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Recorded as part of the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Colloquium on May 19, 2021
Anticipative Reflection in an Interdisciplinary Research Team: A Case Study
- Dr. Vincenzo Politi (University of Oslo)
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and similar science policy frameworks aim at reinforcing the social responsibility of science and technology by promoting a reflective and anticipatory attitude among researchers. Such an attitude requires the ability to imagine future scenarios in order to predict and assess the potential societal implications of innovative research. Responsible research, therefore, requires a future-oriented attitude. ‘Future’, however, may mean different things. In this talk, I discuss the results of a qualitative study conducted with an interdisciplinary research team working on innovative personalised targeted cancer therapies. The study reveals that, within the research team, different individuals think about different kinds of future. Depending on which kind of future they think about, researchers anticipate different kinds of impact of their work, which I define ‘internal’ and ‘external impact’. In the conclusions, I will investigate which kind of knowledge and expertise researchers should be equipped with in order to develop the ability to think about the future implications of their work.
Explore our colloquium schedule on our website: uni-tuebingen.de/forschung/zentren-und-institute/carl-friedrich-von-weizsaecker-zentrum/news-und-events/carl-friedrich-von-weizsaecker-kolloquium
Recorded as part of the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Colloquium on May 19, 2021
Anticipative Reflection in an Interdisciplinary Research Team: A Case Study
- Dr. Vincenzo Politi (University of Oslo)
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and similar science policy frameworks aim at reinforcing the social responsibility of science and technology by promoting a reflective and anticipatory attitude among researchers. Such an attitude requires the ability to imagine future scenarios in order to predict and assess the potential societal implications of innovative research. Responsible research, therefore, requires a future-oriented attitude. ‘Future’, however, may mean different things. In this talk, I discuss the results of a qualitative study conducted with an interdisciplinary research team working on innovative personalised targeted cancer therapies. The study reveals that, within the research team, different individuals think about different kinds of future. Depending on which kind of future they think about, researchers anticipate different kinds of impact of their work, which I define ‘internal’ and ‘external impact’. In the conclusions, I will investigate which kind of knowledge and expertise researchers should be equipped with in order to develop the ability to think about the future implications of their work.
Explore our colloquium schedule on our website: uni-tuebingen.de/forschung/zentren-und-institute/carl-friedrich-von-weizsaecker-zentrum/news-und-events/carl-friedrich-von-weizsaecker-kolloquium
