27.3.2018: Aufgegriffen

Call for Plant Science Center Summer School 2018




The Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center (PSC) cordially invites students and postdocs to this year's PSC summer school «Responsible Research and Innovation in Plant Sciences», taking place from 10-14 September 2018 in Einsiedeln, Switzerland.


Social transformation through innovation and research are key elements in the discussion on how the global community could overcome its complex problems related to environmental and economic constraints in a resource-limited world. Innovation conflicts arise when transformation is mainly technological driven and not integrating ethical, legal and social issues. In response, scientists are asked to take a role in science-in-society dialogue.

Knowledge that is adapted to societal needs is co-produced between different stakeholders including scientists. Spaces for social learning and transformation are created. Public engagement is key in this process – welcoming civil society actors as partners to express their values and interests in techno-scientific and innovation choices. We have to re-think the scientific research process, opening spaces for the public at the beginning of a research project to come together with the scientists and reflect on the question, which innovation and research should be fostered: By whom? Why? In which ways? Says who?

In this summer school, the responsible research and innovation framework (RRI) of the European Union to exemplary research field as plant breeding, smart farming, digitalization in agriculture or genome editing (CRISPR/Cas-method) in plant sciences and to your own research projects will be implemented.



Keywords:
Research and innovation; Responsibility


http://www.plantsciences.uzh.ch/en/teaching/summerschool.html
http://www.registration.ethz.ch/spsw

Kontaktadresse:
Romy Kohlmann
PlantHUB, PLANT FELLOWS
Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center
romy.kohlmann@usys.ethz.ch
Tel: +41 (0)44 632 47 96


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