International Scientific Conference: Our Common Future under Climate Change - Parallel Session 4417: “Transforming science to transform society” - "Transforming Society and Science for Sustainability - Addressing Challenges in Transdisciplinary Research"

International Scientific Conference: Our Common Future under Climate Change

7-10, July, 2015, Paris

Our Common Future - Parallel Session 4417: “Transforming science to transform society”, Day 4 (10 July 2015) from 14.00-15.30, at UNESCO in room XVI.

Please note that the venue has changed since my last email to you - the latest information on the website is that we are now in UNESCO-Bonvin building, Room XIV. Note that UNESCO-Bonvin is not the main UNESCO building, but is situated at 1 rue Miollis. It's not far away, but you should allow 30 minutes to make your way over and locate the room.

Conveners: Moore Sarah, Adler Carolina & Jauad El Kharraz

Co-Chairs: Carolina Adler and Mathieu Denis

Abstract: Successful mitigation of and adaptation to climate change will require profound social change and new ways of doing science. This session focuses on transdisciplinary research in the context of global environmental change and the imperative to generate new kinds of knowledge to accelerate transformations to a more sustainable world. The keynote talk will focus on the International Council for Social Science (ISSC)'s Transformations to Sustainability Programme, showing how it can support research that is at once solutions-oriented; international; interdisciplinary; transdisciplinary; and designed to build capacity for international research collaborations. Seed grant recipients will report on experiences and insights in co-designing and establishing international, inter- and transdisciplinary collaborative research projects. Conscious of the challenges transdisciplinary science and need for discussion about transdisciplinary research to move beyond enumerating the inherent challenges, the session also calls for serious reflection on the quality of transdisciplinary research, including its transferability and scalability for policy. Finally, in recognition of the importance of building research capacity, contributions from early-career scientists on the session theme are particularly welcomed.

The agenda will be as follows:

Hackmann, Heide	Keynote: Social Transformations towards Sustainability – needs and opportunities for transformative, transdisciplinary science	20’
Malik, Arunima	Transforming Science to meet Society’s Needs - The Social Footprint Laboratory	5’
Garcia, Rocio	FEAST (Food: Engaging in Action for Sustainable Transformation): Building a Transformative Knowledge Network	5’
Ely, Adrian	Networked co-design for trans-national sustainability-oriented innovation systems	5’
Temper, Leah	Collaborative political ecology: Mapping movements to leave oil in the soil with and for Environmental Justice Organizations	5’
Mielke, Jahel	Stakeholder-based science in transition research – challenges and opportunities	5’
Pawloff, Adam	Strengthening collaboration for transformation to sustainability in research and education at universities	5’
Baum, Julia	The Role of Young Scientists in Advancing Knowledge and Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate	5’
All	Open discussion	35’

Posters:

Fossa Riglos, Maria Florencia	Post-normal research networks? Rethinking the production of interdisciplinary and transectorial knowledge
Cherp, Aleh	Three perspectives on global energy transitions and the promise of inter-disciplinary dialogue
Vanderlinden, Jean-Paul	Artisticc: An Art and Science Integration Project to Enquire into Community Level Adaptation to Climate Change
Villegas Ivich, Carlos	Science and art together

Contact information	Dr. Jauad EL KHARRAZ (email: jauad.el-kharraz@semide.org) Phone: +33 492 94 22 93/ Fax: +33 492 94 22 95
Event type	Conference
File link	http://www.commonfuture-paris2015.org/Programme/Parallel-Sessions/Parallel-Sessions-Day-4.htm
Source	International Scientific Conference: Our Common Future under Climate Change
Subject(s)	INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY
Relation	http://www.commonfuture-paris2015.org/Programme/Provisional-Programme.htm
Geographical coverage	France,
Address	at UNESCO in room XVI, Paris
Organizer	science@commonfuture-paris2015.org
Target audience	International
Duration	Day 4 (10 July 2015), from 14.00-15.30
Period	[07/07/2015 - 10/07/2015]
Status	Confirmed
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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