Case Study Selection Methodology Sample Clauses

Case Study Selection Methodology. The case study investigation in WP3 is designed “To identify key barriers and incentives for societal engagement under the terms of RRI across three domains – nanotechnology; food & health; bio-economy – and from the point of view of Third sector actors and other stakeholders/actors contributing to RRI, including science/technology policy makers, research funders, academics, industry.” Our investigation and subsequent analysis of the interviews connected with these nine case studies will explore the similarities and differences in the perspectives of the various stakeholders contributing to RRI. The case study selection process was developed iteratively and collaboratively with the relevant PROSO project partners. Regular (bi-monthly) meetings were instigated during which the search, recording, and selection criteria were sequentially discussed and timelines for each phase of selection determined. This ensured a transparent, timely and harmonised approach to selection of cases across the three domains. During these meetings, core concepts were being defined and agreed upon (such as the definition of the ‘case’, ‘societal engagement’). These concepts, as agreed by the WP3 consortium partners, are reviewed in this document. The starting points and resources for the case study search were:  Previous projects on societal engagement and RRI (and its conceptual predecessors, like ‘science in society’), including Engage2020 and PE2020  Funding agencies o RRI-focused programmes and funding (such as the Netherlands’ NWO “Responsible Innovation” programme) o Programmes supporting engagement strategies, including BBSRC o CORDIS (EU projects)  Organisations dedicated to societal engagement o Collaborations between researchers and Civil Society Organisations (e.g., ‘SynBioWatch’, funded by SYNENERGENE) o Public engagement initiatives (such as the ‘Science Shop’ at Queen’s University Belfast)  Citizen science platforms (initiatives such as ‘Observatree’)  Research within the respective PROSO domain (Bioeconomy, Nanotechnology, Food & Health), including informal interviews with key figures doing societal engagement in science  Exploratory informal interviews with prominent CSOs  Major research and innovation activities o Funding programmes (e.g. 7th Framework Programme) o Major research networks across a range of European countries (e.g. Northern Periphery Programme)