School on knowledge assessment methodologies, Budapest, Hungary
6 October 2008 - 6 October 2008
Hungary
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Corvinus University Budapest are organising the 'Budapest Knowledge Assessment Methodologies Fall School' (Budapest KFS) in Budapest, Hungary, from 6 to 10 October.
The Fall School will present state-of-the-art tools and methods to address policy related knowledge in extended decision-making processes. Lectures by experts will cover methodologies for engaging a range of social actors and dealing explicitly with complexity, uncertainty, values and framings. This year biodiversity will be at the centre of attention.
Particular focus will be on methodological approaches that aim to both aims of widen the range of actors involved in decision-making while being transparent, open and trustful about the knowledge that is fed into the policy making cycle. The methodologies that will be taught at the school include social multi criteria evaluation, participatory methods and scenario building methodologies, uncertainty expression and communication, quality assurance protocols to deal with uncertainty, complexity and risk in decision making processes.
The target audience consists of policy makers, administrators, practitioners and stakeholders in socio-political issues in which technosciences are involved (planning, environment, urban development, transport and energy).
A limited number of places are available for representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and researchers at the interface between science, society and policy making. The school will be open (preferably but not exclusively) to people who hold a degree in economics, engineering, environmental sciences, geography and political sciences.For further information, please visit:
http://www.essrg.hu/kfs/(opens in new window)
Applications should be sent to
e-mail: angela.pereira@jrc.it
or e-mail: richard.szanto@uni-corvinus.hu
The Fall School will present state-of-the-art tools and methods to address policy related knowledge in extended decision-making processes. Lectures by experts will cover methodologies for engaging a range of social actors and dealing explicitly with complexity, uncertainty, values and framings. This year biodiversity will be at the centre of attention.
Particular focus will be on methodological approaches that aim to both aims of widen the range of actors involved in decision-making while being transparent, open and trustful about the knowledge that is fed into the policy making cycle. The methodologies that will be taught at the school include social multi criteria evaluation, participatory methods and scenario building methodologies, uncertainty expression and communication, quality assurance protocols to deal with uncertainty, complexity and risk in decision making processes.
The target audience consists of policy makers, administrators, practitioners and stakeholders in socio-political issues in which technosciences are involved (planning, environment, urban development, transport and energy).
A limited number of places are available for representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and researchers at the interface between science, society and policy making. The school will be open (preferably but not exclusively) to people who hold a degree in economics, engineering, environmental sciences, geography and political sciences.For further information, please visit:
http://www.essrg.hu/kfs/(opens in new window)
Applications should be sent to
e-mail: angela.pereira@jrc.it
or e-mail: richard.szanto@uni-corvinus.hu