24 March 2025 | 13:30 - 16:30 (MST)
Open Session - HYBRID
Room: UMC Third Floor - 384
Organiser: Annette Scheepstra (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
Event Description:
Within both the ICARP IV process and the first IPY-5 document, ambitions are high, for instance regarding co-creation of (working with different) knowledge (systems), international cooperation, more holistic research approaches, contribution of science to address climate, environmental and societal problems and more communication and outreach activities. Furthermore, there is an increasing awareness that research should be conducted in an environmentally sustainable as well as healthy way.
At the same time, rapid action and complex research requirements put scientists under pressure in terms of the existing mismatch of the conventional environment in academia with high-speed production and precarious working conditions for many.
We think it is important and timely to rethink how we want to organise the knowledge production process in the future. Can we reduce detrimental speed in science and take more time for high quality work? Currently little attention is given to reduce pressure on the research community, the individual researchers as well as on the Indigenous Peoples involved in science. Within this session we address the following questions:
- How can we organise research that is sustainable in a way that it cares for the human, natural, working, and knowledge environments.
- What can research in psychology, management, labour relations, health and other relevant research or Indigenous and Local Knowledge tell us on how to enable a healthy research environment?
- How can we translate this knowledge into practical guidelines, bring these into practice and convince funding agencies to take these into account?