[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv id=\u0022republish_modal_form\u0022\u003E\u003Cform class=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form ecl-form\u0022 data-drupal-selector=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 action=\u0022\/en\/article\/modal\/6213\u0022 method=\u0022post\u0022 id=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 accept-charset=\u0022UTF-8\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHorizon articles can be republished for free under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EYou must give appropriate credit. We ask you to do this by:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 1) Using the original journalist\u0027s byline\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 2) Linking back to our original story\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 3) Using the following text in the footer: This article was originally published in \u003Ca href=\u0027#\u0027\u003EHorizon, the EU Research and Innovation magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003ESee our full republication guidelines \u003Ca href=\u0027\/horizon-magazine\/republish-our-stories\u0027\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EHTML for this article, including the attribution and page view counter, is below:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textarea form-item-body-content js-form-item-body-content ecl-form-group ecl-form-group--text-area form-no-label ecl-u-mv-m\u0022\u003E\n \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \u003Ctextarea data-drupal-selector=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 aria-describedby=\u0022edit-body-content--description\u0022 id=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 name=\u0022body_content\u0022 rows=\u00225\u0022 cols=\u002260\u0022 class=\u0022form-textarea ecl-text-area\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EOpen science should help us to question innovation \u2013 Professor Alan Irwin\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat examples of open science do you see happening already?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018You could have a group of people, a community dealing with fisheries, (asking) what is happening to the fish in their local river, or when they walk through the forest they might see things and wonder whether that is connected to climate change.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018The disconnect right now is between people facing what seem pressing and disturbing kinds of problems, and linking this to the grand enterprise called science. They wouldn\u2019t think, \u201cWe\u2019re asking science questions.\u201d They just want to know what is going on. But, of course, what do people do? They start Googling, they start comparing what they see, and possibly they might connect with a university. But one concern would be that no one knows where the front door is on those institutions, where do you actually go and knock? They\u2019re not designed for that purpose, so a lot of positive things happen where you have some kind of mediation. Something like science shops that provide a focal point where you can go and say, \u201cThis is what we are observing.\u201d\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are science shops?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022tw-text-center tw-text-blue tw-font-bold tw-text-2xl lg:tw-w-1\/2 tw-border-2 tw-border-blue tw-p-12 tw-my-8 lg:tw-m-12 lg:tw--ml-16 tw-float-left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022tw-text-5xl tw-rotate-180\u0022\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022tw-font-serif tw-italic\u0022\u003E\u2018The disconnect right now is between people facing what seem pressing and disturbing kinds of problems, and linking this to the grand enterprise called science.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cfooter\u003E\n \u003Ccite class=\u0022tw-not-italic tw-font-normal tw-text-sm tw-text-black\u0022\u003EProfessor Alan Irwin, Copenhagen Business School\u003C\/cite\u003E\n \u003C\/footer\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018There is this movement called Living Knowledge that has in one way or another been in activity since the late 1970s. It\u2019s a really old concept. It doesn\u2019t always get called science shops, it goes by different names. But it is precisely about mediation, and the good thing about that is often people come with an issue which they already think they know the answer to. (For example) they want to stop young people in their locality getting access to alcohol, then it turns into (a discussion about) what is happening in our community. So now you are not talking about open science anymore, you are talking about very specific encounters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018I want the open science discussion to raise questions about what science is for, what is it leading to, what kinds of innovation do we want. It\u2019s not just about money, it\u2019s about priorities \u2013 the priority a university would give to the science shop kind of activity compared to all the other things. The answer is some universities can see that but, unfortunately, often it looks like a marginal issue and not really connected up with what the university sees itself as doing.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat would be the impact of such a dialogue between citizens and scientists?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Scientists sometimes find it difficult because people will ask questions that they are not used to hearing. But scientists may come away and say, \u201cI have to admit that was quite a good point. I have to admit that I didn\u2019t have the answer to that.\u201d Well that is what science is about \u2013 being open to new questions. It\u2019s about risk-taking in a way, it\u2019s about a willingness to say, \u201cPerhaps that will lead to a different direction or perhaps that will support the current approach.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018If anywhere could be progressive in these kinds of things, then Europe could be a very good place to do this. It\u2019s about having the broad language, but also saying we are prepared to support these initiatives. It isn\u2019t just saying, \u201cAll innovation is beneficial,\u201d but it is actually saying we are prepared to have a sometimes difficult public discussion in different ways around these questions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018So that is where science in society is for me, in these encounters. 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