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In times of unprecedented societal challenges and wicked problems, sticking to the “business-as-usual” approaches entails significant social and economic risks. PhD Days 2023 seeks to call attention to emerging alternatives, namely: recognizing the potential of co-creation and multi-stakeholder engagement; the value of open science and citizen participation; reaffirming that participatory processes best serve society if they are inclusive and sustainable; challenging the established socio-technical systems and transforming the lessons learned into actionable mission-oriented policies. These processes are hardly straight-forward, and multiple pathways to implementation exist. PhD Days 2023 is an open call to debate the way forward in a constructive and collaborative fashion.
In times of unprecedented societal challenges and wicked problems, sticking to the “business-as-usual” approaches entails significant social and economic risks. PhD Days 2023 seeks to call attention to emerging alternatives, namely: recognizing the potential of co-creation and multi-stakeholder engagement; the value of open science and citizen participation; reaffirming that participatory processes best serve society if they are inclusive and sustainable; challenging the established socio-technical systems and transforming the lessons learned into actionable mission-oriented policies. These processes are hardly straight-forward, and multiple pathways to implementation exist. PhD Days 2023 is an open call to debate the way forward in a constructive and collaborative fashion.
We invite contributions from doctoral candidates that fit broadly into one of the following four research streams:
We invite contributions from doctoral candidates that fit broadly into one of the following four research streams:
TOPICS
TOPICS
1. Knowledge generation as a collaborative process
1. Knowledge generation as a collaborative process
This stream focuses on the rise of knowledge co-creation among stakeholders as diverse as universities, firms, governments and representatives of the civil society. We invite contributions on the challenges and opportunities of incorporating concepts such as ‘open science’ and ‘citizen science’ in traditional research structures and value systems, novel approaches to multi-stakeholder governance, university-industry-public sector cooperation and citizen engagement. Reflections on the role of collaborative science in addressing grand societal challenges such as climate change and the global COVID-19 pandemic are also well-suited for this stream.
2. Knowledge co-creation: opportunities, challenges and lessons learned
2. Knowledge co-creation: opportunities, challenges and lessons learned
Engaging in co-creation and collaborative approaches undoubtedly paves the way to new challenges. To ensure that these complex processes are just, sustainable and, ultimately, successful, it is crucial to identify pitfalls and recurring obstacles and, in turn, learn how policy makers, researchers and institutions address them in a responsible and ethical manner. We invite contributions on diversity and inclusion; gender; global asymmetries and margin epistemologies in the co-creation and collective knowledge “generation,” other risks that may arise as co-optation of the processes and context adaptability. Multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary research approaches are welcome, as well as research on the benefits and drawbacks of this approach. We also encourage collaborative and creative methodologies that integrate the diverse views of multiple actors, and the benefits that these and other novel approaches can accrue.
3. Approaches for addressing economic and societal challenges
3. Approaches for addressing economic and societal challenges
Efforts towards untangling global wicked problems in a radical and collaborative fashion have the potential to transform policy making. Increasing attention is paid to long-term, multi-dimensional transformative processes that can fundamentally shift established socio-technical systems, rather than relying on short-term cosmetic fixes. “Against this backdrop,” it is important to flesh out the potential of these novel approaches to usher in meaningful change. We invite quantitative and qualitative contributions on mission-oriented research and policies; sustainability transitions; the adaptation of training and education; the role of social movements; inequality; environmental justice; responsible research and innovation.
4. Science and innovation networks
4. Science and innovation networks
The existence of formal and informal networks is pivotal for knowledge transfer, resource sharing and the generation of new ideas. In spite of wide consensus on the broad significance of these issues, there is a paucity of research on the articulation of these types of networks, in particular on the broader conditions that may (or may not) spur their emergence and/or shape their co-existence. This is even more so in the face of shifting policy contexts driven by the need to balance efficiency, equity and sustainability. In this stream we invite quantitative and qualitative contributions on the role of innovation policy in strengthening both intra- and inter-regional collaboration networks; on the interplay between local vs global collaborative networks; on changing vertical production chains and emerging challenges in territorial innovation management against the backdrop of ever more ambitious policy design.
Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Elisa Giuliani
Professor of Management at the University of Pisa. Founder and director of the Responsible Management Research Center
Elisa Giuliani
Professor of Management at the University of Pisa. Founder and director of the Responsible Management Research Center
Lars Coenen
Professor of Innovation and Sustainability Transitions at the Western Norway University of Applied Science
Lars Coenen
Professor of Innovation and Sustainability Transitions at the Western Norway University of Applied Science
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS
The objective of this workshop is to help young researchers navigate the publishing process. It will be structured as a round table, wherein PhD students and early career researchers can ask about widely shared concerns, which are often overlooked, namely: what makes a good manuscript; what issues are important to editors; details of the review process; how to navigate the uncertainty, ethical questions, and more.
This workshop will explore the distance/relationship between academic research and the policy process as a stepping stone to reaching a broader audience for researchers, over and beyond the academic environment.
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