Public engagement with research: Citizens' views on motivations, barriers and support

Abstract: Responsible research and innovation (RRI) approaches that have emerged in the past ten years point to the importance of engaging the public in dialogues about research. The different variants of RRI share the notion that societal actors, including citizens, need to work together - that is, engage in two-way communication during the research and innovation process - in order to better align both the process and its outcomes with the values, needs and expectations of society. Yet, sponsors and organizers of dialogues about research often face difficulties in recruiting sufficient numbers of participants or ensuring a sufficient level of diversity of participants. This paper asks what motivates or hinders individual citizens as members of the broader public to participate in such dialogues. It presents empirical findings of the European Union-funded project Promoting Societal Engagement Under the Terms of RRI (PROSO), which aimed to foster public engagement with research for RRI. PROS

Object Details

• Alternative title: Beteiligung in der Forschung: Ansichten der Bürgerschaft zu Motivationen, Hindernissen und Unterstützung
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Research for all ; 5 (2021) 2 ; 302-319

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2021
• Creator: Dreyer, Marion ; Kosow, Hannah ; Bauer, Anja ; Chonkova, Blagovesta ; Kozarev, Ventseslav ; Timotijevic, Lada

Further information

• DOI: doi.org/10.14324/RFA.05.2.08
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-75103-3
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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