Objective "Citizens, policy makers and social scientists often call for citizen participation for reasons of democratic legitimacy and effectiveness. An important field in which this has been claimed vigorously is science and technology policy. Thus, many countries witnessed the introduction of Participatory Technology Assessment (PTA). The ""litmus test"" of PTA, and of citizen participation, is their impact on policy-making. But can PTA keep its promises and increase the influence of citizens' voices on decision-making? What in actual fact is the impact of PTA on decision-making? How can we increase it? In order to answer these questions the project ""Impact of Citizen Participation on Decision Making in a Knowledge Intensive Policy Field"" (CIT-PART) will study comparatively the impact of PTA and TA on policy-making in 7 member- and a non-member country, the Commission, the OECD and the Holy See. From that we will draw conclusions about the potential impact of institutionalised citizen participation on EU level. We will exemplify our questions through the reactions of various political systems to the challenge of xenotransplantation (XTP), which stands for the transplantation of animal organs, tissues or cells into humans. XTP is highly controversial: Its advocates perceive it as promising since it could help to remedy the shortage of human transplants. Its opponents insist that it involves too many risks - most prominently infection risks - and ethical questions. Adopting a theoretical approach of “social practices” we assume that the impact of citizen participation on decision-making is not only dependent on the quality of the PTA process itself but on practices of policy makers in which PTA is embedded in. Following from our theoretical approach we will apply qualitative methods of empirical research. The team involves researchers from anthropology, communication studies, political science, public law, social psychology and sociology." Fields of science social sciencessociologyanthropologysocial sciencespsychologysocial psychologysocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societymedical and health sciencesclinical medicinetransplantationsocial scienceslaw Keywords Citizen Participation Ethical Legal and Social Aspects of Bioetchnology Participatory Technology Assessment Xenotransplantation Programme(s) FP7-SSH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Topic(s) SSH-2007-5.1-01 - Democratic ‘ownership’ and participation Call for proposal FP7-SSH-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator INSTITUT FUR HOHERE STUDIEN - INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES EU contribution € 388 016,61 Address Josefstadter strasse 39 1080 Wien Austria See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Erich Griessler (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all University of Calgary Canada EU contribution € 85 837,52 Address University drive nw 2500 T2N 1N4 Calgary alberta See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Glenn Mcmurray (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL Denmark EU contribution € 108 716,00 Address Solbjerg plads 3 2000 Frederiksberg See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Janus Hansen (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA Participation ended Italy EU contribution € 47 646,79 Address Via banchi di sotto 55 53100 Siena See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Siena Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Silvano Focardi (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATE Latvia EU contribution € 37 770,00 Address Raina boulevard 19 1586 Riga See on map Region Latvija Latvija Rīga Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Aivita Putnina (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Netherlands EU contribution € 109 867,00 Address Spui 21 1012WX Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact José Komen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University Sweden EU contribution € 98 359,43 Address Paradisgatan 5c 22100 Lund See on map Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Susanne Lundin (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF YORK United Kingdom EU contribution € 123 786,65 Address Heslington YO10 5DD York north yorkshire See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber North Yorkshire York Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Chris Barber (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data