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Re-Imagining Research Relationships I S S N 1613 - 2270 LivingLiving No. 10 - May 2012 KnowledgeKnowledge International Journal of Community Based Research Re-imagining Research Relationships 5th Living Knowledge Conference Green Summer in Freiburg Learning from Mentoring Relationships A new infrastructure model to build capacity in Socio-Health Research Idea generation between Living Knowledge Scientists and Agricultural Producers The International Science Shop Network Contents | Editorial Contents Editorial Focus: Re-imagining Research Relationships ver the past 10 years Science Shops and OCommunity-Based Research have found their place on the agenda of science policy- making - although theory here often still lags 5th Living Knowledge Conference behind experiences and practice. Now focusing on innovation and guiding research it is re- Co-creating Knowledge in a Democratic Society » 5 quired to re-imagine research relationships and see how knowl- Participation-oriented Science: Theory lags behind practice » 6 edge co-creation can be advanced and how civil society can fully participate. There is an ongoing interest in and attention given to the participation of citizens in community-based research, in Conference Contributions: science-based policy processes and decision-making procedures. Consequently as a next step citizens and their organisations have Learning from Mentoring Relationships within and between to engage with research as equal partners and providers of knowl- Higher Education Institute staff » 7 edge and expertise. But how? Learning from an Irish multidisciplinary collaborative project where students are the community » 9 In 2007 the European Research Advisory Board advised re- searchers to take “societal questions and concerns more into account and to integrate engagement with societal actors into the university curriculum.” It also recommended to develop further Conference Contributions: mechanisms for societal actors to improve their research capaci- Capacity Building ties, to encourage structures for partnerships between researchers Building community-researcher CBPR capacity and incubating and societal actors in research dialogue and to integrate societal partnerships through and Environmental Justice Network / actors into the various stages of research. Community Science Workshop » 12 A new infrastructure model to build capacity in Socio-Health So here we are with the 5th Living Knowledge Conference: a unique Research: Opportunities for inclusive cross-disciplinary and opportunity to exchange with some of the key thinkers and practi- cross-sector community and stakeholder partnerships » 15 tioners both from civil society partners and the academic/research Killing more than two birds with one stone: Learning statistics community in the area of community based research, university/ while doing community research, an example of good practice community partnerships and Science Shops. Conference presenta- for first year undergraduate students » 29 tions reflect the large variety of experiences from across Europe and worldwide proving the innovative power and the scientific value of these initiatives. The 5th Living Knowledge Conference will also be a platform to exchange and discuss findings and results from the Conference Contributions: first half of the PERARES project, an EC funded 4-years project to Partnerships strengthen public engagement in research (PER). Creating successful partnerships using applied community psychology research » 16 For those who will not be able to attend we offer live streams to fol- Green Summer in Freiburg » 24 low the plenary presentations online. Presentations and full papers University-Community Links in California, Barcelona and Augsburg: will be available for downloads. So stay tuned, check the the Living Participatory Actioin Research in, for and through local and interntional Knowledge and the Conference Websites regularly and follow us learning communities » 25 on the Living Knowledge Discussion list. The Shaping and Impacts of Network Alliances between Science Shops and Civil Society » 26 Looking forward to welcoming you in Bonn. Yours sincerly, Norbert Steinhaus Conference Contributions: Living Knowledge Concepts & Ideas International Journal of Community Based Research No. 10 – May 2012 Published by the International Science Shop Contact Point, c/o Wissenschaftsladen Bonn e.V., Buschstr. 85, Transition, Resilience and the Economy: D-53113 Bonn, Germany, phone: ++228 201 610, fax: ++228 201 6111, mail: livingknowledge@wilabonn. de, www.wilabonn.de, Editor: Norbert Steinhaus ([email protected]), Assistant Editor: Michaela The Role to be of Science Shops » 18 Shields ([email protected]), Layout: Norbert Steinhaus, Pictures: Archive, Wissenschaftsladen Bonn, Norbert Steinhaus, Printed by: WarlichDruck RheinAhr GmbH, Bonn, May 2012, Number of Copies: 2500 Spreading more than just manure: Living Knowledge – Journal of Community Based Research is part of the output of PERARES (Public Engage- ment with Research and Research Engagement with Society) – which has been awarded financial support by the European Idea generation between Scientists and Agricultural Producers » 21 Commission as coordination action through the contract no. 244264 in FP7 (Area 5.1.2.1 Broader engagement on science- related questions, SiS-2009-1.2.1.1 Structuring public engagement in research (PER)). For further information please see www.livingknowledge.org or contact Henk Mulder at [email protected]. The next printed issue of Living Knowledge – International Journal of Community Based Research will be published in Around the World » 3 April 2013. Information about coming editions and publishing cooperations can be found at the homepage of the Science Shop network (www.livingknowledge.org).The editors still welcomes the contribution of reports, articles, news, press re- » 27 leases and clippings, letters, contribution to discussions, job offers, internships, internet links etc for the Living Knowledge Forum newsletter and the website. Please feel free to contact the editors for your questions and any support. » 31 The views expressed in the articles and papers are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Clippings publisher and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. Whilst every care has been taken during production, the publisher does not accept any liability for errors that may have occurred. 2 Living Knowledge Around the World BioSense - New Science Shop in Portugal Help them to be heard End of October 2011 opened solving the problems identified Participatory research in a Roma more and more emphasis. the first full running science by the civil society. community in Hungary While the implementation of a shop in Portugal. The Bio- Henk Mulder, of the science & possible afternoon school was Sense Science Shop in Lisbon society group at University of The participatory research in the focus of our later discus- is being built under the project Groningen (The Netherlands), project set up in the PERARES sions, many other aspects of “Science engaging society: life member of the Living Knowl- framework in Hungary is get- their lives (work, accommoda- sciences, social sciences and edge Network and coordinator of ting into action this spring. tion, social segregation) came publics” funded by the Portu- the European project PERARES, The research started in 2011 to light. The lack of advocacy guese Foundation for Science was invited to the opening of the is aiming to explore human and the ignorance (or even and Technology. The Science BioSense Science Shop to speak rights in the local context of a malevolent attitude) towards Shop involves two Portuguese about the science shops experi- segregate in Szeged, a South- them leaves this community universities through the co- ence in Europe. During the talk ern-Hungarian city. In the first in a no-man’s land regarding operation of the Institute for he stressed the importance of months of the project inter- human rights. Need for get- Molecular and Cell Biology of the involvement of the academic views and discussion groups ting them heard by the city (or the University of Porto and the institutions in the promotion of were organized inviting those at least the decision makers Centre for Social Studies of the science-society dialogues and col- who are actively engaged in the of Szeged) became apparent. University of Coimbra. laborations and of the interfaces work with the Roma commu- As a result of this bottom-up The objective of this initiative between research and society nity. After months of getting initiative the research group is to develop action research as catalysts for joint knowledge information on the current is now planning to organize a and collaborative projects at the creation and student learning situation of this marginal- forum and a roundtable dis- intersection of the social sciences, with civil society. ized group, the research group cussion on the research results life sciences, health and environ- Information and contact: managed to get direct contact and advocacy for the main ment, aiming the production of www.biosense.org.pt, and access to the people of stakeholders in the city during knowledge that contributes to [email protected]. the community. We initiated the spring. This event will get discussions, meetings in the the marginalized and the privi- segregate with the support of leged together with the aim to our local helpers. The idea of foster interactive communica- a possible afternoon school tion
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