Participation procedures and processes in research organizations. Impact on research agendas and challenges for the (further) development of transdisciplinary methods (PaFo)
“Citizen dialogues provide input — impact measurement makes it strategically usable.”
Research with impact
Researchers consider how our future can be improved. For example: How do we move around the city? How do we live together? How do we protect our environment? Citizens know a great deal from their everyday lives because they experience what works and what doesn't every day. At PaFo, we don't just look at what happens when these two groups engage in dialogue. We investigate how citizen participation changes research. And we make this effect measurable.
At ITAS, a new view of participation processes is emerging: as the joint shaping of knowledge, society, and the future.
About PaFo
We examine how participation shapes research and whether and what effect it has.
Focus on target groups
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Researchers: PaFo provides methodological and theoretical tools.
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KIT management: Scientific evidence of why impact measurement is relevant.
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Helmholtz/BMBF: Example of applied scientific reflection in a research network.
Impact assessment
The PaFo Matrix shows how participation changes knowledge, decisions, and discourse: in the real-world laboratory, in the institute, and in society.
Key idea: Impact = epistemic, political, social, discursive, reflexive.
Relevance of the measurement
Impact research reveals how KIT research affects society and how participation strengthens trust in science.
Citizen dialogues provide input for the socially relevant framing of research.
Impact measurement makes this contribution comprehensible.
Impact Matrix
Explore where and how participation works: our interactive matrix combines research and practice.
Applications
Citizen dialogues show that when science and society come together, new knowledge is created and, in some cases, measurable effects are achieved.
Material
All publications, data schemas, and examples of impact for further reading and reflection.
Impact is not approval, but a change in perspective.