Citizen engagement
No matter whether we talk about intelligent cities, renewable energies or particulate matter emissions: in many spheres of our everyday life, technological developments are increasingly penetrating our social interactions and shape our relation towards the environment. However, in many cases, these technological developments do not fully place the end-user interests at heart.
To guarantee sustainable development and consumer friendliness of technological innovations, citizens should actively be involved in the day-to-day business of scientific process. Next to this, also scientists should shoulder their responsibility and align their scientific research to societal needs.
Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT wants to strengthen the collaboration between scientists and the civil society and transform the research process into a more democratic one. This is the only way to remove mutual fears and to prevent a further drifting apart.
Our JERRI-project
Through the JERRI-project, the Fraunhofer society wants to actively involve citizens (ideas, voices and concerns) in in its day-to-day research and development process.
The objective of the project is not only to increase participation among citizens, but also to make them aware of their responsibility in important research areas. Simultaneously, the JERRI-project is understood as a mutual learning process between scientists and citizens, intending to remove institutional barriers as well as enhance reflexivity amongst scientists to wider societal issues and concerns.
The JERRI-project is a gate-way to a great number of citizen engagement projects that are carried-out by Fraunhofer UMSICHT. Projects like “Citizens’ office”, “Innovative Citizen” or “Dezentrale” offer space and resources to discuss sustainability issues and ideas.
The ultimate goal is to create an atmosphere and practice of science for and with society within Fraunhofer UMSICHT.
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