Responsible Research for Society Impact

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1 Responsible Research for Society Impact Marta Losada IAU 2018 International Conference Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2 Three Critical Actors and Perspectives Society Researcher s Policymakers and Funding Agencies

3 Policymakers and Funding Agencies Research Impact Advancement of Knowledge Economic Societal

4 Positive outlook Economic growth

5 Positive outlook Economic growth

6 Advancement of Knowledge Physical sciences Role of fundamental research By Ferdinand Schmutzer - [dead link], archived copy (image), Public Domain, El Pak at English wikipedia

7 Fundamental physics applied in: Energy Communications Transportation Civil engineering Materials Medical diagnostics and treatment

8 Specific study for economic impact of industrial physics in US APS Report J Rumble and S. Lambert

9 HULT PRIZE COLOMBIA Solar Bricks Universidad EAFIT, Medellín Colombia

10 Health Sciences Major advances in last century Vaccines Sanitation Antisepsis Antibiotics/Antivirals Organ transplants Cardiology

11 Policymakers and Funding Agencies Societal Impact Measuring Societal Impact of Research (Projects) Amount of available funding Expectations of short term impact FA perspectives: Ex-ante: as funding criteria, i.e inter-, transdisciplinary Post: assessment and proof of impact Definition of strategic priorities Accountability and visibility as a result Requires balance and expectations should vary with field of knowledge and type of research question posed.

12 Policymakers and Funding Agencies EU on RRI Thematics elements: Ethics Gender Open access Public engagement Science education See also preparatory documents of the GRC for 2019 annual meeting

13 Policymakers and Funding Agencies Research Assessment Colombia Assessment of Research Groups and Projects Contains diverse measures of impact of research activities and outcomes: Capacity building Outreach activities and impact Tech transfer measurements Norms and legislation outcomes Alignment with strategic priorities

14 Researchers Ethics Research integrity..so many dimensions. Objects, focus and methods of study Participants of research activity and their interplay Results and their dissemination

15 Researchers Ethics First, very basic questions: Where did you learn about professional and research ethics??? What are your experiences with ethics violations? Kirby and Houle, 2004 What is needed? More education, better identification of good practices, more codes of conducts, committees on ethics,. Tie into society needs: Using faulty scientific concepts to mislead and defraud the public. Scientists to provide qualified statements.

16 Society Society Expectations Build some answers in the discussion today. Clearly needed improvement of public appropriation of benefits of science, of public engagement in scientific activities and outcomes. Strong societal support could enhance political support.

17 Society Society will Identify economic impact Identify health, environmental or public policy benefit Innovation failure: Also identifies when individual need is NOT solved Or when not sufficiently satisfactory experience

18 Society Society Expectations Transformative focus to solve the country problems associated to the SDGs.

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20 Society

21 Implementation Policies and programs that consider: - directionality - participation - learning and experimentation - interdisciplinarity - anticipating outcomes and effects

22 Actions

23 Thank you