Theme - WAAG

Social Design x Technology The Waag Social Technology Ecosystem So we have seen how people power can design vibrant communities and livable neighbourhoods, but can these social design principles be used to create technology that directly benefits ordinary people? One social technology organisation in Amsterdam is making a strong case that it is not only possible, but necessary to do just this

Doing It Together Science: D3.2 Innovation Hubs

Report on setting up of citizen science partner innovation hubs, facilities, multiplier arrangements with third parties such as science museums and centres, and future development plan

Autoprodução: uma abordagem especulativa

In a post-industrial scenario, where classical industry is ever more frequently converting into new forms, the form/function binomial and the notion of product need to be reanalysed. In a productive context, Advanced Design as a critical transdiscipline is intended as a cultural intermediary which responds to the economic and systemic crisis by being able to trigger, through the project, new attitudes and changes in the paradigm of thought. A transdisciplinary, future-oriented thinking hybridizes different fields of knowledge such as anthropology, science, art, technology and poetry through a humanistic approach. This allows a deep and total look at the complexity of the world. Through a kind of critical research that hybridizes the digital and the manual, the operator of Advanced Design has the opportunity to express himself from a particularly original and evolved experimental point of view. Synaesthetic artifacts, which result from his thinking, create new expressive possibilities and unprecedented fields of action. The goal of this critical approach is to question the world, to move the minds and to encourage debate in order to lead the way towards the future evolution of contemporary matter and thought.Keywords: transdisciplinary design, critical making, material culture, self-productions, Advanced Design.Em um cenário pós-industrial, onde a indústria clássica é cada vez mais convertida em novas formas, o binômio forma/ função e a noção de produto precisam ser reanalisados. Em um contexto produtivo, o Design Avançado como uma transdisciplina crítica pretende ser um intermediário cultural que responde à crise econômica e sistêmica, sendo capaz de provocar, por meio do projeto, novas atitudes e mudanças no paradigma do pensamento. Um pensamento transdisciplinar e voltado para o futuro mescla diferentes áreas do conhecimento, como antropologia, ciência, arte, tecnologia e poesia, através de uma abordagem humanista. Isto permite um olhar profundo e total para a complexidade do mundo. Através de um tipo de pesquisa crítica que mistura o digital e o manual, o operador de Design Avançado tem a oportunidade de expressar- se a partir de um ponto de vista experimental particularmente original e evoluído. Artefatos sinestésicos, que resultam do pensamento, criam novas possibilidades de expressão e campos de ação sem precedentes. O objetivo desta abordagem crítica é questionar o mundo, movendo as mentes e incentivando o debate, de modo alcançar a evolução futura da matéria e do pensamento contemporâneo.Palavras-chave: design transdisciplinar, critical making, cultura material, autoprodução, Design Avançado

Co-production for innovation: the urban living lab experience

Urban Living Labs (ULLs) are public spaces where local authorities engage citizens to develop innovative urban services. Their strength and popularity stem from a methodology based on open innovation, experimentation, and citizen engagement. Although the ULL methodology is supposed to largely adopt a co-production approach, connections between the two have not yet been thoroughly investigated. The paper seeks to fill this gap by examining through a qualitative analysis three experiences of ULLs made in Amsterdam, Boston and Turin. Specifically, the paper aims to assess whether ULLs can be really conceptualised as a form of co-production and, if so, which elements characterised them as innovative in comparison to \u2018mainstreaming\u2019 co-production; Then it analyses benefits and drawbacks related to their implementation

Doing It Together Science: D4.1 Initial Policy Briefs

DITOs initial policy briefs focus on two themes: Biodesign and environmental sustainability. The initial brief on environmental sustainability focuses on BioBlitz, an increasingly common citizen science methodology. A BioBlitz is an event during which members of the public, professional scientists and voluntary naturalists work together to record as many species as possible within a delimited geographical area over a defined time period. The topic of this policy brief is the field of biodiversity covering a wide range of policy and research areas including biodiversity conservation (e.g., species and protected areas), invasive alien species, coastal and marine management, and strategies for public engagement. The purpose of the policy brief is to synthesise evidence of the use of this methodology, highlight the valuable contribution it makes to public engagement, science, environmental management and policy, and explore how these potentials of the BioBlitz methodology can be enhanced by increasing cross-boundary exchange of experience and cooperation. The initial brief on biodesign focuses on a particular area of biodesign known as Do It Yourself Biotechnology (DIYBio). The application of design methodologies on biotechnology has greatly reduced the required means and resources to participate, which has led to the establishment of a worldwide movement of enthusiasts working with biotechnology in informal settings. For example, the tools and materials for doing genetic engineering, molecular diagnostics or tissue culturing are affordable enough for individuals to use. The purpose of the policy brief is to describe the implications and potential understandings of this phenomenon; in particular how the relationship between formal and informal biotechnology could lead the way to a more open, inclusive and responsible sector. Both policy briefs are informed by initial fact finding and review work (WP4T1) of good practices and policy guidelines, based on which scope and potential contributors have been identified. A community-oriented approach was then chosen for determining the specific topics of each brief and elaborating the content. The BioBlitz policy brief has been developed as collaborative process by a newly founded ECSA working group on BioBlitz that brings together organisers of such activities from around the world. The DIYBio policy brief has been elaborated in dialogue with DIYBio practitioners. Contributions were collected via the DITOs stakeholder round tables in Berlin and Paris, 20 videos submitted by DIY science practitioners from around Europe, via responses to the 7 vlogs published in the DITOs YouTube channel, and other DITOs events. As external review a draft version of the policy brief was presented and discussed at a practitioner conference. Within this process, the initial topic of regulations has been modified to focus more broadly on the various potentials of DIYBio for research, innovation and education. This deliverable concludes the successful first stage of WP4 based on key achievements regarding the elaboration of guidelines, mechanisms and institutions to facilitate policy engagement for RRI as well as internal consolidation of project workflows. Future briefs (M24 and M36) will further expand this work on the themes of biodesign and environmental sustainability and will address in detail the four key principles of RRI (gender equality and the inclusion of disadvantaged groups, open access, data and science, ethics and quality evaluation and the involvement of SMEs and industry). Sources of information will be continually expanded. DITOs ‘Initial Policy Briefs’ is Deliverable 4.1 (D4.1) from the coordination and support action (CSA) Doing It Together science (DITOs), grant agreement 709443

Autoprodução: uma abordagem especulativa

In a post-industrial scenario, where classical industry is ever more frequently converting into new forms, the form/function binomial and the notion of product need to be reanalysed. In a productive context, Advanced Design as a critical transdiscipline is intended as a cultural intermediary which responds to the economic and systemic crisis by being able to trigger, through the project, new attitudes and changes in the paradigm of thought. A transdisciplinary, future-oriented thinking hybridizes different fields of knowledge such as anthropology, science, art, technology and poetry through a humanistic approach. This allows a deep and total look at the complexity of the world. Through a kind of critical research that hybridizes the digital and the manual, the operator of Advanced Design has the opportunity to express himself from a particularly original and evolved experimental point of view. Synaesthetic artifacts, which result from his thinking, create new expressive possibilities and unprecedented fields of action. The goal of this critical approach is to question the world, to move the minds and to encourage debate in order to lead the way towards the future evolution of contemporary matter and thought.Keywords: transdisciplinary design, critical making, material culture, self-productions, Advanced Design.Em um cenário pós-industrial, onde a indústria clássica é cada vez mais convertida em novas formas, o binômio forma/ função e a noção de produto precisam ser reanalisados. Em um contexto produtivo, o Design Avançado como uma transdisciplina crítica pretende ser um intermediário cultural que responde à crise econômica e sistêmica, sendo capaz de provocar, por meio do projeto, novas atitudes e mudanças no paradigma do pensamento. Um pensamento transdisciplinar e voltado para o futuro mescla diferentes áreas do conhecimento, como antropologia, ciência, arte, tecnologia e poesia, através de uma abordagem humanista. Isto permite um olhar profundo e total para a complexidade do mundo. Através de um tipo de pesquisa crítica que mistura o digital e o manual, o operador de Design Avançado tem a oportunidade de expressar- se a partir de um ponto de vista experimental particularmente original e evoluído. Artefatos sinestésicos, que resultam do pensamento, criam novas possibilidades de expressão e campos de ação sem precedentes. O objetivo desta abordagem crítica é questionar o mundo, movendo as mentes e incentivando o debate, de modo alcançar a evolução futura da matéria e do pensamento contemporâneo.Palavras-chave: design transdisciplinar, critical making, cultura material, autoprodução, Design Avançado

D4.3 Policy Briefs 3

of the science buses and uses ethnographic observations of workshops. Brief 2 draws on iterative cycles of gathering information and checking understanding with project coordinators. Brief 3 was developed in close collaboration with DITOs partners and with input from artists active in the art/science field. Brief 4 has been developed in collaboration with the ECSA working group on Air quality. Brief 5 is based on findings from the round table in London in May 2018 which engaged national and international stakeholders working across environmental policy and citizen science. Brief 7 has been developed in collaboration with the Italian citizen science network, an informal group of citizen science practitioners, scientists, and decision- and policy-makers who have engaged with the lead authors during two DITOs round tables in April 2018 and February 2019. More details about each of the 7 briefs are: Brief 1 - A Tale of Two Science Buses: Diversity of Knowledge and Inclusion Practices This research insight is an analysis of the two DITOs science buses by the Waag and the RBINS. It suggests that science communication and citizen science involve diverse framings of scientific knowledge which influence potential inclusion practices. Brief 2 - Making Citizen Science Work - Innovation Management for Citizen Science This policy brief, produced in collaboration with the We Observe consortium, draws on a preliminary study that identified the main operational archetypes of citizen science and DIYBio science projects. The clustering of specific operational models of citizen science, as presented in the brief, is an indication that commonalities can be found, and that the landscape of citizen science can be understood from a social innovation perspective, and therefore supported by innovation management techniques. Brief 3 - Citizen Science and Art/science - Synergies and Future Potential This brief takes inspiration from Brief 3 “Citizen science and open science. Synergies and future areas of work” and recent developments in Europe to foster the involvement of artists in scientific practices. Artistic projects can have strong synergies with the objectives of citizen science and citizen outreach activities. However, we have barely scratched the surface of the interaction between citizen science and art/science practice and the brief recommends actions for improving the synergies between the two fields. Brief 4 - European Clean Air day - Citizen Science for Clean Air This policy brief presents a framework for organizing a yearly European Clean Air Day, starting from 20th June 2019, with the objective of scaling up European awareness of air quality issues, and ways in which air quality can be improved. The brief presents a range of financing options and tools for air quality monitoring for grassroots organisations. Brief 5 - Citizen Science in UK Environmental Policy This research insight draws on discussions from a policy roundtable in May 2018 on the current state and future directions of citizen science in UK environmental policy. The findings suggest that citizen science needs to have proper infrastructure and resources to play a role in policy; and the integration of citizen science and policymaking should be seen as an iterative process. Brief 6 - Open Sharing Platforms and Affordable Lab Spaces as Drivers of Innovation in Biodesign This brief focuses on the influence of the DIYBio movement on innovation in Biodesign. Specifically, it focuses on the sharing of knowledge and expertise through courses and open sharing platforms, and the facilitation of prototyping in affordable lab spaces. This leads to a series of recommendations on how to support these material and immaterial resources, as well as individuals within DIYBio and Biodesign communities. Brief 7 - Towards a Shared National Strategy: Guidelines for the Development of Citizen Science in Italy This policy brief summarises the main actions needed to promote the development of citizen science in Italy and aims to provide guidelines and recommendations for a structural recognition, both through its adoption in existing legislative and planning instruments, and through specific strategies. The policy briefs presented here have been adjusted in order to reflect policy dynamics and external demands. This third and final series of briefs within the DITOs project consists of five policy briefs and two research insights, which cover the themes of biodesign, environmental sustainability, aspects of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), quality evaluation and the involvement of SMEs and industry. The policy briefs have been developed using a community-oriented approach for selecting the topics and writing the content, as conducted for the first two series of briefs in D4.1 and D4.2. Most of the briefs have been reviewed, formatted and printed before the submission to the EC in order for them to be available at the DITOs final event “Pan-European Policy Round table on citizen science and DIY science” on 3rd April 2019 at the RBINS, Brussels. This deliverable concludes the successful completion of WP4 facilitating policy engagement for RRI. DITOs ‘Policy Briefs 3’ is Deliverable 4.3 (D4.3) from the coordination and support action (CSA) Doing It Together science (DITOs), grant agreement 709443

Doing It Together Science: D1.2 Biodesign Engagement and Support

Report summarising the activities organised and supported in Phases 1 & 2 up to month 15, using evaluation templates developed in the Doing It Toegther Science project. This report will also include pointers to the resulting online resources (videos, data sets, blog posts, guidelines, forum discussions, etc.