Autogena, Lise

Pappenberger, Florian

Portway, Joshua

Thielen-del Pozo, Jutta

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The science-policy interface – in need for "society" as a third componentAUTOGENA, Lise <http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5888-4273>, PORTWAY, Joshua, PAPPENBERGER, Florian and THIELEN-DEL POZO, JuttaAvailable from Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive (SHURA) at:http://shura.shu.ac.uk/27313/This document is the author deposited version.  You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it.Published versionAUTOGENA, Lise, PORTWAY, Joshua, PAPPENBERGER, Florian and THIELEN-DEL POZO, Jutta (2020). The science-policy interface – in need for "society" as a third component. In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-21623.html, 4-8 May 2020. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020. Copyright and re-use policySee http://shura.shu.ac.uk/information.htmlSheffield Hallam University Research Archivehttp://shura.shu.ac.ukEGU2020-21623https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-21623EGU General Assembly 2020© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed underthe Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.The science-policy interface – in need for "society" as a thirdcomponentJutta Thielen-del Pozo, Lise Autogena, Joshua Portway, and Florian PappenbergerEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre, Scientific Development Unit, ISPRA (VA), Italy (jutta.thielen-del-pozo@ec.europa.eu)The European Union is funding research through so-called framework programmes (FPs), thefinancial and strategic tools to stimulate excellence, innovation, economic growth and creation ofjobs across Europe. The allocated research budgets increased considerably from less than 4 billionEuro for FP1 (4 years) to 100 billion for Horizon Europe (FP9, 7 years), demonstrating the strategicimportance that is being attributed to research and development for a strong and competitiveEurope. The upcoming framework programme Horizon Europe will add a new level of ambition forthe scientific, economic as well as societal impact of EU funding and address global challenges thataffect the quality of our daily lives.However, if societal issues that affect our everyday lives are to be addressed effectively in researchand to drive the necessary innovation process in view of a better future, then the third componentat the science-policy interface must be “society”. Robust data, facts and evidences represent animportant input to policy making in addition to other inputs and considerations. Scientists andpolicy makers must therefore not only network amongst their communities and experts but alsointeract with the public and engage in dialogue with citizens in order to first understand what theconcerns and issues are and later to explain the solutions.The Joint Research Centre has engaged in an Art, Science and Society programme to fill this gap.Artists are invited to the JRC to co-develop projects with the scientists under a specific theme – in2015 the topic was “Food”, in 2017 “Fairness” and in 2019 “Big Data, Digital Transformation andArtificial Intelligence”. The final works are exhibited during the so-called Resonances Festival.This presentation illustrates at the example of the Resonances III installation “Weather Predictionby Numerical Process - a forecast for Europe” by artists Lise Autogena and Joshua Portway incollaboration with the co-authors, the added value of this approach. The installation is aperformance inspired by the work of L.F. Richardson (1881–1953), a truly multi-disciplinaryscientist, who contributed to finite difference solutions of partial differential equations, turbulentflow and diffusion, also fractals, and the cause and evolution of conflicts. He was particularlyvisionary in his work on designing a numerical scheme for weather forecasting. While serving asambulance driver during WWI, he performed the calculation for a weather forecast for Europe “byhand”. Even if the result of his years of calculations resulted in a wrong forecast because thenumerical solution was not stable, the methodology for numerical weather forecast was born andtoday’s weather forecasts follow largely the same method – just with infinite more computingpower. Richardson estimated that 64000 scientists, working together in a big orchestratedcalculation, would be needed to calculate the weather in real-time.The chosen format for the art installation is a performance, ritualistically re-enacting a small partof this epic calculation, drawing the audience into a multi-faceted discussion on the relevance ofRichardson’s legacy today in the times of super computing and climate change.  How to cite: Thielen-del Pozo, J., Autogena, L., Portway, J., and Pappenberger, F.: The science-policy interface – in need for "society" as a third component, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online,4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-21623, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-21623, 2020  Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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