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IANUS partners LSE and AcumenIST conducted a historical case study to examine public perceptions towards trust in Genome Modifications and Genome Editing. The introduction of genome modifications brought genes into the public domain. This led to concerns that gene manipulation was ‘playing god’ and a ‘slippery slope’ to who knows where. Genome modifications were seen

IANUS partner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) conducted a historical case study on issues of trust in and with respect to the emerging field of quantum technologies. Despite the successes of quantum physics, there are questions such as the measurement problem (how a measurement point emerges from a probability distribution of the state of a

The Erasmus University of Rotterdam (EUR) focuses its endeavors on delving deep into the dynamics of trust, public engagement, and the integration of societal values in scientific research in the biomedicine field. By examining two distinct yet interconnected domains -medical citizen science and vaccine research- the university aims to unearth insights that bridge the gap

IANUS partner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) announced the proposal for its case study, which focuses on the discourse surrounding nanotechnology. This case study aims to delve into the intricate dialogue that has evolved around nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, a field that emerged at the close of the last century, occupies a unique position in the scientific

For the IANUS project, the societal co-creation labs are an innovative initiative designed to delve into the complex interplay between science and society, specifically focusing on trust, communication, and perception dynamics. The core of this initiative is to explore a series of critical questions that have emerged at the intersection of scientific inquiry and societal

IANUS researcher Hendrik Berghäuser, from Fraunhofer ISI, created a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework for assessing co-creation methods. They discovered that the concept of co-creation has hardly been problematized in academic literature or thoroughly defined in EU policies. This creates a tendency to regard co-creation as a tick-box exercise of, e.g., including stakeholders, thus neglecting

The issue of trust towards social media algorithms has certainly gained prominence in recent years, in accordance with the dominant presence of social media in our everyday lives. While past studies suggested that users were not highly aware of the algorithmic function (Eslami et al., 2015), participants in more recent studies are keenly conscious of

Co-creation is an increasingly popular concept in research and innovation, and it is often seen as a precondition to create impact. In short, we could define co-creation as the process “by which products, services, and experiences are developed jointly by companies and their stakeholders” (Prahala & Ramaswamy, 2000). While it has spread to the environment