International conference Towards Knowledge Democracy

International conference Towards Knowledge Democracy

International conference

Towards Knowledge Democracy Consequences for Science, Politics and Media

An initiative of

August 25 – 27 , 2009 Leiden - City of Discoveries th

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International conference Towards Knowledge Democracy

International conference

Towards Knowledge Democracy Consequences for Science, Politics and Media

An initiative of

August 25 – 27 , 2009 Leiden - City of Discoveries th

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Welcome to Leiden

Dear participants, dear guests, The programme booklet you have just opened is your membership ticket to the knowledge democracy community. This community will hopefully be an active one: you are now co-creator of what will be produced between August 25 and 27. This means that you are invited to be both participant and critic.

The conference is designed as a learning environment: the physical boundaries have been expanded by opening the RMNO Twitter experiment, the LinkedIn group “Knowledge Democracy” and the Youtube channel “Knowledgedemocracy” for everyone who is interested. In addition a series of side-events is organised to enhance your learning experience.

The general formula of the conference reveals scientific experiences and dialogues during the first day, intensive exchange of ideas between scientists en practitioners during the second day, and accumulation and recommendations on the third day. Each participant contributes with his or her own wisdom, insights and experiences. We hope that we have succeeded in creating an environment which rewards each individual contribution.

Knowledge democracy is an emerging concept that has not yet solidified into deeply-rooted paradigms of theories. The fluid nature of the focal notions leaves a lot of space for intense dialogues. We hope and expect that these will enrich us all. Enjoy the conference! www.knowledgedemocracy.nl Roeland J. in ’t Veld Chair of the Advisory Council for Research on Spatial Planning, Nature and the Environment (RMNO), the Netherlands

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The RMNO Conference Team

Roeland J. in ’t Veld

Louis Meuleman

Chair RMNO

Secretary General RMNO

Email: roel.int.veld@rmno.nl

Email: louis.meuleman@rmno.nl

Telephone number: +31(0)70 315 52 19

Telephone number: +31 (0)70 315 52 22 Mobile: +31 (0)6 21827020

Ana Lidia Aneas Moyano

Madelon Eelderink

Conference Manager

Conference Organiser

Email: analidia@rmno.nl

Email: madelon.eelderink@rmno.nl

Telephone number: +31 (0)70 315 52 26

Telephone number: +31 (0)70 315 52 28

Mobile: +31 (0)6 20451131

Mobile: +31 (0)6 34192559

Sophie Jongeneel Conference Organiser Email: sophie.jongeneel@rmno.nl Telephone number: +31 (0)70 315 52 27

Bert de Wit

Anneke Heinecke

Programme Manager

Communication Advisor

Email: bert.de.wit@rmno.nl

Email: anneke.heinecke@rmno.nl

Telephone number: +31 (0)70 315 52 15

Telephone number: +31 (0)70 315 52 17

Mobile: +31 (0)6 24235261

Jeroen Bordewijk

Bart Jan Krouwel

Master of Ceremony

Master of Learning

Council Member RMNO

Council Member RMNO

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Conference Programme Day 1 August 25th, 2009 Advanced Theory Finding a Common Base 08.30

REGISTRATION IN ACADEMY BUILDING PLENARY SESSION IN ACADEMY BUILDING

09.30

Welcome by prof. Rietje van Dam, Vice Rector Magnificus, Leiden University, the Netherlands

09.40

Opening by the chair of the first conference day, prof. ir. Rudy Rabbinge, Advisor Executive Board, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

09.50

Introduction by the conference chair, prof. Roeland J. in ’t Veld, Chair, RMNO, the Netherlands

10.10

COFFEE BREAK

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Theme 1: Knowledge & Future Research Keynote speaker: prof. Julie Thompson Klein, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA Co-referent: prof. Marjolein van Asselt, Maastricht University and Council Member, Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Netherlands

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Theme 2: State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research Keynote speaker: prof. Roland Scholz, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Switzerland Co-referent: prof. Joske Bunders, VU University Amsterdam and Council Member RMNO, the Netherlands

11.50

Theme 3: Practical Approaches to Boundary Work Keynote speaker: dr. Christian Pohl, Co-director of transdisciplinarity-net, Swiss Academy of Arts and Sciences, Switzerland Co-referent: prof. John Grin, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

12.30

LUNCH BREAK

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Theme 4: Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow Keynote speaker: prof. John Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Co-referent: David Clements MPA, Vice President, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Canada

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Theme 5: Defining Knowledge Democracy Keynote speaker: dr. Silvio Funtowicz, Scientific Officer, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC), Joint Research Center of the European Commission, Italy Co-referent: prof. Roeland J. in ’t Veld, Chair RMNO, the Netherlands

14.50

First impressions by the chair of the first conference day, prof. ir. Rudy Rabbinge, Advisor Executive Board, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

14.55

COFFEE BREAK AND WALK TO KAMERLINGH ONNES BUILDING

15.15 - 17.15 PARALLEL SESSIONS IN KAMERLINGH ONNES BUILDING Theme 1

Knowledge & Future Research 1.1 Problems & Opportunities Chaired by: prof. Herman Eijsackers, Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Wageningen University and Research Centre and Chief Scientific Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), the Netherlands

Theme 2

State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research 2.1 Transdisciplinary Research: Its Possibilities and Limitations Chaired by: dr. Jacqueline Broerse, Head of Science Communication, Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Theme 3

Practical Approaches to Boundary Work 3.1 Boundary Work and Transition Management Chaired by: prof. Robert Hoppe, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Theme 4

Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow 4.1 Old and New Media Living Apart Together?

Chaired by: prof. Franciska de Jong, University of Twente and Board Member, Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO), the Netherlands 4.2 Knowledge Sharing: Who is the Facilitator?

Chaired by: drs. Anja van der Aa, Entrepreneur, Platform Chains and Networks, the Netherlands

Theme 5

Defining Knowledge Democracy 5.1 Policy Experimentation & Academic Accountability Chaired by: prof. Wim van de Donk, Chair, Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Netherlands 5.2 Researching Publics Chaired by: dr. Floor Basten, Owner and Researcher, OrléoN, the Netherlands

PLENARY SESSION IN ACADEMY BUILDING 17.30

Speech by dr. Jacqueline Cramer, Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), the Netherlands

17.50

Reception at the Former University Library

19.00

DINNER AT THE FORMER UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

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Day 2 August 26th, 2009 Tensions & Synergies Facing the Challenges 08.30

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PLENARY SESSION IN KAMERLINGH ONNES BUILDING 09.15

Wrap-up of the first conference day by the conference chair, prof. Roeland J. in ‘t Veld, Chair RMNO, the Netherlands

09.25

Introduction by the chair of the second conference day, drs. Koos van der Steenhoven, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), the Netherlands

09.50

Transdisciplinary Scholarship, by prof. Chris Peterson, Michigan State University Product Centre for Agriculture and Natural Resources, USA

10.20

Evaluating Evidence, by dr. David Stanners, Head of International Cooperation, European Environment Agency, Denmark

10.45

COFFEE BREAK

11.15 - 13.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS IN KAMERLINGH ONNES BUILDING Theme 1

Knowledge & Future Research 1.2 Scanning the Horizon Chaired by: ir. Hans van der Veen, Director, Study Centre for Technology Trends (STT), the Netherlands

Theme 2

State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research 2.2 Creating the Landscape: Scientific Knowledge in Regional Case Studies Chaired by: prof. Paul Opdam, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands 2.3 Transdisciplinary Research: Its Contribution to Problem Solving and the Consequences for Higher Education Chaired by: prof. Joske Bunders, VU University Amsterdam and Council Member RMNO, the Netherlands

Theme 3

Practical Approaches to Boundary Work 3.2 Mainstreaming Citizen Participation Chaired by: dr. Lars Klüver, Director, Danish Board of Technology, Denmark

Theme 4

Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow 4.3 Lost in Translation Chaired by: prof. ir. Klaas van Egmond, Utrecht University, the Netherlands 4.4 Network Knowledge Society – Effects for Science & Politics Chaired by: drs. Marinka Voorhout, Director Academy and Principal Consultant KBenP, the Netherlands

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Defining Knowledge Democracy 5.3 Production and Use of Knowledge in the Political Realm Chaired by: mr. Guido Enthoven, Founder and Director, Institute for Social Innovation (IMI), the Netherlands

5.4 Scientists as Citizens: Citizens as Scientists Chaired by: dr. David Laws, Senior Lecturer, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands 5.5 Policy Experimentation, Social Learning, and Political Accountability Chaired by: prof. Anton Hemerijck, Director, Scientific Council for Government Policy

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14.15 - 16.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS IN KAMERLINGH ONNES BUILDING Theme 1

Knowledge & Future Research 1.3 The Future in Policy-making Chaired by: prof. ir. Rudy Rabbinge, Advisor Executive Board, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

Theme 2

State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research 2.4 Stimulating Informed Debate on Sustainable Development Chaired by: prof. Frans Berkhout, VU University Amsterdam and Council Member RMNO, the Netherlands 2.5 Transdisciplinary Research as Social Learning Chaired by: prof. Josee van Eijndhoven, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Member of the Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI), the Netherlands

Theme 3

Practical Approaches to Boundary Work 3.3 Collaborative Knowledge Production Chaired by: prof. Jurian Edelenbos, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands and drs. Nienke van Schie, PhD Researcher, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands 3.4 A New Methodology for Policy Research?

Chaired by: prof. Peter van Hoesel, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Director of Panteia, the Netherlands

Theme 4

Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow 4.5 Science-based Reports, Media and the Political Hype Chaired by: mr. drs. Jan Staman, Director, Rathenau Institute, the Netherlands 4.6 Citizens in Charge (1): Participation in Inspection and Monitoring : Introduction and Experiences in the Netherlands Chaired by: prof. Valerie Frissen, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Senior Strategistat TNO Information and Communication Technology, the Netherlands

Theme 5

Defining Knowledge Democracy 5.6 Inconvenient Knowledge and Policy-making Chaired by: prof. Henk Dekker, Leiden University, the Netherlands 5.7 Organising Politics in a Knowledge Democracy – Reinventing Political Parties Chaired by: dr. Krijn van Beek, Advisor, Council for Societal Development (RMO) and Founding Director of the Think Tank 2100, the Netherlands

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An Introduction to the “Meaning of Knowledge”

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by ir. Arnold Fellendans, Networker, Network for Future Research (NTV) and Network for Sustainable Higher Education (DHO), the Netherlands

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Knowledge, Power & Identity: Struggles Over Unstructured Laptop Use in American

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University Classrooms by dr. Jill Harrison, Post-doctoral Fellow, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

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An Inter- and Transdisciplinary Analysis of the Climate Discussion of Transport

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by dr. Petri Tapio, Senior Researcher, Turku School of Economics, Finland

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Democratic Decision-making and Innovative Knowledge: Two Cases

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by drs. Paul Jansen Schoonhoven, Senior Training Manager and Consultant, ROI/HEC Institute for Public Administration, the Netherlands drs. Laura Sprengers ma, Advisor, ROI Institute for Public Administration, the Netherlands

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Boundary Spanning in Hybrid Dutch Organisations

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by Philip Marcel Karré MPhil, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Netherlands School for Public Administration (NSOB), the Netherlands

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The Knowledge Broker, Matching Supply and Demand of Expert Knowledge

15.45

by drs. Michel Leenders, Head of Spatial Development and Management, City of Gouda, the Netherlands

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COFFEE BREAK

16.15 - 18.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS IN KAMERLINGH ONNES BUILDING Theme 1

Knowledge & Future Research 1.4 Future Research and Strategic Policy making: How do the Two Relate?

Chaired by: prof. Maarten Hajer, Director, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), the Netherlands

Theme 2

State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research 2.6 Sustainable Value Development through New Knowledge Creation Chaired by: ir. Jeroen Bordewijk, Council Member RMNO, Board Me ofmber TransForum and former Senior Vice President at Unilever, the Netherlands 2.7 The Transition Approach and the Resilience Approach: What can we Learn?

Chaired by: prof. Josee van Eijndhoven, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Member of the Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI), the Netherlands

Theme 3

Practical Approaches to Boundary Work 3.5 Boundary Institutions in Science Governance - Triangulating Knowledge and Democratic Practice Chaired by: dr. Peter Stegmaier, Assistant Professor, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Theme 4

Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow 4.7 Citizens in Charge (2): Participation in Inspection and Monitoring: International Experiences and Conclusions Chaired by: dr. Jeroen Kerseboom, Vice Chair, VIDE Association for Monitoring,

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Assessment and Inspecting, the Netherlands Chaired by: drs. Margo Smit, Director, Association of Research Journalists (VVOJ), Belgium and the Netherlands Theme 5

Defining Knowledge Democracy 5.8 Knowledge-Democracy or Jericho-Democracy? A Design Workshop Chaired by: drs. Jan Schrijver, Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), the Netherlands 5.9 Facing and Bridging the Gap: Organising Knowledge For Policy-making Chaired by: dr. Arnold Jonk, Director of Knowledge, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), the Netherlands (invited)

Open Sessions Part 2 16.15 -

We’re Only in It for the Knowledge. Does Democracy Pay?

16.30

by drs. Hans Keune, Political Scientist, University of Antwerp, Belgium

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People Empower Each Other, Information Technology Helps Only in Facilitating

16.45

Them by drs. Marga Jacobs, Lecturer, Avans University of Applied Sciences and President, Human Environment Foundation (Vereniging Leefmilieu), the Netherlands

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Dissemination and Implementation of Knowledge within the Public Health Sector

17.00

by dr. Lenneke Vaandrager, Associate Professor, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

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Globalisation and Governance Reforms in India

17.15

by dr. Vasant Moharir, Retired Academic and former President of the Foundation for Critical Choices for India, the Netherlands

18.00

WALK TO THE FORMER UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

18.30

Reception and speech by drs. Henri Lenferink, Mayor, City of Leiden, the Netherlands

19.30

DINNER

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09.00 – 11.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS IN KAMERLINGH ONNES BUILDING Theme 1

Knowledge & Future Research 1.5 Towards a Better Governance of Long-term Decision-making Chaired by: prof. Roeland J. in ‘t Veld, Chair, RMNO, the Netherlands and Chair of Working Group Governance, European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC), Belgium

Theme 2

State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research 2.8 Roles, Competence and Action Perspectives of Actors in Transdisciplinary Research Chaired by: dr. ir. Huib Silvis, Head of Public Issues Division, Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands 2.9 Research and Knowledge Transfer in Water Management Chaired by: ir. Bert Satijn, Director, Research Programme Living with Water, the Netherlands

Theme 3

Practical Approaches to Boundary Work 3.6 Implications for the Science-policy Interface Chaired by: prof. Robert Hoppe, University of Twente, the Netherlands 3.7 Practical Approaches to Boundary Work around Transformative Change Chaired by: dr. René Kemp, Senior Researcher, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Theme 4

Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow 4.9 Communication about Controversial Issues Chaired by: drs. Pieter Hilhorst, Publicist and Journalist, Volkskrant newspaper (among others), the Netherlands 4.10 From Response to Responsibility Chaired by: drs. Willem Schoonen, Chief Editor, Trouw newspaper, the Netherlands

Theme 5

Defining Knowledge Democracy 5.10 Wanted: Competent Public Officials Chaired by: drs. Kees Vijlbrief, Deputy Director General, Office for the Senior Civil Service (ABD), Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), the Netherlands 5.11 Improvement of Knowledge Transfer: Co-operation or Competition in the Research Field?

Chaired by: drs. Martin van der Gugten cmc, President, Association for Policy Research (VBO), the Netherlands

11.00

COFFEE BREAK

PARALLEL SESSIONS 11.20

Open Space Session: Planning for Action

11.20

Gathering and combining results. Preparing recommendations.

12.30

LUNCH BREAK AT KAMERLINGH ONNES BUILDING

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PLENARY SESSION IN ACADEMY BUILDING

13.30

Opening by the chair of the third conference day, ir. Hans van der Vlist, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), the Netherlands.

The recommendations of the participants of the conference, “the Leiden Agenda”, will be presented to distinguished leaders in the Netherlands in the domains of Politics, Science, Media and Industry.

Speakers prof. Paul F. van der Heijden, Rector Magnificus Leiden University, the Netherlands prof. Uri Rosenthal, Leiden University and Senator, the Netherlands drs. Willem Schoonen, Chief Editor, newspaper Trouw, the Netherlands dr. Herman Tjeenk Willink, Vice President of the Council of State, the Netherlands mrs. Gerdi Verbeet, President of the House of Representatives of the States General, the Netherlands dr. Hans Wijers, Chair of the Board of Management, AkzoNobel, the Netherlands

15.30

Final remarks by the conference chair, prof. Roeland J. in ‘t Veld, Chair, RMNO, the Netherlands

15.30

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Advisory Council for Research on Spatial Planning, Nature and the Environment (RMNO), the Netherlands www.rmno.nl

Council for Public Administration (ROB), the Netherlands www.rfv.nl

European Commision (EC), Belgium www.ec.europa.eu

European Environment Agency (EEA), Denmark www.eea.europa.eu

European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC), Belgium http://www.eeac-net.org/

Leiden University, the Netherlands www.leiden.edu

Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), the Netherlands www.minlnv.nl Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), the Netherlands www.minocw.nl Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), the Netherlands www.vrom.nl Office for the Senior Civil Service (ABD), the Netherlands www.algemenebestuursdienst.nl Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (VenW), the Netherlands www.minvenw.nl City of Leiden, the Netherlands www.leiden.nl Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), the Netherlands www.nwo.nl Rathenau Institute, the Netherlands www.rathenau.nl

ScienceGuide, the Netherlands www.scienceguide.nl

Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Netherlands www.wrr.nl

TransForum, the Netherlands www.transforum.nl

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August 25th 08.30 - 09.30 Academy Building

The Academy Building, located at Rapenburg, is the oldest building and the heart of the University of Leiden.

The building was built in 1516 as a nunnery and since 1581 it is used by the (then) newly established university.

Today it is a national monument that is mainly used for ceremonial events, such as graduation ceremonies and promotions, although some lectures still take place in the Academy Building.

The Academic Museum is located in the building and is the gateway to the Hortus Botanicus.

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Welcome | Plenary session

Tuesday, August 25th

Welcome

Leiden University, the Netherlands prof. Rietje van Dam, Vice Rector Magnificus, Leiden University, the Netherlands

Rietje van Dam is Vice Rector Magnificus at Leiden

She studied chemistry at Utrecht University, the

University. At Leiden University she also holds the

Netherlands, graduated in 1973 and did her PhD

Chair for Sustainable Development and Innovation

thesis at the same university in 1976. After that

of Education in the Faculty of Mathematics and

period she worked at Maastricht University and

Sciences.

the Open University of the Netherlands where she was appointed as Professor and Chair Natural

She has been and still is a member of several

Sciences, especially biochemistry and biotech-

advisory and supervisory committees: the

nology in1993. From 1996-1998 she was chair of

Programme Committee Science and Technology

the Board of Professors (rector) at the same

of the European Association of Distance Teaching

university. She is a founding member of the

Universities (EADTU), the Scientific Advisory

Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Rhine-Meuse

Board of the Deutsches Institut für Fernstudien

and actively involved in the RCE-initiative of

Forschung an der Universität Tübingen (DIFF),the

United Nations University as visiting professor for

Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR),

RCEs at the United Nations Institute for Advanced

the Netherlands, the Advisory Board of AXIS, the

Studies (UNU-IAS) in Japan and as a member of

national platform for science and technology in

the Ubuntu Committee of Peers for RCEs.

education and labour market, the Scientific Advisory Board of Delft Cluster, the Supervisory Board of AkzoNobel Netherlands, the Supervisory Board of the Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), the Netherlands, the Stiftungsrat of Lüneburg University, the Dutch/Flemish Association of Science Centres, the Supervisory Board of Unilever Netherlands and the Advisory Board of Deltares.

Rietje van Dam: “To me, knowledge democracy stands for an effective and respectful interaction between: · the development of knowledge in a scientific manner · sharing knowledge with a wide audience · dealing with knowledge from a “public good” perspective.”

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Rudy Rabbinge is chair of several national and

for Public Health and Environment (RIVM), the

international organisations. He is deputy

Netherlands.

chairman of the Commission for Environmental

He has several distinctions to his name, among

Assessment (MER), the Netherlands, chair of the

which the Knight in the Order of the Netherlands

Science Council of the Consultative Group on

Lion, the Knight in the Order of Oranje-Nassau

International Agricultural Research (CGIAR, Italy/

and Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy

USA), he is chair of the Board Earth and Life

of Agricultural Sciences. He is also Board Member

Sciences (ALW) of the Organization for Scientific

of the Directors Alliance for a Green Revolution in

Research (NWO), the Netherlands, chair of the

Africa.

Council of Earth and Life Sciences of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Rudy Rabbinge studied biology and crop

(KNAW) and other organisations. He is also

protection at the Wageningen University and

Professor in Sustainable Development and Food

Research Centre. He conducted his PhD in

Security at Wageningen University and Research

agricultural and environmental sciences at the

Centre and Advisor to the Executive Board of this

same university. He has written over 200

university. Rudy Rabbinge is member of

scientific publications (international A-refereed

numerous national and international organisa-

journals), 5 text books, more than 250 other

tions, such as the Executive Committee of the

publications, and reports.

Asia Rice Foundation, Thailand, the International Advisory Board of TransForum Agro & Groen, the Netherlands, the Executive Board of the Centre for World Food Studies, the Scientific Programme Indonesia-the Netherlands (SPIN) and the Supervisory Committee of the National Institute

Rudy Rabbinge: “Knowledge democracy means better access and understanding of knowledge in different fields without full background information. Every interested layman should be in a position to participate in discussions on dilemma ‘s and ethical choices.”

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prof. ir. Rudy Rabbinge, Advisor Executive Board, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

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Introduction | Plenary session

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Tuesday, August 25th

Introduction by the conference chair

RMNO prof. Roeland J. in ‘t Veld, Chair of the RMNO, the Netherlands

Roeland in ’t Veld is Chair of the Advisory Council

In the past Roeland in ’t Veld has held positions

for Research on Spatial Planning, Nature and the

such as Director General for Higher Education and

Environment (RMNO). He is professor at the Open

Scientific Research at the Ministry of Education,

University of the Netherlands, Professor of Good

Culture and Science, Secretary of State for

Governance at the University of the Netherlands

Education and Science and Chair of the

Antilles. Furthermore, he is a member of the

Supervisory Board of the IB Group. He was also

Supervisory Board of Netherlands Knowledge

Dean of the Netherlands School for Public

Country and Commissioner for IBM The

Administration (NSOB), Rector of SIOO, the

Netherlands, HSK Group and President

Interuniversity Centre for Development in the field

Commissioner of Prorail. Roeland in ’t Veld has

of Organisation and Change Management.

editorial responsibility for a wide range of publications, including works on process management and the Handbook on ‘Corporate Governance’.

Roeland in ‘t Veld: “Speaking truth to power is complicated considerably by the tensions between politics, science and media. Does it take three to tango in this problematique?”

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prof. Julie Thompson Klein, Wayne State University, USA

Co-referent

prof. Marjolein van Asselt, Maastricht University and Council Member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Netherlands

Theme 1 asks all participants in this international

knowledge in a new agora of collaborative research

conference to consider the role of research in

and problem solving. Yet, despite successes and

realising a “knowledge democracy“ at the

the widening credence of TDR, the dominant

interfaces of science, politics, society, and media.

structure of research and education continues to

The root meaning of “democracy” frames our

prioritise academic modes and hierarchies.

collective task. The strength of knowledge and

Another growing literature base documents the

decision-making depends partly on leveraging the

possibilities of new technologies in building a

lessons of two major developments: transdiscipli-

digital commons. Yet, the Internet is rife with

nary research (TDR) and new digital technologies.

tensions between open access and privatisation, uneven cyber infrastructure across nations and

The two topics – TDR and digital technologies

communities, stereotyping and dubious authority.

– have not been linked closely in the past, but

Both developments underscore the heightened

they share common values for a knowledge

importance of new forms of research, learning, and

democracy, including:

critical literacies in both the public and private

· creating an open space for all forms of knowledge;

arenas. This need is all the more pressing at a time

· fostering the participation of all stakeholders;

when older taxonomies of knowledge are slow to

· providing equal access to power and

change while information comes increasingly from

representation;

new media sources, and when web-based

· facilitating new modes of social learning;

networking, 20 million hits on YouTube, and

· and crossing the boundaries that divide

orchestrated tweets on Twitter are more persua-

knowledge domains and sectors of society.

sive in the demos than older media of the classroom, television and radio, and print

These common values reflect significant changes

publications. The answer is not to design a new

in how we think about producing and dissemi-

virtual world, but to inform future research and

nating knowledge. A growing literature base on

decision-making with a reflexive understanding of

TDR documents the theory and practice of crossing

the changing nature of knowledge and the role of

boundaries between academic and other forms of

new intermediated forms of communicative action.

Julie Thompson Klein: “The roots of the term democracy derive from the Greek demos, meaning the ‘people’, and krátos, meaning ‘rule or strength’. The strength of problem-solving and decision-making in the contemporary world depends in no small part on drawing lessons from inter- and transdisciplinary research that crosses the boundaries of both academic fields and other sectors of society in the demos. The building stones of knowledge democracy today also require leveraging the affordances of information technology, necessitating new forms of digital literacy, participatory learning, and communicative action.”

1.0

Keynote Speaker

Tuesday, August 25th

Knowledge & Future Research: an introduction

Theme 1: Knowledge & Future Research | Plenary session

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State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research: an introduction

Keynote Speaker

prof. Roland Scholz, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Switzerland

Co-referent

prof. Joske Bunders, Director, Athena Institute at VU University Amsterdam and Council Member of the RMNO, the Netherlands

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Tuesday, August 25th

2.0

Theme 2: State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research | Plenary session

The importance of transdisciplinary research as a link between knowledge and policy is increasing.

In the Netherlands however, until now this link has barely been established. When does one choose a transdisciplinary approach of research? What are the possibilities and limitations of transdisciplinary research and how can this be mutually combined with social learning? What recommendations can be made concerning knowledge development, the role of stakeholders, the use of knowledge and competencies?

This plenary session will introduce the theme of ‘State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research’ in an international context. The parallel sessions of this theme will go in-depth on the current use of transdisciplinary research, trends and expectations, important stakeholders and their role in transdisciplinary research.

Roland Scholz: “A knowledge democracy asks for the support and the efficient utilisation of different types of epistemics/knowledge, values/norms and discourses in society.

Transdisciplinarity which organises mutual learning between science and society for getting socially robust solutions and the dismantling of barriers between different knowledge systems (among others between sciences), which is an important methodology for supporting knowledge democracy.

Finding appropriate ways of integrating or relating knowledge from different disciplines in relation to different systems, from different modes of thought, (e.g. analytic and intuitive thinking) interests and cultures can be a challenge.”

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Practical Approaches to Boundary Work: an introduction

dr. Christian Pohl, Co-Director of transdisciplinarity-net, Swiss Academy of Arts and Sciences, Switzerland

Co-referent

prof. John Grin, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Research that crosses disciplinary boundaries and

How can these approaches be conceptualised and

boundaries between science and society to

formulated as challenges from the perspective of

address real world problems can be found in a

those involved in the knowledge production

number of thematic fields, such as global

process? Is there a need for experienced boundary

environmental change, migration, public health,

workers who organise such collective knowledge

new technologies or area development. It goes by

production? And if so, what are the specific

names like transdisciplinary research, knowledge

competencies of such boundary workers?

production 2.0, boundary work and transition or hybrid management. Such knowledge production often takes place as a self-organised temporary collaboration of disciplinary researchers and actors from civil society, the government and the private sector. The question however remains, how the practical experiences gained in one project can be depersonalised and handed over to the next project to disburden project teams form “re-inventing the wheel”. For that purpose, the practical experiences have to be sampled and systematised and the core challenges as well as successful ways to address them have to be identified. But what are the specific challenges that have to be addressed in boundary work?

What are suitable approaches to address these?

Christian Pohl: “In a knowledge democracy science is not the only provider, interpreter and reviewer of knowledge. That does – as the term democracy may imply –not mean, that the majority votes for what is true and false. Rather, knowledge production becomes a collective process, normatively oriented to sustainable development, and bringing together those from civil society, the private sector, the government and science, who have a say in the matter. The challenge we face is finding those who have a say in the matter, certifying their contribution is reliable and integrating the contributions in relation to the problem on the ground.”

12.30 - 13.30 LUNCH BREAK

Theme 3: Practical Approaches to Boundary Work | Plenary session

3.0

Keynote Speaker

Tuesday, August 25th

August 25th 11.50 - 12.30 Academy Building

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August 25th 13.30 - 14.10 Academy Building

Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow: an introduction

Keynote Speaker

prof. John Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

Co-referent

David Clements MPA, Vice President, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Canada

Theme 4: Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow | Plenary session

4.0

Tuesday, August 25th

4.0

Regarding the role of the media as messenger and

Moreover, democratisation of knowledge has

translator between science, other knowledge

increased the amount of available data and facts

producers and politics, two different worlds have

enormously. What role does investigative

emerged: the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ media. How are

journalism fulfill? Dealing with knowledge has

their roles changing and what about the

been subject of discussion among parliamentar-

interaction between them? Especially the

ians in recent years. The quality of knowledge is

Internet-based ‘new’ media are characterised by

susceptible to ‘wicked’, contested, emotional and

speed, high velocity in subjects and opinions and

value-laden opinions. Still, policy makers must

an intense variety in sources and supply. This

prepare responsible action. What is in that case

allows little time to reflect.

the most effective way of providing them with the knowledge they need, and how can they

The change in one area automatically implicates

distinguish hypes?

changes in another. How are these developments

This plenary session will introduce the theme

in the media affecting politics, which choices

‘Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow’ in an

should be made, why and by whom? In what way

international context. The parallel sessions of this

are the media responsible for the knowledge and

theme will go in-depth within these issues.

information on which citizens and politicians base their opinions? And when does selection of information turn into manipulation?

John Ryan: “Knowledge democracy is about approximating the free flow of information. It refers both to the production and consumption of information. Both are increasingly mediated by widely available, relatively inexpensive technologies, rather than by technologies embedded in traditional institutions. Thus democratic knowledge is often outside institutional filtering processes.

This is both its strength and its weakness.”

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August 25th 14.10 - 14.50 Academy Building

Defining Knowledge Democracy: an introduction

dr. Silvio Funtowicz, Scientific Officer, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC) of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Italy

Co-referent

prof. Roeland J. in ‘t Veld, Chair of the RMNO, the Netherlands

How is knowledge being organised? How is it

When it comes to knowledge producers, where do

applied when it comes to policy making? Timing

civil organisations come in? Do they require

and verification of knowledge as input is crucial.

involvement in knowledge production, in order to

As a knowledge economy aimed at an increasing

ensure that it suits their needs and can make a

intensity of knowledge in production, the concept

contribution to a better living of certain groups or

of knowledge democracy concerns issues that

society as a whole?

relate to the intensification of knowledge in politics. How can scientific knowledge and

The existence of a gap between knowledge and

citizens’ science both be utilised in processes

politics does not seem to be the only one, the gap

within politics? How can conflicts between both

between politicians and public seems to be

types of knowledge be solved? How is knowledge

widening too. Political parties fulfil important

translated into policy-making? The gap between

roles when it comes down to agenda setting and

knowledge and policy-making processes seems to

programming societal opportunities; a clear

be widening. Moreover, scientists who prepare

responsibility towards implementing solutions for

knowledge for policy-making are sometimes

societal problems. What will their role be in the

influenced or even threatened to ‘adjust’ their

future? How will these gaps develop?

conclusions if they are not in line with what policy makers expect. How independent is knowledge?

Silvio Funtowicz*: “Science now has to cope with irreducible uncertainties in knowledge and ethics, and complexity, implying the legitimacy of a plurality of perspectives and ways of knowing. In this way its practice is becoming more akin to the workings of a democratic society, characterised by extensive participation and tolerance of diversity.There are now many initiatives for involving wider circles of people in knowledge production and decision-making. In these processes, the maintenance of scientific quality (a core commitment of post-normal science) depends on an open dialogue between all those involved. This dialogue takes place in an extended peer community, consisting not merely of persons with some form or other of institutional accreditation, but rather of all those with a desire to participate in the resolution of the relevant issues. Since this context of science is one involving policy and action, we might see this extension of peer communities as analogous to earlier extensions of the franchise in other fields, such as women’s suffrage and trade union rights.” *The views expressed are those of the author and do not represent necessarily those of the European Commission

Theme 5: Defining Knowledge Democracy | Plenary session

5.0

Keynote Speaker

Tuesday, August 25th

5.0

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prof. ir. Rudy Rabbinge, Advisor Executive Board of Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

First Impressions | Plenary session

0.0

Tuesday, August 25th

First impressions by the chair of the first conference day

Rudy Rabbinge is chair of several national and

World Food Studies, the Scientific Programme

international organisations. He is deputy

Indonesia-the Netherlands (SPIN) and the

chairman of the Commission for Environmental

Supervisory Committee of the National Institute

Assessment (MER), the Netherlands, chair of the

for Public Health and Environment (RIVM), the

Science Council of the Consultative Group on

Netherlands.

International Agricultural Research (CGIAR, Italy/

He has several distinctions to his name, among

USA), he is chair of the Board Earth and Life

which the Knight in the Order of the Netherlands

Sciences (ALW) of the Organization for Scientific

Lion, the Knight in the Order of Oranje-Nassau

Research (NWO), the Netherlands, chair of the

and Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy

Council of Earth and Life Sciences of the Royal

of Agricultural Sciences. He is also Board Member

Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

of the Directors Alliance for a Green Revolution in

(KNAW) and other organisations. He is also

Africa.

Professor in Sustainable Development and Food Security at Wageningen University and Research

Rudy Rabbinge studied biology and crop

Centre and Advisor to the Executive Board of this

protection at the Wageningen University and

university. Rudy Rabbinge is member of

Research Centre. He conducted his PhD in

numerous national and international organisa-

agricultural and environmental sciences at the

tions, such as the Executive Committee of the

same university. He has written over 200

Asia Rice Foundation, Thailand, the International

scientific publications (international A-refereed

Advisory Board of TransForum Agro & Groen, the

journals), 5 text books, more than 250 other

Netherlands, the Executive Board of the Centre for

publications, and reports.

Rudy Rabbinge: “Knowledge democracy means better access and understanding of knowledge in different fields without full background innformation. Every interested layman should be in a position to participate in discussions on dilemma ‘s and ethical choices.”

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August 25th 15.15 - 17.15 Kamerlingh Onnes Building

Problems and Opportunities

Chair prof. Herman Eijsackers, Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board, Wageningen University and Research Centre and Chief Scientific Officer at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), the Netherlands

Tuesday, August 25th

1.1

dr. Ewald Breunesse, Manager Energy Transitions, Shell Netherlands, the Netherlands

dr. Patrick van der Duin, Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

prof. Julie Thompson Klein, Wayne State University, USA

How is future research being (ab)used currently, and what trends can we forecast? What are the strengths and major win-win scenarios of future research? What are the threats and to which extent do the weaknesses of future research dominate its use? How does this affect government and the public domain? Where do we see opportunities and how can these be addressed?

In this session the keynote speaker and co-referent of the plenary meeting will answer questions about their introductions, and discuss experiences with other panel speakers.

In addition panel speakers will give their views, based on the wide range of their experiences.

Herman Eijsackers: “It is not so much the problem ‘that everybody knows everything’, yet too many people thínk to know everything. Therefore, “knowledge assessment” i.e. the valuation of information, is going to be a fundamental activity in the following years, regardless for which scientific, political or social group this is intended.”

17.15 - 17.30 WALK TO ACADEMY BUILDING

Theme 1: Knowledge & Future Research | Parallel session

1.1

Panel prof. Marjolein van Asselt, Maastricht University and Council Member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Netherlands

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Tuesday, August 25th

2.1

Transdisciplinary Research: Its Possibilities and Limitations

Chair dr. Jacqueline Broerse, Head of Science Communication, Athena Institute at VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Theme 2: State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research | Parallel session

2.1

Panel prof. Joske Bunders, Director, Athena Institute at VU University Amsterdam and Council Member of the RMNO, the Netherlands

dr. Thomas Jahn, Senior Scientist, Co-founder and Executive Director, Institute for Social Ecological Research (ISOE), Germany

prof. Chris Peterson, Michigan State University Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, USA

prof. Roland Scholz, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Switzerland

This session deals with a broad range of topics,

In this session the keynote speaker and

setting the stage for more in-depth discussion in

co-referent of the plenary meeting will answer

subsequent sessions. How and why did transdis-

questions about their introductions, and discuss

ciplinary research emerge? How did it develop

experiences with other panel speakers.

over the past decades? And where are we now with

In addition panel speakers will give their views,

respect to the epistemological, methodological

from the wide range of their experience, on the

and organisational challenges it raises? Do we

issues of the morning.

have proof of concept with respect to transdisciplinary research? What are issues for future research?

Chris Peterson: “As the knowledge needed to enhance performance moves from explicit to tacit to new, the supply chain governance structure must move from exchange governance to learning governance to transformational governance.”

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Panel dr. Christian Pohl, Co-Director of transdisciplinarity-net and Lecturer and Senior Researcher at the Swiss Academy of Arts and Sciences, Switzerland

prof. John Grin, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

In this session the keynote speaker and

crossing disciplinary boundaries and b) inte-

co-referent of the plenary meeting will answer

grating formal and “real life” knowledge. In many

questions about their introductions, and discuss

cases, this reflects a discrepancy between

experiences with the audience.

contemporary problems and formal disciplinary knowledge as this has historically co-evolved with

Transdisciplinary knowledge development is

previous types of problems. Understanding the

useful when the nature of a problem is such, that

rationale for transdisciplinary research in this

it may only be adequately dealt with through a)

particular way sheds additional light on the issue.

Robert Hoppe: “We only imperfectly understand the world’s complexity, yet want to shape it to our ideals. This condemns us to permanent trial-and-error learning. The competition of experiments creates myriads of problems that need to be made governable somehow, in order for the trials not to result in self-destructive errors. Good governance of problems entails democracy, which is, like almost everything else we do, a form of cooperation between laymen and experts. Therefore, at first sight, ‘knowledge democracy’ looks like an oxymoron. But, on some reflection, it is not! The notion expresses the never-ending challenge to maximise the intelligence of democracy by fostering mutually creative links between the wisdom of the crowds and innovative expert knowledge in intelligent, fast, and sustainable trial-and-error learning.”

17.15 - 17.30 WALK TO ACADEMY BUILDING

3.1

Chair prof. Robert Hoppe, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Tuesday, August 25th

Boundary Work and Transition Management

Theme 3: Practical Approaches to Boundary Work | Parallel session

3.1

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Theme 4: Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow | Parallel session

4.1

Tuesday, August 25th

4.1

Old and New Media living apart Together?

Co-hosted by the Virtual Knowledge Studio Chair prof. Franciska de Jong, University of Twente, Managing Director, Virtual Knowledge Studio at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and Member of the Governing Board of the Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), the Netherlands Panel David Clements MPA, Vice President, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Canada

dr. Jill Harrison, Post-doctoral Fellow, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

dr. Caroline Nevejan, Independent Researcher & Designer and Visiting Fellow at VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

prof. John Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

What do we know about the roles of ‘old’ and

In this session the keynote speaker and

‘new’ media, and about the interaction between

co-referent of the plenary meeting will answer

them? What are the challenges of the changes in

questions about their introductions, and discuss

the media landscape for knowledge producers and

experiences with panel speakers.

users: for scientists and for policy makers? Will

In addition panel speakers will give their views,

the new media in itself provide a new instrument

from the wide range of their experience, on the

for processes of democratic decision making?

issues of the morning.

David Clements: “Knowledge Democracy embodies the hope of progress on the problem of uncertainty of medical care. While healthcare professionals will always be the primary holders of the specialised information needed to deliver high-quality care, “democratising knowledge” requires acceptance of the important knowledge and expertise held by policymakers and the public as well.”

17.15 - 17.30 WALK TO ACADEMY BUILDING

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Panel drs. Arina Angerman, Director, Network Social Initiatives (NSI) Province South-Holland, the Netherlands

Heleen Bouwmans, Member of the Steering Group Chain Alliance and Manager at Education Advisory Group The ABC, the Netherlands

drs. Jos de Groen, Senior Advisor Knowledge Directorate, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), the Netherlands

drs. Gert de Haan, Facilitator, Knowledge Network The Black Hole, the Netherlands

dr. Henk Nies, Chief Executive Officer, Vilans, the Netherlands

On the Internet, there is an explosion of knowl-

In this session, new and best practices will be

edge networks and web communities around

presented. Forms and roles to share and organise

social, health or environmental issues. In these

knowledge will be discussed. The main question

networks individuals share practical knowledge,

is: who is or what is the role of the facilitator?

ideas, tools and/or social contacts that are

For every participant there will be a simple Self

important for the quality of their work or personal

Test which helps to reflect on how to organise and

life. Initiatives are mostly started by professionals

share knowledge in networks and communities.

or civilians and sometimes by scientists. More cooperation between these actors is needed to ensure long term succes for these networks and communities. This a real challenge because different values, visions, interests and languages are involved. What makes a knowledge network successful?

Anja van der Aa: “Knowledge democracy is access to knowledge for every individual and organising a open forum for knowledge sharing. Knowledge democracy supports personal and professional problem-solving and decision making with IT facilities. The IT facilities are owned or controlled by a Third Trusted Party.”

17.15 - 17.30 WALK TO ACADEMY BUILDING

4.2

Chair drs. Anja van der Aa, Entrepreneur, Platform Chains and Networks, the Netherlands

Tuesday, August 25th

Knowledge Sharing: Who is the Facilitator?

Theme 4: Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow | Parallel session

4.2

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August 25th 15.15 - 17.15 Kamerlingh Onnes Building

Tuesday, August 25th

5.1

Policy Experimentation & Academic Accountability

Co-hosted by Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Netherlands Chair prof. Wim van de Donk, Chair, Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Netherlands

Theme 5: Defining Knowledge Democracy | Parallel session

5.1

Panel dr. Arwin van Buuren, Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

dr. Silvio Funtowicz, Scientific Officer, Institute for the Protection and Security of Citizen (IPSC) at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Italy

Stella van Rijn MBA, PhD Researcher, Nyenrode Business University, The Netherlands

prof. Katrien Termeer, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

prof. Roeland J. in ’t Veld, Chair, RMNO, the Netherlands

prof. Dirk J. Wolfson, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

As a knowledge economy aimed at an increasing

How do supervisors and regulators deal with

intensity of knowledge in production, the concept

citizens’ science? A number of questions concern

of knowledge democracy concerns issues that

the functioning of the democratic institutions

relate to the intensification of knowledge in

themselves as far as the application of knowledge

politics. Bottlenecks that threaten optimal

is involved. How do parliaments not only use

trajectories between the realm of politics and

knowledge but also produce knowledge? How do

policy-making are: the political agenda may not

parliaments deal with their dependence on

correspond with the existing policy theories that

information from ministries?

are embraced by the top civil servants within the ministries, the translation of policy questions into

In this session the keynote speaker and

knowledge demand may prove to be extremely

co-referent of the plenary meeting will answer

difficult, inconvenient newly produced knowledge

questions about their introductions, and discuss

will probably not be applied in policy-making,

experiences with panel speakers.

research will produce knowledge in the future but

In addition panel speakers will give their views,

the need is urgent now, so there is a general

from the wide range of their experience, on the

problem of timeliness. How to align?

issues of the morning.

Wim van de Donk: “Democracy, essentially, is about learning. Learning demands variety.

Variety breeds sustainable wisdom.”

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Panel drs. Lex de Boer, Director of the Steering Committee for Experiments in Public Housing (SEV), the Netherlands

drs. Albert Cath, Owner, Narratio Knowledge and Advice and PhD Researcher at the University for Humanistic, the Netherlands

dr. Jurgen van der Heijden, Senior Consultant Sustainability, AT Osborne Consultants and Managers, the Netherlands

drs. Maurits Kreijveld, Project Manager, Study Centre for Technology Trends (STT), the Netherlands

dr. Noortje Marres, Research Fellow, University of Oxford, UK

drs. Anne-Marie Poorthuis, Director, Contemporary Connections Foundation for Network Development (Stichting Eigentijdse Verbindingen), the Netherlands

drs. Erik Schrijvers, Scientific Officer, Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Netherlands

From the moment sociology took itself seriously,

respondent can chose only one alternative. But in

its practitioners have, roughly speaking, travelled

sociology, the difference between quantitative

two different roads. The first started out of

and qualitative methods is decreasing, offering

pessimism about the possibility of an unmediated

possibilities to engage large amounts of

representation. The second began with optimism

participants in research with the same depth

about the possibility of finding universal laws.

earlier reserved for small scale analysis. Does this

They led to respectively micro and macrosociolo-

offer new perspectives for democracy as well?

gies. Some critics however claim that both led to

In this session, we discuss the outlines of a

nothing. Be as it may, a crisis in sociology is felt

mesosociology. The ‘public’, as an in-between unit

repetitively. Nowadays the problem of representa-

of analysis, is a key concept. Methods discussed

tion is still alive, not only in sociology but in

are based on narrative research and transdiscipli-

democracy as well.

nary production of meaning. Can they make the

There is an analogy between social sciences and

research process democratic and do their

democracy. Both have a habit of using closed

outcomes offer opportunities for social and

questionnaires on which either citizen or

political change?

Floor Basten: “Dutch society is highly educated and the Dutch government aims at creating a knowledge society. Multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary research are becoming increasingly popular and more and more – also fundamental – research takes place outside the context of universities. Outcomes of these types of research sometimes find their way to the policy arena, but exit easily under the government monopoly in policy relevance. In a knowledge democracy, a government does not focus solely on knowledge outcomes of universities and other state-financed institutes, but also pays attention to broader knowledge producing publics.”

5.2

Chair dr. Floor Basten, Owner and Researcher, OrléoN, the Netherlands

Tuesday, August 25th

Researching Publics

Theme 5: Defining Knowledge Democracy | Parallel session

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August 25th 17.30 - 17.50 Academy Building

Speech | Plenary session

Tuesday, August 25th

Speech

Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) dr. Jacqueline Cramer, Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, the Netherlands

Jacqueline Cramer went on after her secondary

at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the

education to the University of Arkansas (USA),

Netherlands from 1999 to 2005, and until 2007,

where she studied philosophy from 1969 to 1970.

professor of Sustainable Enterprise at Copernicus

She subsequently studied biology at the

Institute of the University of Utrecht, the

University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Netherlands.

graduating in 1976. In 1987 she obtained her

Jacqueline Cramer was a crown-appointed

doctorate in social sciences at the same

member of the Social and Economic Council (SER),

university with a thesis on Missio-orientation in

the Netherlands. She has also been a member of

ecology: the case of Dutch freshwater ecology.

the Supervisory Board of the World Wide Fund for

Jacqueline Cramer was a lecturer at the University

Nature (WWF), the University of Maastricht and

of Amsterdam from 1976 to 1989, first in the

Arnhem-Nijmegen University, the Council for

Biology and Society Department and then in the

Transport, Public Works and Water Management,

Dynamics of Science teaching and research unit.

council member of the RMNO and the supervisory

From 1989 to 1995 she was senior researcher at

Committee of the National Institute of Public

the Centre for Technology and Policy Studies of

Health and the Environment (RIVM) and chair of

the Netherlands Organisation for Applied

the Residents and Sustainable Construction

Scientific Research (STB-TNO). From 1990 to

Forum, the Netherlands. She has been a member

1996 she was also professor of Environmental

of the Supervisory Boards of a number of

Science at the University of Amsterdam, followed

organisations, including Shell Netherlands, ASN

by three years as professor of environmental

Bank, the Netherlands and the Development

management at the University of Tilburg, the

Finance Company (FMO), the Netherlands.

Netherlands.

On 22 February 2007 Jacqueline Cramer was

In 1999 she started working as a freelance

appointed Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning

environmental consultant. She was also professor

and the Environment (VROM) in the fourth

of Environmental Management in organisations

government of the Prime Minister Balkenende.

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August 26th 08.30 - 09.15 Kamerlingh Onnes Building

Wednesday, August 26th

Registration

In 1882, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (then 29 years old) was appointed in Leiden as professor of scientist, but also a thorough research manager.

On his initiative, the dusty laboratory on the canal was transformed into one of the most advanced research laboratories in the world. He created a new laboratory-style in which research and education were intertwined.

Kamerlingh Onnes was in 1908 the first to succeed in liquifying helium gas on the lowest critical temperature, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1913.

Registration Towards Knowledge Democracy

experimental physics. He was not only a brilliant

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August 26th 09.15 - 09.25 Kamerlingh Onnes Building

Wednesday, August 26th

Wrap-up of the first conference day

prof. Roeland J. in ‘t Veld, Chair, RMNO, the Netherlands

Roeland in ’t Veld is Chair of the Advisory Council for Research on Spatial Planning, Nature and the Wrap-up of the first conference day | Plenary session

Environment (RMNO). He is professor at the Open University of the Netherlands, professor of Good Governance at the University of the Netherlands Antilles. Furthermore, he is a member of the Supervisory Board of Netherlands Knowledge Country and Commissioner for IBM The Netherlands, HSK Group and President Commissioner of Prorail. Roeland in ’t Veld has editorial responsibility for a wide range of publications, including works on process management and the Handbook on ‘Corporate Governance’.

In the past Roeland in ’t Veld has held positions such as Director General for Higher Education and Scientific Research at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Secretary of State for Education and Science and Chair of the Supervisory Board of the IB Group. He was also Dean of the Netherlands School for Public Administration (NSOB) and Rector of SIOO, the Interuniversity Centre for Development in the field of Organisation and Change Management.

Roeland in ‘t Veld: “Speaking truth to power is complicated considerably by the tensions between politics, science and media. Does it take three to tango in this problematique?”

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August 26th 09.25 - 09.45 Kamerlingh Onnes Building

drs. Koos van der Steenhoven, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), the Netherlands

Wednesday, August 26th

Introduction by the chair of the second conference day

Koos van der Steenhoven became Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Culture political science at the VU University in Amsterdam, he already began his career in education. After two years of teaching civics to pre-university pupils in The Hague, he gave in to the attraction of politics and became personal assistant to several Members of Parliament for the Christian-Democratic Party. In 1981 he became political assistant to Culture and Welfare State Secretary, later Minister, De Boer as well as political assistant to Culture, Welfare and Health Minister Brinkman.

In 1985 he became Director for Radio, Television and Press at the then Ministry of Culture, Welfare and Health. In 1987 he became Deputy Permanent Secretary of the same Ministry and he remained at this post till 1992. Before being appointed, in 2003, to his current post as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, he worked outside of politics and government for a period of 10 years. During this period he was Director for Harbour Innovation at the Municipal Port Company of Rotterdam and Director of the expert centre “Het Expertise Centrum” (HEC) in The Hague.

Introduction by the chair of the second conference day | Plenary session

and Science in 2003. While he was still studying

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Transdisciplinary Scholarship | Plenary session

Wednesday, August 26th

Transdisciplinary Scholarship

prof. Chris Peterson, Michigan State University Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, USA

Governments, businesses, and societal organisa-

(scholars, practitioners and citizens) with their

tions are faced with a dizzying array of “wicked

willingness to create new knowledge together, and

problems,” characterised by: no definitive problem

(2) transdisciplinary scholarship that brings the

formulation; no true or false solution, but only

best knowledge and methods from all the

better or worse outcomes; stakeholders with

disciplines relevant to the problem, and generates

radically different frames of reference.

new knowledge and methods through the

Sustainability, terrorism, and global warming are

democratic process. Transdisciplinary scholarship

but a few of the most critical and most pressing.

can thus play a critical role in creating new

Knowledge institutions are expected by these

knowledge and transforming it into engaged

other partners to assist in the creation and

action.

application of knowledge to manage these wicked problems. Yet traditional disciplinary scholarship has neither the scope nor active engagement with the world of practice to be effective with such problems. Progress in managing wicked problems demands both having impact on the diverse elements and system components of the problem, and engaging the critical stakeholders deeply involved with the problem (who can block as well as enable action). The co-creation of new knowledge among the stakeholders thus becomes essential to progress. New knowledge (from new paradigms) holds the potential to convert seemingly unyielding tradeoffs into breakthrough innovations where the tradeoffs can become complements. The keys to the process include (1) knowledge democracy—the engagement of the explicit and tacit knowledge of all stakeholders Chris Peterson: “As the knowledge needed to enhance performance moves from explicit to tacit to new, the supply chain governance structure must move from exchange governance to learning governance to transformational governance.”

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dr. David Stanners, Head of International Cooperation at the European Environment Agency, Denmark

Wednesday, August 26th

Evaluating Evidence

David Stanners will introduce a “Framework for Evaluating Complex Scientific Evidence”, developed framework is based upon a simplified list of “criteria” for moving from association to causation. It takes into account the main limitations of the criteria-based approach to evidence evaluation, and uses a simplified “levels of proof “ continuum, based on the IPCC approach to climate change evidence. The framework may help different stakeholders to arrive at some provisional and “negotiated” or “shared truths” regarding complex policy issues.”

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Evaluating Evidence | Plenary session

by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The

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Theme 1: Knowledge & Future Research | Parallel session

1.2

Wednesday, August 26th

1.2

Scanning the Horizon

Co-hosted by Study Centre for Technology Trends (STT), the Netherlands Chair ir. Hans van der Veen, Director, Study Centre for Technology Trends (STT), the Netherlands Panel Anders Jacobi, Project Manager, Danish Board of Technology, Denmark

prof. Paul Rademaker, Founder and Chair, Network for Future Research (NTV), the Netherlands

Alun Rhydderch, Project Manager, Foresight Horizon Scanning Centre, Government Office for Science, UK

prof. Wim de Ridder, Chair, Faculty Management of Governance, University of Twente, the Netherlands

drs. Victor van Rij, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), the Netherlands

Horizon Scanning is a method for getting an overview of possible future developments that are relevant for strategic policy-making.For the Horizon Scanning project in the Netherlands, information was gathered about possible future developments in leading domains, a number of essays highlight the views on future developments. The main question is, to what extent does horizon scanning provide useful information for scientists, policy-makers and society at large?

What are the experiences with horizon scanning or similar methods in other countries? How is this methodology being linked to future users and to what point are they actually able to use the results in their work? In other words, to which extent is horizon scanning useful for public and private policy makers? Does a horizon scan that is not interactive or deliberative in the process, make sense?

Hans van der Veen: “Knowledge democracy can lead to an open space for discussions between governement and people.”

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Chair prof. Paul Opdam, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands Panel drs. Gerhard Dekker, Head of Research & Statistics Department, City Almere, the Netherlands

drs. Shantala Morlans, Antropologist, College of Agronomy of Clermont Ferrand (Enitac) and Member of Research Unit UMR Métafort, France

dr. Eveline Steingröver, Senior Researcher, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

drs. Lambert Verheijen, Dikereef, Aa and Maas Water Board, the Netherlands

When landscapes, seen as socio-ecological

This symposium explores the role of knowledge in

systems, are the outcome of the interplay

the processes that shape regional landscapes. To

between natural and human processes. Human

attain this goal the following questions will be

interventions alter the physical landscape. These

answered:

interventions are influenced by value perceptions

·· how does scientific knowledge facilitate the

about the ecological, social and economical

collaborative decision process and assist in

returns. Regional projects are also driven and

answering the why, how and where to change

sometimes altered by knowledge of global systems, for example global warming or the financial crisis. The processes that shape regional projects inevitably involve multiple actors and in

questions? ·· what makes knowledge acceptable, credible and relevant to local actors? ·· how does the knowledge structure affect the

democracies they can therefore best be described

course of the collaborative process? For

as collaborative planning and design processes.

example, with respect to water systems, how is

This is sometimes in stark contrast to the abstract

knowledge about the relationship between the

technical knowledge that forms input for these

physical structure of the water system and its

processes.

functioning used in decisions about adapting the water system to climate change ·· how are knowledge of economic, social and environmental systems integrated?

Paul Opdam: “Knowledge democracy describes the principle that generic scientific knowledge is made available to decision makers and stakeholders involved in change processes, and combined with case-specific and local knowledge provided by the actors involved. This results in knowledge creation during which the scientific knowledge gains in credibility, saliency and legitimacy to its users.”

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2.2

Co-hosted by Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

Wednesday, August 26th

Creating the Landscape: Scientific Knowledge in Regional Case Studies

Theme 2: State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research | Parallel session

2.2

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Theme 2: State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research | Parallel session

2.3

Wednesday, August 26th

Transdisciplinary Research: Its Contribution to Problem Solving and the Consequences for Higher Education

Chair prof. Joske Bunders, Director, Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Council Member of the RMNO, the Netherlands Panel dr. ir. Marcel van Gogh, Education Developer and Lecturer, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

mr. Ben Verleg, Top Advisor, City of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

dr. Florian Keil, Senior Scientist and Project Coordinator, Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Germany

drs. Barbara Regeer, Assistant Professor, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

dr. Coyan Tromp,Curriculum Developer and Lecturer, Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Transdisciplinary research is said to democratise

integration of knowledge and people, the

knowledge production as it tries to (re-)build

formulation of expectations and the establish-

relations between science and society by means

ment of quality criteria. Next a ‘methodology of

of stakeholder involvement. Typically one can

the evidential’ will be presented. Based on the

distinguish two epistemological paths: one to

epistemological starting points of different

gain transformation strategies for the societal

scientific methodologies, a methodology to

problem at hand and the other to cope with the

research, but moreover to support organisational

methodological challenges of integrating different

development is presented.

disciplinary approaches. In this session two

What implications do these development

propositions are for development strategies. A

strategies and new ways of knowledge production

model in which the societal process of production

and problem solving have for higher education?

of knowledge for sustainable development is

How do we train our future leaders? What kind of

described as a transdisciplinary research process

education do we need to provide for students to

will be presented. On this basis a concretisation of

become competent in knowledge integration and

the model is discussed which shows how an

boundary work? How can they learn to contribute

explicit and reflexive understanding of transdisci-

to organisational and societal development for

plinarity can help cope with issues such as the

sustainable development?

Ben Verleg: “We need dialogue and reflection for using knowledge effectively. It just doesn’t make sense to keep your knowledge for yourself. Knowledge democracy is sensemaking in democratic organisations.”

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Mainstreaming Citizen Participation

Co-hosted by the Danish Board of Technology, Denmark Chair dr. Lars Klüver, Director, Danish Board of Technology, Denmark Panel dr. Elie Faroult, Scientific Officer, European Commission, Belgium prof. Robert Hoppe, University of Twente, the Netherlands

dr. Tore Tennøe, Director, Norwegian Board of Technology, Norway

Citizen participation methodology has proven

Why is that? What would we gain from having

itself in terms of its ability to carry different kinds

citizen participation mainstreamed? What risks

of knowledge, values, interests, and policy

would it involve? What would be the restrictions

assessments into decision-making. Although this

on mainstreaming citizen participation – geog-

methodology is free from built-in dilemmas, need

raphy, economy, political will and courage,

for pragmatism and problems to be solved, there

ideological resistance…?

is a general consensus that the bottom line is positive. At the national level numerous citizen

This session embraces three presentations,

consultations have been executed and at the

followed by a triangle talk, an open discussion

trans-national level, an increasing number of

and a wall of points: everybody can make a point

experiments are being carried out. However, it is

or question and put it on the wall – the wall will be

striking that even with a two-decade record of

transcribed and reported in the workshop paper.

relative success, citizen participation based policy advice must be characterised as a discipline of one-off events.

Lars Klüver: “Knowledge democracy is about constructive inclusion of diversity; it must include procedures for participation that go far beyond voting. The methods for a knowledge democracy are in place – it is the intention we need.”

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Theme 3: Practical Approaches to Boundary Work | Parallel session

3.2

Wednesday, August 26th

3.2

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Lost in Translation

Cohosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), the Netherlands Chair prof. ir. Klaas van Egmond, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Panel Hans van Brussel, Head of Communications, CBS Statistics, the Netherlands

dr. Janneke Hoekstra, Director Knowledge Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), the Netherlands

Hanns-J. Neubert, President, European Science Journalists Organisation (EUSJA), France

Hans Wansink, Commentator of newspaper De Volkskrant, the Netherlands

Theme 4: Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow | Parallel session

4.3

Wednesday, August 26th

4.3

How are politics, business and media dealing with all the different knowledge flows? This session focuses on the interpretation of policy-relevant knowledge by the media. Who has the lead? Who controls selection and when does selection become manipulation? What can go wrong when translating scientific knowledge into articles, quotes, and (sound)bites for the general public, and how does this influence democratic decision making?

Hanns-J. Neubert: “In times of information overflow it is most important that all people are put into the position to gain and acquire knowledge in learning how to handle and integrate informational bits and pieces. However, knowledge is not necessarily a ticket for the ability to contribute to democratic processes, it can even foster authoritarian developments. Knowledge has to exceed its own borders and lead to literacy – an improper translation of the German term “Bildung” – of all people, which effectuates passion, sympathy, tolerance and interest, which are prerequisites of real democracy.”

Janneke Hoekstra: “Knowledge democracy: everybody has access to abundant information and adds to it. The media present facts and figures in strong colours. The political and social debate follow.”

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Panel dr. Chris Aalberts, Lecturer, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

dr. Aart Bontekoning, cmc, Organisational Psychologist, MAGMA, the Netherlands

Scott Douglas MPhil, Consultant, Berenschot, the Netherlands and PhD Student at the University of Oxford, UK

prof. Felix Janszen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

drs. Maurits Kreijveld, Project Manager, Study Centre for Technology Trends (STT), the Netherlands

drs. ir. Nic Moens, Manager and Lead Facilitator, International Institute for Communication and Development, the Netherlands

The Internet undoubtedly changed the world.

What is the impact of all of these changes for

Never before has it been so easy to obtain, share

science and politics, both knowledge sensitive

and use a vast amount of knowledge. Rapidly

areas? Is it already impossible to secure the use of

producing information overloads and clear

valid and valuable knowledge? How does

knowledge underloads. Furthermore the Internet

networking – by means of the Internet – affect

created the knowledge- and network society in

knowledge sharing? What are the risks for the

which we now live. In this society new rules for

– lack of – quality of knowledge? How does

knowledge apply. The youngest generation

knowledge sharing affect science? Are there

(‘screenagers’) play a big part in this changing

tensions between generations in the way they use

world of knowledge.

knowledge?

Scott Douglas: “Knowledge democracy can easily deteriorate into a soap opera transmitting nothing but gossip. It will require effective institutions to put the information to work without stifling the knowledge flow.”

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4.4

Chair drs. Marinka Voorhout, Director Academy and Principal Consultant, KBenP, the Netherlands

Wednesday, August 26th

Network Knowledge Society Effects for Science & Politics

Theme 4: Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow | Parallel session

4.4

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Theme 5: Defining Knowledge Democracy | Parallel session

5.3

Wednesday, August 26th

Production and Use of Knowledge in the Political Realm

Co-hosted by the Institute for Social Innovation (IMI), the Netherlands Chair mr. Guido Enthoven, Director, Institute for Social Innovation, the Netherlands Panel

drs. Paul Kalma, Member of Parliament, House of Representatives, the Netherlands

Hans Licht cmc, Director and Senior Management Consultant, Org-Link and Scholar on the Swedish Parliamentary System, Sweden

prof. Uri Rosenthal, Leiden University and Senator, the Netherlands

drs. Roos Vermeij, Member of Parliament, House of Representatives, the Netherlands

dr. Mei Li Vos, Member of Parliament, House of Representatives, the Netherlands

To what extent is scientific knowledge used in the parliament when it comes to political formation of judgements? Does political decision-making take place on the basis of new scientific insights? Or are they two separate worlds? Do Members of Parliament have the time to consult studies and articles? Do Members of Parliament speak with Scientists and -if so- who takes the initiative? Or do we speak of a distant relation in which Members of Parliament are tempted to fall into the habit of ‘selective shopping’ in scientific reports?

In addition, the participants reflect on the similarities and differences between processes of scientific truth finding and political truth finding.

What exactly are the differences between researches of the House of Representatives and researches of Academic Project Groups when consulting on the same topic?

Guido Enthoven: “The power of democracy is to learn; to move with more and better ideas slowly but surely towards ‘the best of all possible worlds.”

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Chair dr. David Laws, Senior Lecturer, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Panel dr. Olivier Barreteau, Senior Water Scientist, Cemagre, France and Scholar in Residence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

drs. Mike Duijn, Senior Researcher, TNO Built Environment and GeoSciences, the Netherlands

dr. Herman Karl, Co-Director, MIT-USGS Science Impact Collaborative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

dr. ir. Laurens Klerkx, Assistant Professor, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

Efforts to develop and implement policy in

what it would mean to democratise the boundary

science-intensive arenas regularly bring citizens

between the practices of science and citizenship.

and scientists together in negotiations over controversial questions about action. Familiar

The goal of this session is to reflect on such

moorings in role definitions like expert and

institutional arrangements as designs for relating

laymen or citizen are often destabilised by the

scientists and citizens in negotiations over policy

controversy and basic points of orientation, like

action. The speakers will present institutions as

the definition of a stakeholder. Consultation in

designs and compare how these arrangements

such settings is unlikely to be a straightforward

shape the roles that are available to scientists

process, in which turning to the facts resolves the

and citizens, the way these roles are related to

controversy, but instead a (potentially)

each other and to raise questions about what

generative episode in which the grounding and

action to take, and the opportunities they provide

limits of knowledge claims, the manner in which

to dispute and rework these critical features of

implications for action are drawn, and the

policy practice. The speakers will present case

moral-political significance of features like risk

studies of science-intensive policy practice from

and uncertainty are challenged.

Europe and the U.S. and, in discussion with one another, analyse the dynamics that shape

In the best of circumstances, such contestation

experiments with new designs for relating

has prompted reflection by both scientists and

scientists and citizens as stakeholders in policy

citizens on their respective roles and responsibili-

action and frame an agenda for research into the

ties as stakeholders and provided hints about

interaction between scientific and policy practice.

David Laws: “Asking a question is an action, which can be reflected upon morally and ethically, as well as practically. Knowledge democracy is the terrain where these forms of reflection cannot be kept apart or done without. It generates an imperative for such reflection in the practices through which we take action on the substantive problems, concerns, and aspirations that constitute this terrain.”

5.4

Co-hosted by the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Wednesday, August 26th

Scientists as Citizens: Citizens as Scientists

Theme 5: Defining Knowledge Democracy | Parallel session

5.4

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Policy Experimentation, Social Learning, and Political Accountability

Co-hosted by the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Netherlands prof. Anton Hemerijck, Director of the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Netherlands prof. Charles Sabel, Columbia University, USA

Theme 5: Defining Knowledge Democracy | Parallel session

5.5

Wednesday, August 26th

It is often conjectured that the political domain

the public of the plausibility and legitimacy of the

hardly meets the ideal conditions for a ‘learner

ideas through argument and persuasion. What

friendly environment’. The collective nature of

could be a preferred line of inquiry is to analyse

politics, short time horizons, institutional density

the inherent connections between “powering” and

of policymaking, power asymmetries, and the

“puzzling” in the policy process, and to critically

complexity and opacity of politics all present

recognize how problem-situations are occasioned

serious problems for government and policy

by the inability of established policy repertoires

learning. Power considerations and group interest

to meet established expectations, under the new

mobilisation, manipulating intelligence and

social, political and economic conditions. This

information in ways that lend them political

minimally shows how policy actors update their

advantage, effectively drive out the dimension

normative and cognitive orientations in the face

“puzzling” in the policy process. In the workshop

of new challenges. In this workshop we touch on

on Policy Experimentation, Social Learning and

two institutional dimension which shape

Political Accountability we take issue with the

processes of policy learning. These concern, on

“blinkered” mainstream view of politics of

the one hand, dilemmas of (horizontal) policy

information and ideas as merely resources to

experimentation in the shadow of (vertical)

bolster standing power and interest positions.

political accountability. Can we think of

Elections are the mechanisms that enforce that

‘framework’ political rules for enabling effective

responsiveness. Democratic leaders have a strong

policy experimentation? The second dimension

motive to solve societal problems before they

concerns the wider institutional conditions for

fester and grow. As politics embodies strife over

fostering policy learning, such as societal changes

ideas and best courses of action, some form of

in prevailing normative and cognitive orienta-

evaluation or learning is always present.

tions. Examples are taken from the recent

Moreover, policy actors engaged in profound

experience of US and EU welfare policy and social

reform have to convince other political actors and

services.

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Chair prof. ir. Rudy Rabbinge, Advisor to the Executive Board, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands Panel prof. Marjolein van Asselt, Maastricht University and Council Member at the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Netherlands

dr. ir Hedi Poot, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (VenW), the Netherlands

dr. Jenny Andersson, Associate Professor, Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden

(Re)new(ed) insight in the future is apparent from the increase in future studies. This trend raises questions about the significance of future studies for robust government policy. How are foresight endeavours useful for policy, and how are the dilemmas surrounding the use of these studies addressed in practice?

Learn about the experiences within countries and the perspectives of the people involved in policy-oriented foresight practices.

Rudy Rabbinge: “Knowledge democracy means better access and understanding of knowledge in different fields without full background innformation. Every interested lay man should be in a position to participate in discussions on dilemma ‘s and ethical choices.”

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1.3

Co-hosted by the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Netherlands

Wednesday, August 26th

The Future in Policy-making

Theme 1: Knowledge & Future Research | Parallel session

1.3

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Theme 2: State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research | Parallel session

2.4

Wednesday, August 26th

Stimulating Informed Debate on Sustainable Development

Co-hosted by the network of European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC), Belgium Chair prof. Frans Berkhout, Director of the Institute for Environmental Sciences, VU University Amsterdam and Council Member of the RMNO, the Netherlands Panel dr. Günther Bachmann, Secretary General, German Council for Suistainable Development (RNE), Germany and Former Chair of the EEAC Working Group Sustainable Development, Belgium

dr. Ingeborg Niestroy, Secretary General of the EEAC Network, Belgium and Author of ‘Sustaining Sustainability’, Belgium

ir. Annemieke Nijhof MBA, Director General Water, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (VenW) and Former Advisor to the Prime Minister, the Netherlands

prof. Tim O’Riordan, Emeritus Professor, University of East Anglia, UK and Chair of the EEAC Working Group Sustainable Development, Belgium

Sustainable development (SD) can be seen as a

In this session, experiences with stimulating

societal learning process. In this process,

informed debate on sustainable development will

Sustainable Development Councils help to frame

be shared and the challenges of creating more

topics from an sustainability perspective, while

and better involvement of civil society, business

being at the same time “down to earth” and

and citizens will be discussed.

“telling”. Sustainable Development Councils may play an important role in awareness-raising and in stimulating informed policy and societal debate. They help governments to articulate sustainable development into society and back into government. About half of the EU member states have established national Sustainable Development Councils.

Frans Berkhout: “Knowledge confers power and the capacity to act. Knowledge, openly and widely available and known, is therefore a prerequisite for a strong democracy. But the more we know, the more we realise we do not know. Some of the greatest challenges in contemporary global societies relate to the need for democracies to deal with uncertainty, risk and ignorance. For me, a knowledge democracy therefore has at least two elements: open access of knowledges to capable citizens; and good institutions for making explicit and handling risk and uncertainty.”

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Chair prof. Josee van Eijndhoven, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Member of the

Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI), the Netherlands

Panel John Barzilay BAppSc BSc, Director, Innovation Management & Research Consulting (IMRCons) and Former Research Guidance Manager at Unilever R&D, the Netherlands

ir. Jeroen Borderwijk, Council Member, RMNO and Former Senior Vice President of Unilever, the Netherlands

dr. Daniel Lang, Senior Scientist, Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland

prof. Miranda Schreurs, Director, Environmental Policy Research Centre, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Social learning may be an important product of

1. the perspective of industry seeking to

transdisciplinary research. Transdisciplinary

cooperate with research institutions to support

research is being conducted in the expectation

a transition to more sustainable products and

that it can help to bring about solutions for societal problems. But the experience of

production processes 2. the perspective of a knowledge institute

transdisciplinary research can also help to learn

adressing the specifics of the role of science in

about ways in which various societal actors can

informing the governance of sustainability

cooperate effectively. The relationship of researchers and other actors is an important issue to discuss in order to enhance learning how

decisions 3. from the perspective of the possible role of the consumer.

to deal with differing goals and perspectives in a knowledge society.

Additionally, a presentation will be given of a new cross-cutting program on Knowledge, Learning

In this session the relationship between

and Societal Change (KLSC) that is being

transdisciplinary research and social learning will

developed under the aegis of the International

be addressed with a view on learning for

Human Dimensions Program of Global

sustainable development. The issue will be

Environmental Change of the UN.

addressed from three perspectives:

Josee van Eijndhoven: “In the 21st century knowledge is no longer the exclusive domain of experts and other elites. Knowledge of all people should be brought into deliberations on the way forward to a more sustainable world.”

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2.5

Co-hosted by the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Wednesday, August 26th

Transdisciplinary Research as Social Learning

Theme 2: State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research | Parallel session

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Theme 3: Practical Approaches to Boundary Work | Parallel session

3.3

Wednesday, August 26th

3.3

Collaborative Knowledge Production

Chair prof. Jurian Edelenbos, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands and drs. Nienke van Schie, PhD Student, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Panel prof. Chris Caswill, University of Exeter and University of Oxford, UK

drs. Mike Duijn, Senior Researcher, TNO Built Environment and GeoSciences, the Netherlands

dr. ir. Erik van Slobbe, Senior Consultant Water Management , Arcadis and Lecturer at Wageningen University Research Centre, the Netherlands

drs. Wouter Stolwijk, Director, PIANOo, the Netherlands

drs. ir. Kees Tazelaar, Manager, PIANOo-desk, the Netherlands

dr. Anna Wesselink, Marie Curie Research Fellow, University of Leeds, UK

dr. Alison Ziller, Director, Australia Street Company and Chair of the Social Planning Chapter, Planning Institute, Australia

Policy-making is a process of social construction, in which the worlds of experts, bureaucrats and stakeholders are combined and interconnected.

These different parties provide different sources of knowledge that need adjustment and interconnection. The way in which this connection is organised explains the legitimacy of the knowledge used in making policy-decisions. The proper organisation of this connection in which both the value of expert knowledge, as well as the legitimacy of stakeholder knowledge is recognised, is stressed in for example literature on joint fact-finding, participatory policy analysis, collaborative dialogues, collaborative analysis, interactive social science, interactive knowledge, cogeneration of knowledge, and civic science.

Jurian Edelenbos: “In a knowledge democracy everyone, i.e. professional, scientific expert, and citizen, has an equal opportunity to express his or her thoughts, emotions and rationalities in complex policy processes. Accepted, feasible and legitimate knowledge is produced only in interaction among professionals, experts, and citizens.”

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Chair prof. Peter van Hoesel, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Director of Panteia, the Netherlands Panel drs. Hans Donkers, Director, Stratus Market Research, the Netherlands

dr. Joris Meijaard, Senior Manager and Manager of the Board, EIM Business & Policy Research, the Netherlands

drs. Frans Pleijster, Account Manager, EIM Business & Policy Research, the Netherlands

dr. Pieter van Teeffelen, Account Manager Research for Policy, Panteia, the Netherlands

Policy makers gradually begin to discover the

methods like a survey, a statistical analysis or

merits of interactive policy making for bridging

expert interviews will not be sufficient. Policy

the gap between government and citizens.

researchers already have developed a lot of new

However, interactive policy making is far from

research strategies that starts to influence the

easy, certainly when policy makers sincerely try

minds of policy makers.

to involve citizens and entrepreneurs in the policy process. Policy research can help policy makers

Meanwhile policy researchers are also busy with

with research designs that enable fertile

the development of new methods for data

interactions with citizens and entrepreneurs.

gathering, yielding research results with a higher validity level together with a higher impact level,

What are adequate research designs for the

which of course supports the quality of interactive

analysis of a policy problem in cooperation with

policy making.

(representatives from) target groups, for an ex ante evaluation of policy proposals with all

In this session we will give four examples of the

involved parties, or for the preparation of the

application of research methods aimed at

implementation of a policy measure with the

interactive policy making and/or the gathering of

involved public servants? In many cases classic

high quality data.

Peter van Hoesel: “High level policy research will bridge the gap between citizens and the government by showing ways to effective as well as attractive public policies.”

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3.4

Co-hosted by Panteia, the Netherlands

Wednesday, August 26th

A New Methodology for Policy Research?

Theme 3: Practical Approaches to Boundary Work | Parallel session

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Theme 4: Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow | Parallel session

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Wednesday, August 26th

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Science Based Reports, Media and the Political Hype

Co-hosted by the Rathenau Institute, the Netherlands Chair mr. drs. Jan Staman, Director, Rathenau Institute, the Netherlands Panel drs. Johan van de Berg RC, Head of the Parliamentary Bureau for Research and Public Expenditure, the Netherlands

dr. Miguel Goede, Associate Professor, University of the Netherlands Antilles

dr. Cisca Joldersma, Member of Parliament, House of Representatives, the Netherlands

dr. Lars Klüver, Director, Danish Board of Technology, Denmark

drs. Martin Sommer, Politics Editor, newspaper De Volkskrant, the Netherlands

Numerous scientific institutions send policy-

are that the topic is enjoying excessive attention

related scientific reports to the government and

from the media, that self-reinforcing mechanisms

parliament. They are sometimes considered as

have been set in motion by them, that the debate

belonging to the category of “regulatory

is unreasonable and that the result has been

sciences”. Many reports go relatively unnoticed,

‘manipulated’. This claim is often made - usually

but some, on the other hand, have a big influence

by parties in the ongoing debate - and frequently

on the political agenda and on policy. The

researchers get involved. But do we find support

reputation of the institution and the media often

for this reproach even after the debate has died

play a large role here, although this is not always

down? Don’t the media ensure that the rules of

the case. Sometimes these scientific reports are

the game still apply? Don’t we need the media to

used by parties with a view to a specific political

get the interests behind the issue out into the

interest. Other parties ignore the report in

open? Aren’t democratic decision-making

question because of other interests or put forward

processes, by definition, accompanied by

facts and circumstances that refute or down play

emotions, excitement, fighting and compromise

the conclusions and recommendations of the

and doesn’t the aspect of exaggeration therefore

report. It is seldom - if ever - because of their

cling to every decision-making process in the

scientific nature that reports come as a Deus ex

political domain? Has scientific reason allocated a

Machina, and certainly not in an area that is -in

place in the democratic decision-making process

any case- politically controversial.

for the right reasons? And if so, how do we view the increasing demand for evidence-based policy?

The media play an important mediating role in spotting a report and in its scientific, social and political assessment and positioning. It is the

Jan Staman: “Knowledge production is

media that stimulate discussion of the report. In

urgently in need of inspiring metaphores.

this case the media is blamed for provoking a

Without that it will be transformed into

political hype and researchers are not seldom

knowledge industry, far away from the knowledge

accused of cooperating knowingly. The objections

democracy.”

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Citizens in Charge (1) – Participation in Inspection and Monitoring: Introduction and Experiences in the Netherlands

Co-hosted by VIDE, the Association for Monitoring, Assessment and Inspecting, the Netherlands prof. Valerie Frissen, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Senior Strategist at TNO Information and

The Internet has created possibilities for citizens and civil society organisations to contribute to government activities concerning evaluation, monitoring, inspecting and maintaining government policies and regulation. Valerie Frissen will introduce the issue by presenting examples of initiatives by citizens and by public authorities, pointing at some important challenges.

Panel speakers will present examples like aviation (real time noise measurement by citizens), the Amber Alert procedure for finding missing children, and a website on which parents and pupils can evaluate teachers.

Valerie Frissen: “Knowledge democracy to me is knowledge that increases the transparency of the democratic state; equal acces to knowledge; knowledge that increases our understanding of others and makes us enjoy living together.”

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Communication Technology, the Netherlands

Wednesday, August 26th

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Theme 5: Defining Knowledge Democracy | Parallel session

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Wednesday, August 26th

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Inconvenient Knowledge and Policy-making

Co-hosted by Leiden University, the Netherlands Chair prof. Henk Dekker, Leiden University, the Netherlands Panel dr. Henk Tromp, Staff Member at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University, the Netherlands

prof. Michiel de Vries, Chair of the Public Administration Department, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands

dr. Ellen Wayenberg, Assistant Professor, Ghent University, Belgium

Scientists who prepare knowledge for policy are sometimes influenced or even threatened to ‘adjust’ their conclusions if they are not in line with what policy makers expect. This is relatively common practice in a range of disciplines, from environmental science to history. How serious is this phenomenon?

During this session we will address questions such as: What is at stake for scientists to follow the ‘guidelines’ of policy makers? Will a knowledge democracy deal differently with independent knowledge? What is the rationality of policymakers when using knowledge and what makes them want to influence knowledge producers?

Michiel de Vries: “As long as much disinformation - based primarily on strategic positions of the researcher and the vested interests of the commissioner of that research - is distributed under the guise of knowledge and hardly anyone debunks that disinformation, the ideal of a knowledge society remains a fairy tale.”

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Organising Politics in a Knowledge Democracy – Reinventing Political Parties

Co-hosted by the Council for Public Administration (Rob), the Netherlands Chair dr. Krijn van Beek, Advisor, Council for Societal Development (RMO) and Founding Director of the Think Tank 2100, the Netherlands Panel prof. Ron Meyer, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands drs. Monica Sie Dhian Ho, General Director, Wiardi Beckman Foundation, the Netherlands

prof. ir. Jaap van Till, HAN University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands

In most (Western) countries, the gap between politicians and the public seems to be widening, and there are no signs that this trend will end.

Political parties fulfil important roles when it comes down to agenda setting and programming and carry a clear responsibility towards implementing solutions for societal problems.

How can political parties reinvent themselves (in time) and what strategic course should be set?

Strict adherence to their original principles and character can imply the risk of further loss. Too much adaptiveness to social developments however, can lead to irrelevance.

Ron Meyer: “Information + structure = knowledge. Knowledge + judgment = wisdom. Living in the information age offers the electorate the opportunity for more knowledgeable choices. But without structure we might drown in a sea of information and without judgment make morally disputable choices, all while thinking we are blessed by mountains of data.”

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Wednesday, August 26th

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Wednesday, August 26th

Open Sessions Part 1

14.15 - 14.30

An Introduction to the “Meaning of Knowledge” Open Sessions Part 1 | Parallel session

by ir. Arnold Fellendans, Networker at the Network for Future Research (NTV) and Network for Sustainable Higher Education (DHO), the Netherlands

14.30 - 14.45

Knowledge, Power & Identity: Struggles Over Unstructured Laptop Use in American University Classrooms by dr. Jill Harrison, Post-doctoral Fellow at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

14.45 - 15.00

An Inter- and Transdisciplinary Analysis of the Climate Discussion of Transport by dr. Petri Tapio, Senior Researcher at the Turku School of Economics, Finland

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Democratic Decision-making and Innovative Knowledge: Two Cases Institute for Public Administration, the Netherlands and drs. Laura Sprengers ma, Advisor, ROI Institute for Public Administration, the Netherlands

15.15 - 15.30

Boundary Spanning in Hybrid Dutch Organisations

by Philip Marcel Karré MPhil, Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Netherlands School for Public Administration (NSOB), the Netherlands

15.30 - 15.45

The Knowledge Broker, Matching Supply and Demand of Expert Knowledge by drs. Michel Leenders, Head of Spatial Development and Management at the City of Gouda, the Netherlands

Open Sessions Part 1 | Parallel session

by drs. Paul Jansen Schoonhoven, Senior Training Manager and Consultant at the ROI/HEC

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Theme 1: Knowledge & Future Research | Parallel session

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Wednesday, August 26th

Future Research and Strategic Policy making: How do the Two Relate?

Co-hosted by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), the Netherlands Chair prof. Maarten Hajer, Director, Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), the Netherlands Panel dr. Martijn van der Steen, Associate Dean and Deputy Director, School for Public Management (NSOB), the Netherlands

dr. Esther Turnhout, Lecturer, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

prof. mr. Stavros Zouridis, Director Strategy, Ministry of Justice, the Netherlands

Strategic policy deals with the future, with the

This panel will deal with three related questions.

question of what kind of future we desire and how

1. How (if at all) is future research used in

we can best anticipate future developments to steer in the direction of this desired future. Future

strategic policy processes?

2. What are the prospects for the future use of

research tries to sketch possible futures (be it

future research in strategic policy processes?

desired or dystopian ones). But the intriguing

3. What are the implications for the current and/

aspect of ‘the future’ is that it does not actually

or future relation between future research and

exist. Future research therefore has particular

strategic policy for the notion of knowledge

challenges regarding notions of empirics and

democracy?

objectivity. Necessarily, future research, as does strategic policy, has to engage with idealisations and abstractions as well as with societal norms and values. So there are a lot of similarities between the two activities and in principle, future research seems to be the right tool to develop strategic policies and to inform those responsible for these policies. The question is how the two relate in practice.

Maarten Hajer: “The real challenge for knowledge democracy is to develop new ways to involve scientific ‘facts’ in democratic deliberation. How can science–policy communication be enhanced by stakeholder participation? First of all, we must not consider ‘fact-regardingness’ as the opposite of stakeholder participation but find a way to marry the two.”

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Sustainable Value Development through New Knowledge Creation

Co-hosted by TransForum, the Netherlands Chair ir. Jeroen Bordewijk, Board Member, TransForum, Council Member of the RMNO and former Senior Vice President of Unilever, the Netherlands Panel dr. Henk van Latesteijn, General Manager, TransForum, the Netherlands prof. Chris Peterson, Michigan State University Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, USA

Given that sustainability has no definitive

TransForum is an innovation programme

formulation yet, it is hard to imagine how existing

designed to assist Dutch agriculture toward

knowledge, either explicit or tacit, can be properly

sustainability. Its method is based on co-creation

used to obtain sustainability. It would seem that

of new knowledge. In this session, both the

only new knowledge, which is co-created by

organisation of knowledge and practical

stakeholders, may result in a responsive and

experiences of sustainable value development will

efficient set of products and services. Such new

be central topics in an Open Space work session

knowledge arises from cooperation between

with the aim to show participants how this

scientists, entrepreneurs, government and

democratisation of knowledge works.

societal organisations. The co-creation of knowledge is a prerequisite for innovation and may thus lead to sustainable development.

Jeroen Bordewijk: “The knowledge and experience of everyone needs to be shared and used to solve the many complex problems and create innovative solutions in an every day more complex world.”

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Wednesday, August 26th

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Theme 2: State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research | Parallel session

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Wednesday, August 26th

The Transition Approach and the Resilience Approach: What can we Learn?

Co-hosted by the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Resilience Centre of the University of Stockholm, Sweden Chair prof. Josee van Eijndhoven, Chair Sustainable Management, Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Panel dr. Rutger van de Brugge, Scientific Researcher, Research Institute for Transitions (Drift), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

dr. Per Olsson, Research Team Leader, Adaptive Governance, Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden

dr. Henrik Österblom, Researcher and Science-Policy Coordinator at Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden

dr. Derk Loorbach, Senior Researcher, Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT), Erasmus University Rotterdam , the Netherlands

The objective of this panel is to derive key-

The first presentation discusses how Adaptive

insights with regards to continuous learning in

Management and Transition Management are

management processes as a way to deal with

based on different conceptualizations of how

uncertainty and change.

complex adaptive systems behave. Then we will

In this panel session we attempt to find the

discuss two different cases in which Adaptive

common ground between Adaptive Management

Management and Transition Management are

and Transition Management. Both stress the

applied in practice to elucidate the commonalities

limits of our knowledge and understanding of

and differences.The third and fourth presenta-

complex adaptive systems and therefore

tions are about Adaptive Management in practice.

emphasise the importance of continuous

In the discussion afterwards, we will attempt to

processes of learning and adjusting.

synthesise learned lessons and the consequences for management and learning.

Derk Loorbach: ‘True democracy would be to use the collective knowledge of people to shape, direct and change societies. Given that our current democracy was designed in a totally different era, we are now in serious need of new mechanisms and institutions that facilitate open exchange of knowledge, creation of new knowledge and ideas and the translation of new insights into institutional change. This should be a key focus in sustainability research: how to create mechanisms through which in principle all those interested and engaged can co-create new insights and ideas to reshape society towards sustainability.’

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Panel dr. Daniel Barben, Associate Research Professor, Arizona State University, USA

Prof. Stefan Kuhlmann, Chair, Department of Science, Technology and Policy Studies, University of Twente, the Netherlands

mr. drs. Jan Staman, Director, Rathenau Institute, the Netherlands

prof. Steven Yearley, Director, ESRC Genomics Forum, University of Edinburgh, UK

The assessment of the societal aspects of new

We wish to ask from the point of view of the heads

and emerging technoscience is increasingly

of boundary institutions: How do both established

organised in large-scale institutions, be it

and new institutions bring together their ambition

programmatic networks or centers, focusing for

to add to the production of new knowledge? What

example on nanotechnology, biotechnology,

might be called the ‘democratisation of technology’

genomics, ICT and the convergence between these

in this context? What sorts of knowledge,

technologies. Many of these institutions, one

interaction, and infrastructure are necessary?

could say, work at the cutting edges of ‘collabora-

This session brings together directors of a number

tive knowledge production’ and of ‘fostering

of both new and well-established institutions to

democratic participation’. Aim of both new and

discuss the way in which they shape and define

established institutions is to foster “democratic”

the triangulation between knowledge and

“participation”, “societal interaction”, up to “social

democratic practices. The session will explore the

responsibility”, and to add to the production of

often tacit conceptions of knowledge and

knowledge concerning the evaluation and

democracy and the way these shape science

assessment of new technoscience. To various

governance. It asks how the systematic triangula-

extents, the work of such institutions is shaped

tion of knowledge production and democratic

through contribution to and collaboration with

impact can be realised. Finally, we will discuss how

both academic actors and actors in the field of

such boundary or convergence work can be

policy and politics.

managed efficiently and successfully.

Peter Stegmaier: “‘Knowledge Democracy’ refers to claims and projects in science governance that are being promoted massively in some countries and forms since a couple of years. It can mean many things to many actors and in various contexts. It is the task of social science not only to participate in such a policy and movement, but to investigate thoroughly which claims have been made and realised so far, how such ideas develop and what has been achieved on the level of everyday practice (and what not).”

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Chair dr. Peter Stegmaier, Assistant Professor, University of Twente, the Netherlands and dr. Annemiek Nelis, Director, Centre of Society and Genomics (CSG), the Netherlands

Wednesday, August 26th

Boundary Institutions in Science Governance – Triangulating Knowledge and Democratic Practice

Theme 3: Practical Approaches to Boundary Work | Parallel session

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Citizens in Charge (2) - Participation in Inspection and Monitoring: International Experiences and Conclusions

Co-hosted by VIDE, the Association for Monitoring, Assessment and Inspecting, the Netherlands Chair dr. Jeroen Kerseboom, Vice Chair, VIDE, the Association for Monitoring, Assessment and Inspecting, the Netherlands

Theme 4: Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow | Parallel session

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Wednesday, August 26th

In the second part of the session different speakers will present examples from international experiences. This session will focus on the role of civil society in inspecting and monitoring. The participants will discuss the opportunities and threats with the speakers of the first and second part of the session.

Jeroen Kerseboom: “If it is true that knowledge equals power, is knowledge democracy a pleonasm? And about who’s democracy are we talking then? People bounded by what borders, if any?”

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Chair drs. Margo Smit MA, Director, Dutch-Flemish Association for Investigative Journalism (VVOJ), Belgium and the Netherlands Panel drs. Brigitte Alfter, Director, European Fund for Investigative Journalism and Journalist, Denmark

Roger Vleugels, Lecturer and Legal Advisor, Freedom of Information (WOB), the Netherlands

While information seems abundant, and cheap

will implement new ‘WOB’ guidelines and terms,

and easy to come by these days, the investigative

with it effectively impairing the people’s access to

journalist plays an ever more important role in

information. In the broader European spectrum,

disseminating knowledge to participating citizens

proposals on the physical state of documents (i.e.

in society. For the information people need to

whether digital or on paper) may exceedingly

base their life’s decisions on, seems to retreat

narrow the number and scope of documents

behind ever thickening walls of bureaucracy,

journalists and citizens can get access to. Both

stalling techniques and outright refusal. The

developments largely go unheeded, by law­makers,

investigative journalist, with time and resources

politicians, journalists, ngo’s and citizens alike.

at hand, should be ultimately equipped to break through these barriers. But for how much longer?

Recent developments in the field will be presented, views on the direction proposals to change the

In this session, we will discuss the need for clear

‘WOB’ - both in the Netherlands and Europe - the

and easy to use Freedom of Information (FOI)

role of journalists, politicians and lawmakers in

laws, both in the Netherlands and Europe. Where

improving FOI laws and regulations will be

the Dutch word ‘wobbing’ is coined across the

discussed with members of all three parties

continent as the term for filing a FOI request, the

concerned.

Dutch are rapidly losing their position as champions of access to government information.

Starting in the fall of 2009, the Dutch government

Roger Vleugels: “Access to information, especially government held information, is essential in a democracy. This access right has, of course, to excist for parliamentarians, but also for the people themselves. This so called extra-parliamentary access right, or controll or reconstruct tool, can be established by a freedom of information act.”

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Co-hosted by the Dutch-Flemish Association for Investigative Journalism (VVOJ), Belgium and the Netherlands

Wednesday, August 26th

Investigative Journalism and the Battle for Access to Information

Theme 4: Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow | Parallel session

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Wednesday, August 26th

Knowledge Democracy or Jericho Democracy? – a Design Workshop

drs. Jan Schrijver, Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Internal Aff airs and Kingdom Relations (BZK) and Guest Researcher at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Theme 5: Defining Knowledge Democracy | Parallel session

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Ferry Tromp, Former Director of Ferry Tromp Productions, the Netherlands

Elaborating the work of Herman van Gunsteren, it seems fruitful to develop a broader perspective on democracy, including all steps that lead to collective decision-making.

These steps are presented as seven necessary circumambulations, like the ritual by Muslim pilgrims around the Ka’aba or the people around the walls of Jericho. No single step (round) can be left aside in democratic decision-making. So it is quite vain to present one of them (e.g. knowledge gathering, polling the people or representation) as the core of democracy. This perspective is at the same time complicating and reassuring.

This interactive workshop will help to explore the implications of this vision on Jericho-democracy for practical policymaking and for political science.

Jan Schrijver: “The essence of knowledge democracy is for me: “The insight that in the end Democracy is a matter of learning from each other, the willingness to take part in a complex process of “study and enterprise”, and accepting that not one single actor (or party) can claim to represent the truth, or that many parties represent parts of the truth simultaneously.

Epistemologically: democracy = social constructivism.”

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Facing and Bridging the Gap: Organising Knowledge for Policy-making

Co-hosted by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) and the Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), the Netherlands Chair dr. Arnold Jonk, Director of the Knowledge Directorate, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), the Netherlands (invited)

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prof. Wim Hafk amp, Scientific Director, NICIS Institute for Urban Research, the Netherlands

prof. Kurt Aagaard Neilsen, Roskilde University, Denmark

prof. Theo Toonen, Dean of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology (TU), the Netherlands

The gap between scientific research and policy,

effective linkages between research and policy?

even if that research is policy-directed, is often

In the Netherlands the review of the advisory

analyzed and described. From both a scientific

system especially in the physical domain and

point of view and from the world of public

the knowledge arenas are interesting

administration solutions are presented to bridge

phenomena. What are the first experiences in

the gap. In recent years this has led to many new initiatives worldwide. In this workshop we present

this field? ·· How do these new institutions act on the existing

promising initiatives from the Netherlands and

arrangements and which tensions arise here?

other countries. We focus mainly on institutional

What is the impact of new public management

innovations, both within the world of public administration and within the world of science. ·· Which institutions (with varying degrees of

within departments? ·· Which forms of brokerage work and which do not work to connect demand and supply of

organisational hardness) are created in order to

knowledge? Is the by national research councils

bridge the gap? For example, in the Netherlands

(e.g. NWO) claimed role of independent, national

in recent years the Top Institute for Evidence

agency going to be successful or not?

Based Education Research, the Knowledge Institute for Mobility, the NICIS and other

In the workshop we will focus on two domains,

public-private partnerships aimed at knowledge

namely the physical and social domain. In both

development have been established. Other

domains, different knowledge institutes are active

examples are departmental knowledge chambers

and various departments. Part of the presentations

and covenants that have been made with

and discussions is how in these two domains

organisations in the knowledge world.

connections between the different knowledge

·· How do existing institutions and figurations of institutions become restructured to ensure

institutes, departments and intermediary implementation organisations are fostered.

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Panel ir. Ben Geurts, Director Strategy and Knowledge, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), the Netherlands

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Wednesday, August 26th

Open Sessions Part 2

16.15 - 16.30

We’re Only in It for the Knowledge. Does Democracy Pay? Open Sessions Part 2 | Parallel session

by drs. Hans Keune, Political Scientist at the University of Antwerp, Belgium

16.30 - 16.45

People Empower Each Other, Information Technology Helps Only in Facilitating Them by drs. Marga Jacobs, Lecturer at the Avans University of Applied Sciences and President of the Human Environment Foundation (Vereniging Leefmilieu), the Netherlands

16.45 - 17.00

Dissemination and Implementation of Knowledge within the Public Health Sector by dr. Lenneke Vaandrager, Associate Professor at Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

17.00 - 17.15

Globalization and Governance Reforms in India by dr. Vasant Moharir, Retired Academic and Former President of the Foundation for Critical Choices for India, the Netherlands

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old) was appointed in Leiden as professor of experimental physics. He was not only a brilliant scientist, but also a thorough research manager.

On his initiative, the dusty laboratory on the canal was transformed into one of the most advanced research laboratories in the world. He created a new laboratory-style in which research and education were intertwined.

Kamerlingh Onnes was in 1908 the first to succeed in liquifying helium gas on the lowest critical temperature, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1913.

Thursday, August 27th

In 1882, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (then 29 years

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Thursday, August 27th

Theme 1: Knowledge & Future Research | Parallel session

Towards a Better Governance of Long-term Decision Making

Co-hosted by the Working Group Governance of the Network of European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC), Belgium Chair prof. Roeland J. in ‘t Veld, Chair, RMNO, the Netherlands Panel dr. Louis Meuleman, Secretary General, RMNO, the Netherlands

drs. Koen Moerman, Researcher, Federal Council for Sustainable Development, Belgium

prof. Miranda Schreurs, FU Berlin, Germany

drs. Bart Vink, Project Manager Randstad 2040, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), the Netherlands

Whereas developing political visions about the

This session discusses the conclusions of the

future can be attractive for politicians, concrete

EEAC WG Governance paper on the governance of

political decision making about the long term

long-term decision making within the perspective

seems to be less popular. The results of such

of the emerging knowledge democracy.

decisions are usually harvested by future politicians but the investments (capacity, money) lie in the present. This is only one of many reasons why long-term decisions tend to be postponed or cancelled, even if there is considerable evidence that taking measures now prevents

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enormous costs in the future.

Louis Meuleman: “Knowledge democracy is about taking the responsibility to develop and maintain productive relationships between science, politics and the media, which reflect the challenges of our time.”

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Co-hosted by the VU University Amsterdam, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Competence Centre for Transitions and TransForum, the Netherlands Chair dr.Huib Silvis, Head of the Public Issues Division, Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands Panel ir. Jose Andringa, Senior Programme Advisor, Competence Centre Transitions (CCT), the Netherlands

drs. Jolanda van den Berg, Senior Researcher, Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

drs. Sander Mager, Vice President, TransForum, the Netherlands

prof. Chris Peterson, Michigan State University Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, USA

drs. Barbara Regeer, Assistant Professor, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

prof. Roland Scholz, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland

dr. ir. Barbara Sterk, Postdoc Researcher, Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands

Diverse types of complex problems we face today

Can we relate the modes of operation in

are increasingly addressed in collaborations

transdisciplinary research to specific assump-

between scientists, policy-makers, citizens,

tions, competences, personality, attitude and

consumers and entrepreneurs, collaborations in

knowledge of involved actors? What are the

which knowledge and solutions are co-produced.

specific qualities required for managing or guiding

For the actors involved, participating in these

these processes? What action perspectives can

types of collaborative research approaches can be

we define for coping with differences between

exciting and meaningful, but also challenging. The

institutional settings and the collaborative

modes of operations in transdisciplinary research

practice?

projects often differ significantly from the modes

Theme 2: State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research | Parallel session

Roles, Competence and Action Perspectives of Actors in Transdisciplinary Research

Thursday, August 27th

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of operation in other institutional/homogenous 2.8

settings.

Huib Silvis: “Policy decisions are often guided by the protection of special interests. Knowledge democracy is the ambition to have decisions based on empirical and normative science for the good of the people.”

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Theme 2: State of the Art in Transdisciplinary Research | Parallel session

Research and Knowledge Transfer in Water Management

Co-hosted by the Research Programme Living with Water, the Netherlands Chair ir. Bert Satijn, Director, Research Programme Living with Water, the Netherlands Panel drs. Tijs J. van Maasakkers, PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

drs. ing. Beke Romp, Junior Researcher, Delft University of Technology (TU), the Netherlands

dr. Erik Rongen, Client IT Architect for Public sector, IBM Netherlands - Global Water Management Centre of Excellence, the Netherlands

prof. ing. Geert R. Teisman, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Council Member of the RMNO, the Netherlands

During the last years the resilience of the water

responsibility of the water managers: powerful

system has been degradating step by step, by all

cooperation with spatial planners, the municipali-

of our infrastructure, building estates and land

ties and other regional authorities, the other land

use. This is not only the case in western countries

users and the water authorities is needed.

but also in Africa and Asia. The deltas have

These developments require a shift towards a

become vulnerable for too much, too little and too

pro-active long term approach, in order to cope

dirty water, affecting life considerably and

with the long term challenges that accompany

creating unacceptable risks and casualties.

the creation of sustainable deltas. Cooperation

Climate change, in fact climate roughness, will

with other domains is necessary for the transition

increase these problems. We are facing many

from water management to spatial choreography.

uncertainties, not only related to climate change

Applied research in these fields has been

but also from the global economy, energy, food

conducted and the first pilots have proven to be

production and especially changing socio-demo-

successful. But to achieve the goals, the research

graphic conditions. Climate adaptation will

has to be accompanied by knowledge dissemina-

mainly focus on restoration of resilience of the

tion. This not only a question of communication,

earth’s system, including the water and soil

(scientific) publications, training the professionals

system. This requires a strong symbiosis between

in workshops and master classes: in this field

spatial planning and water management in the

70% can be characterized as tacit knowledge,

deltas. Reconstruction and renewal of built areas

requiring new approaches of knowledge transfer.

(a permanent process in western world, in urban

The workshop will address the challenges of

as well as in industrialised areas) provides

knowledge transfer in this transition process from

opportunities to implement these step by step

water management towards spatial

investments in resilience. This is not only the

choreography.

Beke Romp: “There is a need for a new nexus. Democratisation of knowledge brings new actors into the nexus between policymakers and technical experts. As a result policymakers become knowledge jugglers.”

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Chair prof. Robert Hoppe, University of Twente, the Netherlands Panel drs. Sarah Cummings, Communications Coordinator, IKM Emergent, the Netherlands

dr. Iina Hellsten, Assistant Professor, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Martin Schulz, Advisor, Berenschot Consultancy, the Netherlands

prof. Dirk J. Wolfson, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Unilinearity in the transfer of knowledge from

problems (Halffman & Hoppe, 2005).The

science to policy is empirically discredited. Of

‘ideal-type’ boundary organisation may be

course, this does not mean a complete blurring of

characterised by properties like (Guston, Clark,

the boundaries.

Miller, Halffman): ·· Double participation

Rather, the science-policy interface may be

·· Dual accountability

conceptualised as boundary work. It is, like a living

·· Creation and maintenance of a suitable set of

keeping distance by demarcation of your own domain (expert advice respectively policy work), and staying close enough to coordinate your activities. Boundary work occurs in a vast array of types of boundary arrangements.

(textual) boundary objects ·· Production of salient, flexible and legitimate information ·· Co-production of social and cognitive order, using practices of negotiation and confrontation ·· Mediation ·· Meta-governance and capacity building.

In the Netherlands alone this runs from highly institutionalised boundary organisations like the WRR to mission-oriented sectored councils like the RMNO, and research ‘centers of excellence’, all the way to informal hybrid real-time or virtual forums where academics, professionals, business and government officials meet around shared

Dirk Wolfson: “Knowledge Democracy is a blissful state in which people are well-informed about social problems and politicians behave as honest brokers of individual preference.

Rela life is different. The present paradigm shift away from laissez-faire creates a window of opportunity to realise democracy.”

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apart together relationship, simultaneously about

Theme 3: Practical Approaches to Boundary Work | Parallel session

Implications for the Science-Policy Interface

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Theme 3: Practical Approaches to Boundary Work | Parallel session

Practical Approaches to Boundary Work around Transformative Change

Chair dr. René Kemp, Senior Researcher, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Panel drs. Flor Avelino, PhD Researcher, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

drs. Erica ter Haar, PhD Researcher, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

dr. Sibout Nooteboom, Associate Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

dr. Maarten Vrolijk, Researcher, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR)

According to Hoppe (2002) the worlds of science

approaches to boundary work, with the aim to

and politics meet more often nowadays, giving

reflect on these.

rise to boundary traffic. Boundary work may occur through special organisations such as the RMNO, through formal platforms such as the SER, and on an ad-hoc basis as happened in the preparation of the 4th National Environmental Policy Plan (Kemp and Rotmans, 2009).

This session seeks to discuss the issue of boundary work between institutional domains: science and policy, business and NGOs, and NGOs

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and politics. The focus is on boundary work in relation to transformative change. Transformative change represents an interesting issue because usually neither science nor policy is well-equipped to deal with it, so it is important to learn from experiences. Examples of transformative change are preventive health care and demand-based cure, nano-based materials and mobility leasing.

In boundary arrangements people learn about

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issues of mutual interest: possible futures and risks, visions and practical knowledge for decision-making. Knowledge is being coproduced by actors involved, who may or may not form a

René Kemp: “Experts can be defined

discourse coalition to challenge regime arrange-

by what they know and what they don’t

ments. The session will bring together practical

know.”

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Communication about Controversial Issues

Chair drs. Pieter Hilhorst, Publicist and Journalist, newspaper De Volkskrant (among others), the Netherlands Panel prof. Tjard de Cock Buning, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

mr. Frans Evers, Vice Chair, Commission on Environmental Assessment Reports (MER) and Council Member of the RMNO, the Netherlands

Max von Olenhusen, Legal Advisor, Novartis European Public Affairs, Belgium

prof. Bastiaan Zoeteman, Chair, Commission on Genetic Modification (COGEM), the Netherlands

Policy makers must prepare responsible action concerning societal problems. When such problems are ‘wicked’, contested, emotional and value-laden, the quality of the production and use of knowledge becomes crucial. There are many examples of such controversial issues, like the use of chemicals, animal testing, genetic modified organisms, animal disease control, and nuclear energy.

Sometimes democratic decision making is

Theme 4: Media, Politics and Knowledge Flow | Parallel session

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with this. The media sometimes play an influential role when they advocate one position in the debate, or when they increase the controversy by creating hypes around such issues.

In this session several examples will be presented, in order to define lessons and perspectives for

Tjard de Cock Buning: “Knowledge democracy is conditional for a fair world.”

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Response to Responsibility

Chair drs. Willem Schoonen, Chief Editor, newspaper Trouw, the Netherlands Panel Hanns-J. Neubert, President, European Science Journalists Organisation (EUSJA), France

drs. Marnix Norder, Alderman, City of The Hague, the Netherlands

Peter Scheffer, Communications Consultant, City of The Hague and Former Political Campaigner, the Netherlands

Ovais Ahmed Tanweer, Anchor and Producer, Dawn News TV, Pakistan

Both the “old” media and even more the internet-based “new” media are characterised by speed, high velocity in subjects and opinions and an intense variety in supply. This allows little time to reflect on how they work and which choices they make and why. In this session practitioners will explain in which ways they are responsible for the knowledge and information on which citizens and politicians base their opinions, and a politician will react: what should be the responsibility of the media from a politician’s

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perspective?

Hanns-J. Neubert: “In times of information overflow it is most important that all people are

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put into the position to gain and acquire knowledge in learning how to handle and integrate informational bits and pieces. However, knowledge is not necessarily a ticket for the ability to contribute to democratic processes, it can even foster authoritarian developments. Knowledge has to exceed its own borders and lead to literacy – an improper translation of the German term “Bildung” – of all people, which effectuates passion, sympathy, tolerance and interest, which are prerequisites of real democracy.”

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Competent Public Officials

Chair drs. Kees Vijlbrief, Deputy Director General, Office for the Senior Civil Service (ABD), Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the Netherlands Panel drs. Hugo Brouwer, Director of Energy Transitions, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands

David Clements MPA, Vice President, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Canada

dr. Henk van Latesteijn, General Manager, TransForum, the Netherlands

prof. Harald Plamper, Teamleader Management of Public Expenditures of the Project Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, German Association for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Germany

Required competences and capabilities to deal with the tensions between science and politics, the challenges of translation and articulation of strategic knowledge questions seem to be underdeveloped. What skills are especially missing - from the viewpoint of boundary workers and scientists? Do we truly understand which factors are responsible for this deficiency? Do we need tailor-made development programmes, are there already good examples? In this session

Theme 5: Defining Knowledge Democracy | Parallel session

Co-hosted by the Offi ce for the Senior Civil Service (ABD), Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), the Netherlands

Henk van Latesteijn: “Democratisation of knowledge is not a scientific discourse but a working method. This means we should be willing to get dirty hands.”

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of Knowledge Transfer: Co-operation or Competition in the Research Field?

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Theme 5: Defining Knowledge Democracy | Parallel session

Co-hosted by the Association for Policy Research (VBO), the Netherlands Chair drs. Martin van der Gugten cmc, President, Association for Policy Research (VBO) and Director of DSP-Group BV, the Netherlands Panel prof. Hans Boutellier, Executive Director, Verwey-Jonker Institute, the Netherlands

prof. Peter van Hoesel, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Director of Panteia, the Netherlands

dr. Peter van der Knaap, Performance Audit Director, The Court of Audit, the Netherlands

In this session a short review is presented of the

The session will include presentations on the

unique situation of policy research in the

following subjects:

Netherlands. In comparison with e.g. other EU

·· Highlights of a recent VBO-survey on the use of

member states, a market has emerged for independent research institutes and for entrepreneurship on the field of policy research. In the seventies and eighties the Dutch government has stimulated this growing market by giving

policy research in the Netherlands ·· How do private research-companies successfully compete with the universities and researchers within the government? ·· Differences between academic research and

assignments to those highly specialised research

contract research, examples of co-operation

institutes. Nowadays there is a solid and

between research institutes and universities

professional market for policy research in The

and strengths and weaknesses of the two

Netherlands. In other countries policy research is more or less the exclusive domain of universities

Following the presentations the pros and cons of

and embedded researchers within the governmen-

the Dutch situation will be discussed and it is

tal organizations itself.

questioned whether this situation leads to co-operation or competition between universities and independent research institutes. Does the ongoing system of public tendering in the field of policy research effect this relationship in a positive or negative way? And what are the experiences in other countries on this subject? All contributions from the audience are welcome.

Martin Van der Gugten: “In my opinion notions of Democracy and Knowledge are so strongly connected that one could not survive without the other. In an information-flooded society as we live in, we have be sure that policymaking is based on well-tailored, validated information and applied knowledge. Otherwise our democratic future will be in the hands of populists and manipulators.”

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Kamerlingh Onnes Building

Planning for action

Preparing Recommendations

In this open space session, the central objective is

Defining challenges and taking next steps towards

to design a framework to disseminate the results

Knowledge Democracy.

of the conference throughout society. Your

In this session the results, of the individual

initiatives are welcome!

contribution from each participant of the conference, will be harvested.

The recommendations that will be handed out after lunch will be prepared through discussion and prioritisation by the participants in this

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Presentation of Recommendations

Chair ir. Hans van der Vlist, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), the Netherlands

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Presentation of Recommendations | Plenary Session

Panel prof. Paul F. van der Heijden, Rector Magnificus, Leiden University, the Netherlands

prof. Uri Rosenthal, Leiden University and Senator, the Netherlands

drs. Willem Schoonen, Chief Editor, newspaper Trouw, the Netherlands

dr. Herman Tjeenk Willink, Vice President, Council of State, the Netherlands

mrs. Gerdi Verbeet, President, House of Representatives of the States General, the Netherlands

dr. Hans Wijers, Chair of the Board of Management, AkzoNobel, the Netherlands

The accumulated recommendations of the

Filmfestival Rotterdam, Rotterdam Festivals,

participants of the conference will be presented to

Member of Advisory Board TNO Construction and

distinguished leaders in the domains of Politics,

Substrate, Member of Rotterdam Energy and

Science, Media and Industry.

Climate Council. From 2001 until the end of 2006 he was Director-General for Environmental

Hans van der Vlist is the Permanent Secretary of

Protection at the Ministry of Housing, Spatial

the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the

Planning and the Environment. Other previous

Environment since 26 january 2007. Additional

positions were related to Water Management and

functions he fulfills are President of the

Public Works. Hans van der Vlist studied Road and

Corporation for Local Products in the Nederlands,

Hydraulic Engineering at the Delft University of

Membership of the Boards of: International

Technology (TU), the Netherlands.

Uri Rosenthal: “The direct transference of academic and professional knowledge is merely one of the great array of impulses affecting politicians’ thought processes and actions. For academics and professionals, this is often difficult to understand. They can however find solace in the fact that their knowledge does indirectly influence policy and decision-making processes.”

Hans Wijers: “It is time we put our money where our mouth is. Without a significant step-up in investing in the knowledge economy, our country will become yesterday’s news.”

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