Co-Designing Participatory Research for Responsible Innovation

The IN-SIGHT project, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), launched in 2021 with the mission of ‘Making the Hidden Visible: Co-designing for public values in standards-making and governance’. Over the past five years, the project has explored innovative methods to engage laypersons in discussions on complex sociotechnical issues like standard-making. As we approach the project’s conclusion, this workshop provides a space to reflect on participatory research methods, share best practices, and discuss practical takeaways for responsible innovation.

Workshop Overview

• Review the participatory method experiments conducted within IN-SIGHT.
  
• Identify challenges, opportunities and best practices for engaging laypersons in sociotechnical discussions.
  
• Develop actionable insights for implementing participatory methods on real-world settings and sketch forward-looking paths OR a future research and intervention agenda.
  

SCHEDULE
13:00-doors open; light vegetarian lunch will be served
13:30-13:45 intro to IN-SIGHT project, with a focus on participatory data collection activities
13:45-14:45: Participant presentations
14:45-1500: coffee break
15:00-15:50 Activity 1: Participatory Methods Mapping
15:50-16:00 stretching break
16:00-1650 Activity 2: Scenario sprint – Co-designing the future of participation
16:50-17:00 Concluding remarks, followed by borrel

Workshop Attendees
Ana Pop Stefanija (Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium)
Kristian Husted (Algorithmic Theatre, Denmark)
Giovanni Davide Zenga (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre & Politecnico Milan, Italy)
Federico Bonelli (Transformatorio, Netherlands)
Rob Heyman (Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium)
Beatrice Bonami (Universität Tübingen, Germany)
Sarah Vorndran (Critical Infrastructure Lab, Netherlands)
Adriaan Odendaal (Internet Teapot, Netherlands)
and for IN-SIGHT team: Anna Berti Suman, Mariette Amsing, Meg Kitamura & Stefania Milan