February 21, 2019

Social Lab 17: Non-nuclear direct actions of the Joint Research Center

What is a Social Lab?

Description

Horizon 2020 pillar: Societal Challenges

Social Lab 17 “Joint Research Centre (JRC)” connects stakeholders involved in various units of the JRC with external persons that have been professionally engaged with the JRC, such as evaluators or researcher. The group addresses a number of social challenges related to a current project on autonomous road transport (ART).

Social Lab workshops

Workshop 1

Date: 24 & 25 September 2018

Place: Ispra, Italy

Presentation of the workshop

Workshop 2

Date: 6 & 7 May 2019

Place: Ispra, Italy

Presentation of the workshop

Workshop 3

Date: Q1 2020

Venue: Ispra, Italy

Pilot Actions

Pilot Action 1: RRI and Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs)

The initial three Pilot ideas of SL17 have been merged into one large Pilot Action that is conducted by several JRC staff members from different sites (mainly Ispra, Italy).

The Pilot Action is tied with an ongoing JRC project on autonomous road transport and aims to add aspects of RRI. The Pilot includes research on public opinion (Eurobarometer Survey) and a literature review of expert narratives on autonomous vehicles. Engagement with different stakeholders is anticipated in workshops and focus groups including also members of the general public. These actions also include a critical reflection of narratives related to autonomous mobility and to highlight alternative solutions. A final workshop, anticipated for late 2019, will wrap-up and bring together the knowledge created.

Managers, facilitators and researchers

Social Lab Manager: Robert Braun, senior researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna, Austria

Social Lab Facilitator: Elisabeth Frankus, senior researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna, Austria

Social Lab Researcher: Johannes Starkbaum (until April 2018 Helmut Hönigmayer), researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna, Austria