Partner Definitions. In order to understand how each partner organisation planned their activities and communicated events to their target audiences, they were asked to define their understanding of biodesign, as the term used within the context of their institution. The table below lists all biodesign definitions provided by DITOs partners. Partner Name Institutional Mission statement Definition for Biodesign UPD French university promoting new education techniques and strategies to empower the students to take initiative and develop their own research projects. Main focus of Biodesign for UPD is public outreach and interdisciplinarity, as a collaboration between life sciences, engineering, art, design. By engaging citizens through Biodesign activities, we are looking for new models of doing research. #research #education #interdisciplinarity #interdisciplinary #language #designingbiology #publicoutreach UCL British university working with citizens at local level, design new technologies and practices, improve the environment and people’s lives, highlighting the power of ordinary people’s capacity to act as civic agents. #bottom-up #interdisciplinarity #science Biodesign is when engineering, art and biology are combined together in an interdisciplinary fashion, when anyone can get involved. #art #science #creative #engineering WS Dutch institute exploring emerging technologies by giving art a central role in designing new applications for novel advances in science and technology. #art #science #technology The process or outcome of conscious choices in the creation of artefacts out of biological materials or the use of biological concepts. #biological #purpose #choices #life ECSA The European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) is a non-profit association based in Germany set up to encourage the growth of the Citizen Science movement in Europe. It draws on 200+ individual and organisational members from over 28 countries across the European Union and beyond. #citizenscience #exchange #network Biodesign is a concept introduced to address new forms of inter- and transdisciplinary research along with related activities, collaborations and communities in the life sciences #lifesciences #future #responsibility #transdisciplinary MP Spanish citizen laboratory of production, research and broadcasting of cultural projects that explores the forms of experimentation and collaborative learning which emerges from digital networks. #culture #participation #prototypes Biodesign is an interdi...
