Neuerscheinung! Jenseits von Wahrheitsmaschinen: Computermodelle in der Politik (Webinar) am 20.12.2021, 19:00 – 20:30 Uhr

Ob Klimawandel, Pandemie oder Energiewende – Computermodelle geben wichtiges Entscheidungswissen für Politik und Gesellschaft. Anhand aktueller Beispiele zeigt der Vortrag die unterschiedlichen Rollen und Funktionen von Modellen in der politischen und öffentlichen Debatte auf und fragt, welche Chancen und Herausforderungen mit dem zunehmenden Einsatz von Modellen in der Politik(beratung) verbunden sind.

  • Veranstalter:  Planetarium
  • 20.12.2021, 19:00 – 20:30 Uhr
  • Kursleitung: Dr. Anja Bauer MA

Anja Bauer ist Politikwissenschaftlerin und derzeit Assistenzprofessorin am Institut für Technik- und Wissenschaftsforschung der Universität Klagenfurt. Sie forscht und lehrt insbesondere zum Verhältnis von Wissenschaft, Politik und Öffentlichkeit.

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Verantwortungsvolle Forschung und Innovation: (Neue) Anforderungen und Herausforderungen für gesellschaftliche Beteiligung.

Anja Bauer, Alexander Bogner & Daniela Fuchs (2021): Rethinking societal engagement under the heading of Responsible Research and Innovation: (novel) requirements and challenges, Journal of Responsible Innovation, https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2021.1909812

Abstract:

Societal engagement is a key dimension of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), aiming at making science, technology and innovation more transparent, interactive and responsive. Within this article, we identify and discuss the specific requirements and challenges for societal engagement under the heading of RRI along five dimensions. First, engagement aims at shaping research and innovation in a socially robust manner. Second, RRI demands a balanced representation of and a balanced view by various actor groups. Third, RRI emphasises engagement moving upstream as well as continuous engagement. Fourth, RRI focusses on forms of invited participation and calls for two-way interactions. Fifth, with the emphasis on ethics as a driving force, RRI favours specific framings of research and innovation. In conclusion, two intertwined challenges arise for societal engagement under RRI: making the political character of science and technology explicit and therefore paying particular attention to framing in ‘invited participation’.

Bauer A, Bogner A. Let’s (not) talk about synthetic biology: Framing an emerging technology in public and stakeholder dialogues. Public Understanding of Science. 2020

Abstract

Synthetic biology is an emerging technoscience, which, so far, lacks a broader public debate. To foster early societal dialogue, a range of public engagement events have been initiated over the past decade. This article discusses the configurations of the emerging debate on synthetic biology in the context of the EU FP7 project SYNENERGENE. Drawing on notions of frames and framing in media studies and policy analysis, we ask which distinct frames are invoked and become dominant in current discussions about synthetic biology. Our analysis indicates significant reconfigurations in the framing of synthetic biology compared with previous biotechnology debates. Frames that traditionally served to problematize biotechnology, that is, ethics, risks, and economics, become less dominant. Instead, the potential to contribute to social progress is placed in the foreground. Moreover, discussions on ethics, risks, and governance frequently occur on an abstract level, invoking generic statements that could be made for any new technology.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0963662520907255

Vorausschauende Governance für Klimaexperimente

 

Paper: Anticipatory Governance of Climate EngineeringBarben, Daniel; Matzner, Nils (2020): Anticipatory Governance of Climate Engineering. In Hans von Storch (Ed.): Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science: Oxford University Press.

Abstract (DE)

„Antizipatorische Governance“ zielt darauf ab Forschung und Entwicklung in einem frühen Stadium, lange bevor soziale Impacts sichtbar werden. Der Artikel stellt Antizipatorischer Governance von Climate Engineering (CE) in den Zusammenhang von frühen Formen der Governance von Wissenschaft, im Entstehen begriffenen Technologien und vorausschauenden, inklusiven und deliberativen Maßnahmen. Der Artikel diskutiert, wie and warum CE als Möglichkeit in Betracht gezogen wird, nachdem das Abkommen von Paris 2015 zu einer fragmentierten Klimapolitik geführt hat. Angesichts der Wichtigkeit von Klimawandel, werden Ansätze von Antizipatorischer Governance notwendig, um Wissenschaft und Innovation als Möglichkeiten des globalen Wandels zu nutzen, welche eine verantwortliche Transformation zu einer kohlenstoffneutralen Gesellschaft ermöglichen sollen.

Abstract (EN)

„Anticipatory governance“ has gained recognition as an approach dedicated to shaping research and development early on, that is, long before technological applications become available or societal impacts visible. This article places debates about the anticipatory governance of climate engineering (CE) into the context of earlier efforts to render the governance of science, emerging technologies, and society more forward-looking, inclusive, and deliberative. The article discusses how and why CE has become subject to change in the aftermath of the Paris Agreement of 2015, leading to a more open and more fragmented situation. Considering the particular significance of climate change, approaches to anticipatory governance of CE need to be scaled up and reframed, from guiding research and innovation to meeting a global challenge, from creating capable ensembles in research and innovation to facilitating societal transformation toward carbon neutrality.