecture-7, 20th March 2021

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Call for Papers: UNU-WIDER Conference: COVID-19 and Development


CALL FOR PAPERS
WIDER Development Conference
COVID-19 and development – effects and new realities for the Global South
 

The 2021 WIDER Development Conference will take place online during 6-8 September 2021, with the aim of connecting research and policy communities around the world to discuss the effects of COVID-19 on development in the Global South, and how to move forward.

While not exclusive, we particularly welcome papers from researchers from the Global South on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the developing world, and for the 2030 Agenda. We are especially interested in papers that offer new empirical evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as papers that analyse the efficacy of policy responses to the pandemic in the Global South. Papers that look at the implications of the pandemic for the future of work, global governance, fragility and conflict, and environmental sustainability are also welcome.

Interested applicants wishing to present original research at the conference on the topics discussed above should complete the online application form. In addition to researchers from the Global South, we encourage submissions from early-career and female researchers. 

The deadline for submitting proposals is 15 April 2021 23:59 UTC+2. 

More information on the application procedure can be found here

 
 
  UNU-WIDER 
 
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B
Helsinki, 00160
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Launch of UN World Water Development Report 2021: determining the true value of the “blue gold” we need to protect (22 March)

UNESCO/UN-Water Press Release No. 2021-25

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Launch of UN World Water Development Report 2021: determining the true value of the "blue gold" we need to protect (22 March)

Paris, 22 March — The United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR) 2021, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, shows that the inability to recognize the value of water is the main cause of water waste and misuse. Despite the difficulty of attributing an objective and indisputable value to a resource which is fundamental to life, it seems necessary to examine water's various dimensions in order to understand the various aspects of its "value". This is especially true in times of growing scarcity and against the backdrop of population growth and climate change.

"Water is our most precious resource, a 'blue gold' to which more than 2 billion people do not have direct access. It is not only essential for survival, but also plays a sanitary, social and cultural role at the heart of human societies," says the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay. 

This year's WWDR addresses the question of the value of water. It shows that waste and careless use stems from the fact we all too often think of water exclusively in terms of its cost price, without realizing its tremendous value, which is impossible to price.

"The devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic remind us of the importance of having access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, and highlight that far too many people are still without them. Many of our problems arise because we do not value water highly enough; all too often water is not valued at all," says Gilbert F. Houngbo, Chair of UN-Water and President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

The value of water is certainly incalculable and limitless, since life cannot exist without it and it has no replacement. This is perhaps best illustrated by the widespread enthusiasm for the idea that traces of water can be found on Mars, or the fact that we think of water and life as interchangeable when studying other planets.

The report emphasizes the great need to broaden the notion of the "value" of water stressing that we cannot confuse the concepts of "price", "cost" and "value".

Although price and cost are potentially quantifiable, the concept of "value" is much wider and includes social and cultural dimensions.

Indeed, water is not like other raw materials which can be treated as commodities and openly traded through stock markets. The challenge is to determine a value for a resource whose importance varies in different areas of economic activity, at different times, without forgetting to take into account its social, environmental and cultural dimensions.

Tools and methodologies for valuing water are both imperfect and misapplied

The tools we have today tend to reduce the value of water to its economic aspect.

The economic value of water cannot be denied considering its myriad uses in food, electricity and industrial production, to name just a few. 

While monetary valuation has the advantage of convenience and easy legibility in agriculture and industry, it presents the disadvantage of underestimating, even excluding, other aspects which are more difficult to monetize. How do we quantify the meaning of the 443 million schooldays missed annually due to water-related diseases?

Furthermore, some societies reject the idea of viewing nature and its benefits from an economic perspective, putting the rights of "Mother Earth" to the fore, thus rendering such economic readings of the value of water woefully inadequate.

In India, for example, the Ganges is revered by Hindus as a living entity with the same rights as human beings. Similarly, in New Zealand, the Te Awa Tupua Act of 2017 recognizes the Whanganui River as "an indivisible and living whole from the mountains to the sea" and guarantees the river's protection by the local Maori population. "The fate of humans and water is inextricably linked. In the words of the Whanganui River Tribe's proverb, Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au, I am the river, the river is me", notes Audrey Azoulay.

Faced with these views and those of investors, who consider that resources such as water can have an economic value put on them, it becomes difficult to develop a standard system to measure the value of water in all its aspects. Nevertheless, it is possible to develop an integrated approach that allows the different dimensions of water to be considered together, so as to identify appropriate policy choices. A key element of such an approach is to ensure that all stakeholders, regardless of background or gender, are involved in evaluations and decision-making. If we want to enrich our approach to water and stop reducing the resource to its mere monetary value, we must be enriched by the views held by all, especially the people directly concerned.

Overcoming differences of opinion and reaching the necessary compromises is one of the great challenges of water management. "The time has come for stakeholders to identify, articulate and share perspectives of the values of water," emphasizes UN-Water Chair, Gilbert F. Houngbo. This implies developing mechanisms that allow stakeholders not only to express themselves but also to be heard.

When major infrastructure projects are studied, for example, it is essential to consider all these different dimensions, to ensure that their social, cultural and environmental consequences are not underestimated. A cost-benefit approach therefore requires considering the different "values" of water. 

Similarly, we know that providing universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation in 140 low- and middle-income countries would cost $114 billion per year, whereas the multiple social and economic benefits of safe water are difficult to evaluate. 

These issues are at the heart of this year's edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR), UN-Water's flagship publication on water and sanitation issues, which focuses on a different theme every year.

The report is published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water and its production is coordinate by the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme.

The report gives insight into the main trends concerning the state, use and management of freshwater and sanitation, based on work by members and partners of UN-Water.

Launched in conjunction with World Water Day, the report provides decision-makers with knowledge and tools to formulate and implement sustainable water policies. It also offers best practice examples and in-depth analyses to stimulate ideas and actions for better stewardship in the water sector and beyond.

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UN-Water: Daniella Bostrom Couffe, daniella.bostrom@unwater.org

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Monday, March 15, 2021

[apeid.higher_education.bgk] UN Volunteer Posts (funded) - Samoa Knowledge Society Initiative: Lifelong Learning Lab

Dear Colleagues,

 

For young professionals in your network, please see two funded opportunities to serve as UN Volunteers:

 

  • Learning Management System (LMS) Administrator for the Lifelong Learning Lab under the Samoa Knowledge Society Initiative funded by the India-UN Development Partnership Fund:
    UNESCO is looking for a system administrator to build and set up a Moodle based learning management platform (LMP), develop a Learning Management System (LMS) combining various efforts and manage the ICT operations of the Lifelong Learning Lab. The incumbent will be required to have high level of personal motivation to enable the success of the Lifelong Learning Lab through focus on development of the learning management platform, deployment of the learning management system, and development of capacities of staff in MESC, ICT staff of schools, staff of the National Library of Samoa and NUS Library and key personnel from the education sector. Check the full job description https://www.unv.org/sites/default/files/special_calls/WSMR000030_en.pdf and apply online at: Learning Management System (LMS) Administrator | UNV
  • ICT in Education Curriculum Specialist for the Lifelong Learning Lab under the Samoa Knowledge Society Initiative funded by the India-UN Development Partnership Fund: UNESCO is looking for an ICT in Education Curriculum Specialist to set up a Learning Management System Team, train teachers, librarians and others from the education sector in online and multimedia teaching and learning and content creation and support activities of the Lifelong Learning Lab. The incumbent is expected to have technical competence to conceptualize, design, develop, and deploy an LMS and training skills to enhance capacities of MESC, National Library of Samoa and other stakeholders. The Post will also support content management of an overarching learning management platform (LMP) that can offer curricular resources for early childhood education, primary and secondary education in formats that are both Open as well as Inclusive and robust enough to host Open Educational Resources (OERs) for supplementary learning, higher education and professional development. Check the full job description https://www.unv.org/sites/default/files/special_calls/WSMR000029_en.pdf and apply online at: ICT in Education Curriculum Specialist | UNV

 

Thank you for your help with outreach!

 

Much appreciated on behalf of UNESCO’s Office in Apia and UNESCO’s Representative to the Pacific States.


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Sunday, March 14, 2021

National Library Conclave on Copyrights | YouTube Video Recording

National Library Conclave on Copyrights

Held on January 21, 2021 


Dear Professional Colleagues,

A National Library Conclave on Copyrights was held on January 21, 2021 via virtual mode, organized jointly by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India International Centre (IIC), Sanrachana, and Information and Communication Society of India (ICSI), wherein brainstorming sessions on the following themes were held:
1. One Nation – One Subscription
2. Copyrights Provisions for Libraries: Guidelines for Librarians
3. Copyrights Challenges in the Digital Era

Additionally, topics such as STIP2021, NEP2020, Vocal for Local, and Aatma Nirbhar Bharat, were discussed in the sessions. 

We are happy to inform you of the availability of YouTube Video Recording for your view and further comments. 

Thursday, March 11, 2021

CSSP Distinguished Lecture on Science Communication in India: Emerging Trends and Challenges | Audio Recording

Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, organized a Distinguished Lecture on "Science Communication in India: Emerging Trends and Challenges", delivered by Shri Deepak Sharma, General Secretary, Pragati Vigyan Sanstha, India & National Awardee for Science Communication by DST, Govt of India, on 10th March 2021. In the session, the Introductory address was delivered by Prof Madhav Govind, while the Vote of Thanks was proposed by Dr Anamika Gulati of CSSP, JNU.

 

Listen to Recorded Lecture



Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Just Released "The Science of Citizen Science"

The Science of Citizen Science
Edited by Katrin Vohland, Anne Land-Zandstra, Luigi Ceccaroni, Rob Lemmens, Josep PerellĂł, Marisa Ponti, Roeland Samson, Katherin Wagenknecht. Springer, 2021, ISBN: 9783030582777.


About this book: This open access book discusses how the involvement of citizens into scientific endeavors is expected to contribute to solve the big challenges of our time, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities within and between societies, and the sustainability turn. The field of citizen science has been growing in recent decades. Many different stakeholders from scientists to citizens and from policy makers to environmental organisations have been involved in its practice. In addition, many scientists also study citizen science as a research approach and as a way for science and society to interact and collaborate. This book provides a representation of the practices as well as scientific and societal outcomes in different disciplines. It reflects the contribution of citizen science to societal development, education, or innovation and provides an overview of the field of actors as well as on tools and guidelines. It serves as an introduction for anyone who wants to get involved in and learn more about the science of citizen science.

Table of contents
  • Editorial: The Science of Citizen Science Evolves | Katrin Vohland, Anne Land-Zandstra, Luigi Ceccaroni, Rob Lemmens, Josep PerellĂł, Marisa Ponti et al.
  • What Is Citizen Science? The Challenges of Definition | Mordechai (Muki) Haklay, Daniel Dörler, Florian Heigl, Marina Manzoni, Susanne Hecker, Katrin Vohland
  • Citizen Science in Europe | Katrin Vohland, Claudia Göbel, Bálint Balázs, EglÄ— ButkeviÄŤienÄ—, Maria Daskolia, Barbora Duží et al.
Citizen Science as Science
  • Science as a Commons: Improving the Governance of Knowledge Through Citizen Science | Maite Pelacho, Hannot RodrĂ­guez, Fernando Broncano, Renata Kubus, Francisco Sanz GarcĂ­a, Beatriz Gavete et al.
  • Citizen Science in the Natural Sciences | Didone Frigerio, Anett Richter, Esra Per, Baiba Pruse, Katrin Vohland
  • Citizen Humanities | Barbara Heinisch, Kristin Oswald, Maike WeiĂźpflug, Sally Shuttleworth, Geoffrey Belknap
  • Citizen Social Science: New and Established Approaches to Participation in Social Research | Alexandra Albert, Bálint Balázs, EglÄ— ButkeviÄŤienÄ—, Katja Mayer, Josep PerellĂł
  • Data Quality in Citizen Science | Bálint Balázs, Peter Mooney, Eva Nováková, Lucy Bastin, Jamal Jokar Arsanjani
  • A Conceptual Model for Participants and Activities in Citizen Science Projects | Rob Lemmens, Gilles Falquet, Chrisa Tsinaraki, Friederike Klan, Sven Schade, Lucy Bastin et al.
  • Machine Learning in Citizen Science: Promises and Implications | Martina Franzen, Laure Kloetzer, Marisa Ponti, Jakub Trojan, Julián Vicens
  • Participation and Co-creation in Citizen Science | Enric Senabre Hidalgo, Josep PerellĂł, Frank Becker, Isabelle Bonhoure, Martine Legris, Anna Cigarini
  • Citizen Science, Health, and Environmental Justice | Luigi Ceccaroni, Sasha M. Woods, James Sprinks, Sacoby Wilson, Elaine M. Faustman, Aletta Bonn et al.
Citizen Science in Society
  • Participants in Citizen Science | Anne Land-Zandstra, Gaia Agnello, YaĹźar Selman GĂĽltekin
  • Inclusiveness and Diversity in Citizen Science | Carole Paleco, Sabina GarcĂ­a Peter, Nora Salas Seoane, Julia Kaufmann, Panagiota Argyri
  • Learning in Citizen Science | Laure Kloetzer, Julia Lorke, Joseph Roche, Yaela Golumbic, Silvia Winter, Aiki Jõgeva
  • Citizen Science Case Studies and Their Impacts on Social Innovation | EglÄ— ButkeviÄŤienÄ—, Artemis Skarlatidou, Bálint Balázs, Barbora Duží, Luciano Massetti, Ioannis Tsampoulatidis et al.
  • Science as a Lever: The Roles and Power of Civil Society Organisations in Citizen Science | Claudia Göbel, Lucile Ottolini, Annett Schulze
  • Citizen Science and Policy | Sven Schade, Maite Pelacho, Toos (C. G. E.) van Noordwijk, Katrin Vohland, Susanne Hecker, Marina Manzoni
  • Creating Positive Environmental Impact Through Citizen Science | Toos (C. G. E.) van Noordwijk, Isabel Bishop, Sarah Staunton-Lamb, Alice Oldfield, Steven Loiselle, Hilary Geoghegan et al.
  • Ethical Challenges and Dynamic Informed Consent | Loreta TauginienÄ—, Philipp Hummer, Alexandra Albert, Anna Cigarini, Katrin Vohland
Citizen Science in Practice
  • Finding What You Need: A Guide to Citizen Science Guidelines | Francisco Sanz GarcĂ­a, Maite Pelacho, Tim Woods, Dilek Fraisl, Linda See, Mordechai (Muki) Haklay et al.
  • Citizen Science Platforms | Hai-Ying Liu, Daniel Dörler, Florian Heigl, Sonja Grossberndt
  • Citizen Science in the Digital World of Apps |Rob Lemmens, Vyron Antoniou, Philipp Hummer, Chryssy Potsiou
  • Communication and Dissemination in Citizen Science | Simone RĂĽfenacht, Tim Woods, Gaia Agnello, Margaret Gold, Philipp Hummer, Anne Land-Zandstra et al.
  • Evaluation in Citizen Science: The Art of Tracing a Moving Target | Teresa Schaefer, Barbara Kieslinger, Miriam Brandt, Vanessa van den Bogaert
Conclusions/Lessons Learnt
  • The Recent Past and Possible Futures of Citizen Science: Final Remarks | Josep PerellĂł, Andrzej Klimczuk, Anne Land-Zandstra, Katrin Vohland, Katherin Wagenknecht, Claire Narraway et al.

Monday, March 8, 2021

CSSP Distinguish Lecture on Science Communication in India: Emerging Trends and Challenges | 10th March at 3:00 PM (Virtual Mode)

Centre for Studies in Science Policy

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Cordially Invites You to

 

Distinguished Lecture

on

 Science Communication in India: Emerging Trends and Challenges


 by

 Deepak Sharma

General Secretary, Pragati Vigyan Sanstha, India

& National Awardee for Science Communication

by DST, Govt of India

on

10th March 2021 | 3:00 PM

 

Introduction by Prof Madhav Govind

Vote of Thanks by Dr Anamika Gulati

 

All Are Kindly Invited to Attend the Talk on Google Meet.

Meet.google.com/peu-ecue-uyq 



Sunday, March 7, 2021

[apeid.higher_education.bgk] "Together for Peace Webinar III: Living with Super Diversity”, Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 10:45-13:30 (GMT+7)

Forwarded by request: Please share or join in!

 

Dear Colleagues, 

 

We are pleased to share with you the information on the upcoming webinar:  "Together for Peace (T4P) Webinar III: Living with Super Diversity" will take place tomorrow, Tuesday 9th March 2021 at  10:45-13:30 (GMT+7).

 

This webinar is the 3rd webinar leading to UNESCO's Regional Dialogue on building a peaceful and sustainable future in Asia-Pacific on 30-31 March. This webinar aims to 1. highlight promising practices of education on cultural diversity and media and information literacy as key tools for building and sustaining positive peace, and 2. engage educators and education policymakers in building positive peace through education on cultural diversity and media and information literacy. More information is available in the attached flyers. 

 

We invite your active participation and please share this invitation with your colleagues, partners and networks. 

  

For your ease, the registration link is https://unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bdaQSoMbQLS1lzzESjH3jg  

For any inquiries to the event, please contact Misako Ito (Email: m.ito@unesco.org).

 

Warm regards,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education for Sustainable Development

Quality of Education Team

Section for Inclusive Quality Education (IQE)

UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education

United Nations

Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization

Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building

920 Sukhumvit road, Prakanong, Klongtoey

Bangkok 10110 Thailand

Tel.: +66 (0)2 39 105 77

http://bangkok.unesco.org/