Dear all,
the Call for Abstracts for
Session 43 "
Innovative
formats of science-policy-society interaction" at the
IUFRO 125
th Anniversary Congress, “Interconnecting
Forests, Science and People” 19.-22. September 2017 in Freiburg,
Germany
is now open. Please find details below and at
http://iufro2017.com/call-for-abstracts/
(for the procedural details) and
http://iufro2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IUFRO2017-AllDiv9-Sessions-1.pdf
(Nr.43 for session details). Deadline for Submissions is
30th November 2016.
We are looking forward to your contributions on innovative
approaches relating to transdisciplinary forest research and
scientific knowledge transfer.
Best regards,
Michael Böcher, Michael Pregernig, Georg Winkel and Regina
Rhodius
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Innovative formats of science-policy-society
interaction (session 43)
Regina Rhodius, Michael Böcher, Michael
Pregernig, Georg Winkel
Forest science is a discipline with a strong tradition in and
focus on applied, solution-oriented research. Nevertheless, to
generate und communicate scientific knowledge that is indeed
relevant for forest-related decisions, a better interaction
between science, policy and society is crucial. Against this
background, within the session we will discuss two current
approaches contributing to bridging science, policy and society
by offering innovative formats of interaction: A) the concept of
transdisciplinarity, and B) concepts of scientific knowledge
transfer. In the subsequent panel discussion, we will bring
together the concepts and discuss in how far and under which
conditions they contribute to a better science-policy-society
interaction. For both session parts, we invite oral and poster
presentations.
Part A: Forest science between 'research for the sector'
and a new wave of 'transdisciplinarity'
(Regina Rhodius, Michael Pregernig, Georg
Winkel)
Transdisciplinarity is seen as a new paradigm as regards the
cooperation between science and society: Following the
principles of co-design, the research topics and questions shall
be set not only by the involved scientists, but in close
cooperation with practitioners and civil society; following the
principle of co-production, this cooperation shall be continued
during the following research phase itself. In light of this,
this part of the session strives to discuss and assess in how
far the concept of ‘transdisciplinarity’ relates to the current
practices in forest research. We explore, further, if the
concept is useful for forest research practice, and where the
challenges to be overcome lie. Thus, we invite papers that
report on forest research projects with a transdisciplinary
approach to discuss, inter alia, the following questions:
• How is transdisciplinarity practiced in forest research
projects?
• Does it make a difference to forest research – or is it
just old wine in new skins?
• What are the main challenges forest research is facing when
applying principles of transdisciplinarity?
• What can the transdisciplinarity community learn from
experiences of forest research?
Part B: Advanced approaches for a better understanding of
scientific knowledge transfer for interconnecting
forest-related policies, science and people
(Michael Böcher, IUFRO sub division
9.05.07 – Science policy interactions)
Interconnecting forests, science and people for achieving a
sustainable life on earth is often a question of how
forest-related policy decisions from the global to the local
level are based on latest scientific findings. Especially
natural scientists often claim that politicians neglect their
forest-related findings whereas political actors state that
science that they need has to be well in time, practically
usable and directed towards their current political problems. An
irony is that, despite this central “misunderstanding” between
scientists and political actors, modern forest policy that
includes aspects that go much beyond traditional forestry is
more and more dependent on interdisciplinary science-based
expertise. For a successful interconnection between forests,
science, and people, we need an advanced knowledge about the
conditions under which scientific knowledge transfer can be
successful to be utilized in respective forest-related policies.
Part B of the session will take up this crucial question and
wants to discuss conceptual as well as empirical contributions
that lead to an advanced understanding of scientific knowledge
transfer for interconnecting forest-related policies, science
and people. The sub session is organized by "IUFRO sub division
9.05.07 – Science policy interactions" and serves as a follow up
to the very successful session during the last IUFRO world
congress in Salt Lake City.
Dr. Regina Rhodius
Geschäftsführung des Projektes
"Wissensdialog Nordschwarzwald - ein Reallabor-Projekt"
www.wissensdialog-nordschwarzwald.de
Gefördert vom Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Professur für Fernerkundung und Landschaftsinformationssysteme (FeLis)
Tennenbacher Str. 4
79106 Freiburg i.Br.
FON: 0761 - 203 67657
FAX: 0761 - 203 3701
regina.rhodius@felis.uni-freiburg.de