Fifteen Case Studies Undertaken As Part of the Scishops.Eu Horizon 2020 Project
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ENHANCING THE RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE EXPANSION OF THE SCIENCE SHOPS ECOSYSTEM IN EUROPE D2.2 Existing RRI tools and successful participatory community-based research case studies report This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 741657. D2.2 Existing RRI tools and successful participatory community-based research case studies report 2 Project Acronym: SciShops.eu Title: Enhancing the Responsible and Sustainable Expansion of the Science Shops Ecosystem in Europe Coordinator: SYNYO GmbH Reference: 741657 Type: Research and Innovation Action Program: HORIZON 2020 Theme: Participatory research and innovation via Science Shops Start: 01. September 2017 Duration: 30 months Website: project.scishops.eu Consortium: SYNYO GmbH (SYNYO), Austria Handelsblatt Research Institute GmbH, Germany University of Hohenheim, Germany KPMG Limited, Cyprus The National Unions of Students in Europe, Belgium Institute of Social Innovations, Lithuania University of Oxford, United Kingdom Katholieke Universiteit, Belgium Universidad Carlos III De Madrid, Spain Universitatea Politehnica Din Bucuresti, Romania Universitá degli Studi di Brescia, Italy Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Spain Institute Jozef Stefan, Slovenia Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany Vetenskap & Allmänhet, Sweden Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. For Applied Research, Hungary SciCo Cyprus, Cyprus © 2018 SciShops | Horizon 2020 – SwafS-01-2016 | 741657 D2.2 Existing RRI tools and successful participatory community-based research case studies report 3 Deliverable Number: D2.2 Title: Existing RRI tools and successful participatory community-based research case studies report Lead beneficiary: VA (Public & Science) Work package: WP2 Dissemination level: Public (PU) Nature: Report (RE) Due date: 31.01.2018 Submission date: 31.01.2018 Authors: Helen Garrison, VA Contributors: Ingrida Gečienė, SII Laima Nevinskaitė, SII Jan Kleibrink, HRI Review: Giovanna Grossi, UNIBS Martin Bergman, VA Acknowledgement: This project has received Disclaimer: The content of this publication is the funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 sole responsibility of the authors, and in no way Research and Innovation Programme under Grant represents the view of the European Commission or Agreement No 700583. its services. © 2018 SciShops | Horizon 2020 – SwafS-01-2016 | 741657 D2.2 Existing RRI tools and successful participatory community-based research case studies report 4 Executive summary In order to be able to develop new science shops, it is important to learn from existing models and practices in community-based participatory research. At the core of this report are fifteen case studies undertaken as part of the SciShops.eu Horizon 2020 project. The fifteen case studies represent a broad range of different models of community-based participatory research. The selection includes different types of organisations (non-profit, university-based, research institutes) from different parts of Europe and beyond at different stages of establishment (from young, new initiatives to well-established ones). Some feature traditional science shops, others work with innovative formats such as a pop-up model and an e-science shop based at an online university. Some organisations do not call themselves science shops but undertake community-based participatory research too. The case studies investigate aspects such as business models, how the organisations undertake community-based participatory research, examples of research projects, relationships with community organisations and other stakeholders, how work and impact is monitored and evaluated, as well as Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) practices. Most importantly, the interviews explore factors that determine the success of community-based participatory research as well as challenges faced by the organisations. The case studies are based on one-hour interviews undertaken with representatives of the fifteen organisations. An interview guide was used to guide the conversations. Sustainability remains the greatest challenge science shops face, mainly due to funding insecurity and changing circumstances. Science shops need to be prepared to adapt and find new funding sources and partners if required. The case studies demonstrate a wide range of research interests, business models, regions and practices that reflect the variety of work undertaken by science shops in Europe and beyond. A key learning from this is that there is no single model a science shop must adopt in order to operate successfully but science shops should build on their own strengths and existing resources. The report also contains a set of RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation) tools of relevance to science shops and provides context to the RRI agenda in relation to science shops. The tools are categorised according to key dimensions of RRI (such as ethics, gender equality, open access, public engagement, science education and governance) as well as the various activities undertaken by science shops as part of community-based participatory research, including project definition and implementation, evaluation and dissemination. A core source of tools has been the RRI Toolkit, developed as part of the EU RRI Tools FP7-project. By investigating the current RRI practices of science shops through the case studies as well as the diverse range of RRI resources and tools available, it is clear that there are opportunities for science shops to embrace more RRI methodologies and practices to make their community-based participatory research even more participatory and responsible. © 2018 SciShops | Horizon 2020 – SwafS-01-2016 | 741657 D2.2 Existing RRI tools and successful participatory community-based research case studies report 5 Table of Content 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 7 2 Approach and methodology for case studies .................................................................................. 8 3 Case Studies ..................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1. Science Shop Language, Culture, Communication, University of Groningen, the Netherlands ................................................................................................................................................. 9 3.2. European University Cyprus Science Shop ............................................................................ 13 3.3. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Science Shop, Spain ............................................... 17 3.4. InterMEDIU Bucharest, Romania .......................................................................................... 19 3.5. UTS Shopfront Community Program, Australia ..................................................................... 22 3.6. Interchange, Liverpool, UK .................................................................................................... 27 3.7. Adam Mickiewicz University’s Science Shop Poznań, Poland ............................................... 30 3.8. Malmö University’s Pop-Up Science Shop, Sweden .............................................................. 33 3.9. The Research Shop, University of Guelph, Canada ............................................................... 37 3.10. Living Lab for Health, Spain ................................................................................................... 42 3.11. Bonn Science Shop, Germany ................................................................................................ 46 3.12. Wissenschaftsladen Potsdam, Germany ............................................................................... 50 3.13. Institut für gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Forschung, Bildung & Information (FBI), Austria... ............................................................................................................................................... 54 3.14. Institute of Social Innovations Science Shop, Lithuania ........................................................ 57 3.15. Ibercivis Foundation, Spain ................................................................................................... 60 4 Conclusions from case studies ...................................................................................................... 65 4.1. Business models .................................................................................................................... 65 4.2. Research process and relationship with stakeholders .......................................................... 67 4.3. Future developments ............................................................................................................ 69 5 RRI and SciShops.eu ...................................................................................................................... 70 5.1. What is RRI? ........................................................................................................................... 70 5.2. The relevance of RRI to science shops and community-based participatory research......... 71 5.3. Public engagement ................................................................................................................ 71 5.4. Science education and