Mapping Controversies on Science for Politics (MACOSPOL)
Funding
EU FP7 Grant (Science in Society): Project number 217701.
Lead researchers
Principal Investigator (WP5): Albena Yaneva.
Co-investigators: Simon Guy, Nick Dunn, Liam Heaphy.
Research Partners
The MACOSPOL consortium consists of a network of European universities and institutes: University of Manchester; Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, France; University of Oslo, Norway; Observa, Vicenza, Italy; University of Munich, Germany; Université de Liège, Belgium; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Summary
MACOSPOL is a joint enterprise of researchers in science, technology and society located throughout Europe aiming to bring together their various expertises to devise a collaborative tool (a platform) to map out science and technology controversies. The aim is to provide European citizens wishing to involve themselves in technological and scientific issues with tools similar to those devised for generating opinions in normal political matters.
The digital world facilitates exchange of methods and expertise and this is what we wish to take advantage of by bringing the MACOSPOL consortium together. This consortium will create a link between the best research in Science, Technology and Society and the most advanced research on web-based tools. Once the platform is operational, it will be tested on current pressing controversies to see if it can allow European citizens to come to better judgment about those issues.
Further Information
For further information on the Mapping Controversies on Science for Politics (MACOSPOL) research project:
- MACOSPOL project website
- The results from the project can be viewed on the on-line platform of the consortium.
Contact
Email: Liam Heaphy