Periodic Reporting for period 1 - IANUS (INspiring and ANchoring TrUst in Science)
Período documentado: 2022-06-01 hasta 2023-05-31
The IANUS project has a mission: to restore people’s trust in science. We are doing this by making science more open to interaction with non-scientists, to ensure science is honest, understandable, and useful while taking people’s values and concerns on board.
What we are aiming to accomplish:
Judge What to Trust: We want to help people figure out what scientific information is reliable and what is not and how to think critically about scientific debates by having a better grasp of the dynamics of research.
Dealing with Uncertainties: IANUS will help navigate the complexities of science by providing resources and support to understand and interpret scientific findings. Open science is not only about disseminating results but first and foremost about explaining how science works while assessing how responsiveness, integrity, and relevance of science can be improved.
Changing How Science Works: IANUS is encouraging scientists to be more open, fair, and responsive to what citizens care about. By including citizens, stakeholders, and policymakers, IANUS intends to work together to generate knowledge and figure out ways to strengthen relevance and trust.
Ethical Science: IANUS promotes honest and unbiased research practices, to ensure results are both trustworthy and relevant for addressing urgent societal challenges.
Here is the plan:
Researching What is Out There: We are looking into all projects and discussions about trusting science to learn from them.
Creating a Conceptual Framework: The framework will act as a roadmap for understanding and dealing with the various aspects of trust in science.
Involving Everyone: We are talking to citizens, experts, and researchers to understand how trust in science works and how to improve it.
Taking Action: We will initiate practical initiatives that bring scientists and citizens together to foster trust in how science is done and in the knowledge it produces.
Policy Recommendations: The project will offer evidence-based policy recommendations to key stakeholders in science and society with the help of participatory policy labs. Stakeholders include funding bodies, universities, research teams, educators, and media outlets. This will help create an environment where people trust science more.
Creating Places to Talk: IANUS is setting up labs and platforms where scientists and citizens can meet and discuss science to build reliable trust between science and society.
What we are aiming to accomplish:
Judge What to Trust: We want to help people figure out what scientific information is reliable and what is not and how to think critically about scientific debates by having a better grasp of the dynamics of research.
Dealing with Uncertainties: IANUS will help navigate the complexities of science by providing resources and support to understand and interpret scientific findings. Open science is not only about disseminating results but first and foremost about explaining how science works while assessing how responsiveness, integrity, and relevance of science can be improved.
Changing How Science Works: IANUS is encouraging scientists to be more open, fair, and responsive to what citizens care about. By including citizens, stakeholders, and policymakers, IANUS intends to work together to generate knowledge and figure out ways to strengthen relevance and trust.
Ethical Science: IANUS promotes honest and unbiased research practices, to ensure results are both trustworthy and relevant for addressing urgent societal challenges.
Here is the plan:
Researching What is Out There: We are looking into all projects and discussions about trusting science to learn from them.
Creating a Conceptual Framework: The framework will act as a roadmap for understanding and dealing with the various aspects of trust in science.
Involving Everyone: We are talking to citizens, experts, and researchers to understand how trust in science works and how to improve it.
Taking Action: We will initiate practical initiatives that bring scientists and citizens together to foster trust in how science is done and in the knowledge it produces.
Policy Recommendations: The project will offer evidence-based policy recommendations to key stakeholders in science and society with the help of participatory policy labs. Stakeholders include funding bodies, universities, research teams, educators, and media outlets. This will help create an environment where people trust science more.
Creating Places to Talk: IANUS is setting up labs and platforms where scientists and citizens can meet and discuss science to build reliable trust between science and society.
The first year of the project was dedicated to streamlining the work and concepts, planning and establishing efficient collaborative practices. All deliverables were submitted on time and have followed the internal quality control mechanism. While some tasks and activities were rescheduled to better fit the logic of implementation, through good planning and communications, further delays of the work were avoided, and mitigation measures were put in place. Collaboration was established with the two other projects, awarded by the same call - Poiesis and Verity – and conversations are underway for potential joint events and publications. Most of the work on mapping the landscape of existing projects and discussions related to trust in science was successfully done during the reporting period and the respective report is scheduled to be delivered on time. Planning for further publications and communication of the results is already underway.
IANUS is developing a conceptual framework to guide its work. This framework will serve as a roadmap for understanding and addressing the multifaceted aspects of trust in science. This work is also expected to yield scientific input in the near future.
During the reporting period Stakeholder consultation activities were planned in collaboration with various project partners. Two in-person workshops held back-to-back with invited experts and project team members in Soeterbeeck, the Netherlands. Additionally, an online workshop was scheduled for September.
The project website was launched in 2022 with two domain names – trustinscience.eu and ianus-project.eu. An editorial calendar was agreed upon by the project partners, to facilitate relevant and timely content generation. IANUS representatives participated in the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) conference in Rotterdam in April 2023, further promoting the project’s objectives.
Lastly, an External Advisory Board was introduced to the project, whose expertise and guidance will contribute to enhancing the project's activities and achieving its objectives.
IANUS is developing a conceptual framework to guide its work. This framework will serve as a roadmap for understanding and addressing the multifaceted aspects of trust in science. This work is also expected to yield scientific input in the near future.
During the reporting period Stakeholder consultation activities were planned in collaboration with various project partners. Two in-person workshops held back-to-back with invited experts and project team members in Soeterbeeck, the Netherlands. Additionally, an online workshop was scheduled for September.
The project website was launched in 2022 with two domain names – trustinscience.eu and ianus-project.eu. An editorial calendar was agreed upon by the project partners, to facilitate relevant and timely content generation. IANUS representatives participated in the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) conference in Rotterdam in April 2023, further promoting the project’s objectives.
Lastly, an External Advisory Board was introduced to the project, whose expertise and guidance will contribute to enhancing the project's activities and achieving its objectives.