Entrer en résonance : Vibrations autour d'un monde commun à partir de rencontres entre le 9e art et la science

What if comics allowed us to understand scientific knowledge (production) differently? Some comics, beyond their aesthetic and playful aspects, raise numerous political, ethical and societal questions that directly resonate with social science work. As part of this ‘making and doing activity’, our goal is to address sociotechnical issues, with the help of comic book writers and other artists, and to collectively rebuild spaces for collective reflection on, and engagement in, open-ended technological futures

Influences en Belgique pharmaceutique

peer reviewedMon projet de recherche de thèse consiste à étudier l’impact de l’industrie pharmaceutique sur la formation et la recherche médicale en Belgique. Le secteur biopharmaceutique occupe une place importante au sein de l’économie belge. Durant la crise sanitaire, le pays s’est illustré comme un acteur central dans la production et l’exportation de vaccins contre la COVID-19. Plusieurs groupes pharmaceutiques internationaux sont implantés sur l’ensemble du pays. Ils côtoient des acteurs belges historiques des industries chimique et pharmaceutique ainsi qu’un important tissu de petites structures plus récentes actives dans les biotechnologies. Partant de ce constat, le gouvernement belge et les principaux acteurs du secteur ont mis en place un plan stratégique de soutien à cet " écosystème " afin de renforcer sa position de leader européen de la biopharmacie. À travers ce plan, la Belgique se perçoit comme la " Health & Biotech Valley " du futur. Le pays entend maintenir un environnement législatif stable pour les investissements et la recherche ainsi qu’un soutien à l’innovation, la formation et la création de savoirs dans le domaine des biotechnologies. Ce dispositif de " pharmaceutization " de l’État belge impose une manière de cadrer l’action des acteurs politiques et médicaux ainsi qu’une vision de ce qui ”fait problème” en médecine. Dans ce contexte, de quelle marge de manœuvre disposent les professionnels de la santé pour se prémunir de l’influence de cette industrie omniprésente ? Comment caractériser cette influence dans " l’État pharmaceutique " belge en considérant les imaginaires et représentations de la médecine que ce dispositif amène

Green and Blues Cities The case of Wallonia An enquiry with public administrations and experts

Une appréhension positive des services écosystémiques des projets d’espaces verts et bleux en milieu urbain émerge lentement en Région wallonne. Jusqu’ici, ces expériences associant villes, universitaires et administrations ont été menées en absence de référentiel partagé et cohérent, avec un soutien politique peu marqué. Deux obstacles majeurs sont identifiés par les intervenants qui témoignent un morcellement politico-administratif paralysant. D’abord une absence d’approche transversale entre les administrations régionales chargées de l’aménagement du territoire et celles de l’environnement. Ensuite, une responsabilité quasi-totale des acteurs locaux qui ne disposent ni des moyens ni des compétences en matière « environnement-santé » ni de capacité de développements ambitieux en termes de planification territoriale et foncière.A positive understanding of the ecosystem services of green and blue space projects in urban areas is slowly emerging in the Walloon Region. So far, these experiments involving cities, universities and administrations have been carried out in the absence of a shared and coherent framework, with little political support. Two major obstacles are identified by the speakers who testify to a paralyzing politico-administrative fragmentation. First, an absence of a transversal approach between the regional administrations responsible for land use planning and those for the environment. Next, there is almost total responsibility for local actors who have neither the means nor the skills in “environment-health” matters, nor the capacity for ambitious developments in terms of territorial and land planningGreen and blue cities: nature and health in an urban setting - THE SUPERIOR HEALTH COUNCIL No. 943

Deliverable 1.3 - Activity report from the exploration and cocreation phases of the living lab process

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Chapter 7: Supporting public sector innovation through a living lab approach: the use of new technologies in administrations

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The living lab – A strategic tool to support collaborative innovation on digital transformation processes in public administration

The adoption of new technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain remains a challenging task for the public sector. The difficulty lies not only in the digital transformation of the operational processes of administrations, but also in the multiplicity of involved actors who tend to display a variety of viewpoints, interests, and knowledge regarding these technologies and their governance. In this context, a growing amount of theoretical and empirical work suggests that solutions to complex public problems can be supported by collaborative and participative processes (e.g., Torfing, 2019; Bryson et al., 2015; Hartley et al., 2013; Sørensen & Torfing, 2011). However, it is still unclear which specific tools may successfully enable the development of forms of co-creation and collaborative innovation on public sector digital transformation. In this contribution, we argue that living labs (Gascó, 2017) appear as promising tools to foster collaborative innovation on the issue of public sector digitalization. More specifically, we show that they can contribute to the co-production of relevant collaborative innovation outputs that may help overcoming challenges associated with public sector digitalization. Such outputs are presented as: (1) E-government public value outputs (Twizeyimana & Andersson, 2019); (2) Collectively owned outputs, which reflect joint ownership of new ideas and solutions (e.g., Torfing, 2019; Hartley et al, 2013) for public sector digitalization; (3) Actionable outputs, which can support decision-making on real-life problems using context-bound practical ideas (Carlile, 2002). To that end, we draw on findings from the DIGI4FED living lab which involved a total of 108 public and private stakeholders with the ambition of co-creating a governance model for the introduction of new technologies in two Belgian federal policy domains: the fight against tax fraud and social security infringements. The living lab was deployed in three steps (exploration, co-creation, and testing) articulating several qualitative and participatory techniques such as interviews, workshops, and a Delphi survey. Results indicate that collaborative innovation outputs were delivered through each step of the process. For instance, several collectively owned outputs were highlighted. Living lab workshops permitted to collectively identify and settle on a list of key challenges and solutions to the integration of new technologies in federal administrations. The collective input of stakeholders then allowed for the construction of a governance model for the introduction of new technologies in federal administrations. The present contribution adds to the literature on collaborative innovation (e.g., Torfing, 2019; Crosby et al., 2017; Hartley et al., 2013) and public sector digital transformation by outlining the possible outputs of collaborative innovation processes in the context of a living lab. More specifically, it demonstrates the usefulness of living labs as an approach that leverages participatory and co-creation techniques to support collaborative innovation processes on public sector digitalization. This paper also suggests that living labs can produce a large amount of situated empirical knowledge about the current dynamics of digital transformation in the public sector. In doing so, they generate valuable academic knowledge characterized by a high degree of ecological validity for public administration research (Dekker et al., 2020).DIGI4FE