Public engagement is necessary to improve effectiveness of a project or policy on science and technology or regional development. It is important for significant public engagement to address the following issues including spatial design, process, facilitation and management. 1. Engage with local place and community Grasp the context of local place and community where people… Continue reading Communication Training Manual for Positive Engagement
Tag: citizen science
The crown and citizens
The world is in an acute crisis. All the citizens on this planet are now fighting against coronavirus and no one can foresee when and how the disaster comes to the end. Yet, a large number of civic tech communities have collected data on their own and launched new websites and apps to map and… Continue reading The crown and citizens
Belgium-Japan Joint Workshop on Citizen Science
Belgium-Japan Joint Workshop: Bridging STS Research on Citizen Science between Belgium and Japan The bilateral Japanese-Belgian research project ‘After and Beyond Fukushima: Probing the Role and Potential of Citizen Science in Nuclear Science and Technology Governance in Japan and Belgium‘ (2017-19) was led by social scientists based at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN), KU… Continue reading Belgium-Japan Joint Workshop on Citizen Science
Recent activities (Feb – Mar 2019)
6 Feburary 2019: Attended the Norway-Japan alumni and researcher gathering fiscal year 2018 at Research Council of Norway (RCN) and presented “Public engagement for what? A light in the darkness”. Following this event, the 3rd Norway-Japan Academic Network Seminar was organised in the same location. The JSPS alumni club Norway is still under the formalisation process, but will create… Continue reading Recent activities (Feb – Mar 2019)
Recommendations for policy and practice of citizen science for radioactive measurement in Japan
Go Yoshizawa & Nozomi Mizushima, Brussels, 27 February 2019 Management of Citizen Science OrganisationsCitizen science (CS) practitioners and supporters should facilitate fair and inclusive management of CS organisations, with special attention to gender and inter-generational issues. Evidence-informed ApproachCS practitioners and supporters should analyse, archive and publicly share their evidence-informed (explicit or tacit) knowledge of radioactive… Continue reading Recommendations for policy and practice of citizen science for radioactive measurement in Japan