Involving society in science: Reflections on meaningful and impactful stakeholder engagement in fundamental research

Helen Garrison; Marta Agostinho; Laura Alvarez; Sofie Bekaert; Luiza Bengtsson; Elisabetta Broglio; Digna Couso; Raquel Araújo Gomes; Zoe Ingram; Emma Martinez; Ana Lúcia Mena; Dörthe Nickel; Michael Norman; Inês Pinheiro; Marta Solís-Mateos; Michela G Bertero

doi:10.15252/embr.202154000

Involving society in science: Reflections on meaningful and impactful stakeholder engagement in fundamental research

EMBO Rep. 2021 Nov 4;22(11):e54000. doi: 10.15252/embr.202154000.

Authors

Helen Garrison¹, Marta Agostinho², Laura Alvarez³, Sofie Bekaert⁴, Luiza Bengtsson⁵, Elisabetta Broglio⁶, Digna Couso⁷, Raquel Araújo Gomes⁸, Zoe Ingram⁵, Emma Martinez⁹, Ana Lúcia Mena⁸, Dörthe Nickel¹⁰, Michael Norman⁹, Inês Pinheiro¹¹, Marta Solís-Mateos⁶, Michela G Bertero^{6

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Affiliations

¹ Vetenskap & Allmänhet, Stockholm, Sweden.
² EU-LIFE Alliance of Research Institutes Advocating for Excellent Research in Europe, Barcelona, Spain.
³ CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
⁴ VIB,Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁵ Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany.
⁶ Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
⁷ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal.
⁹ Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK.
¹⁰ Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France.
¹¹ Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Nuclear Dynamics Unit, Paris, France.
¹² University Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.

Abstract

Open Science calls for transparent science and involvement of various stakeholders. Here are examples of and advice for meaningful stakeholder engagement.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Stakeholder Participation*