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SUMMARY:Technology assessment\, social licence to operate and behaviour ch
 ange: the work of CSIRO's Science in Society Group - Peta Ashworth (CSIRO)
DTSTART:20130830T110000Z
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CONTACT:Andrew Pruitt
DESCRIPTION:Through a series of case studies\, this presentation will expl
 ore the work one of CSIRO’s social science groups - the Science into Soc
 iety Group (SISG) - and reasons for its exponential growth from 3 to 36 re
 searchers over the past six years. As part of the Division of Earth Scienc
 e and Resource Engineering\, the SISG applies social science expertise to 
 understand human responses to nationally identified challenges. The Group 
 has expertise across a broad range of social and natural sciences\, specia
 lising in interdisciplinary research at the interface between science and 
 society. The SISG’s original research began in the energy domain\, to un
 derstand stakeholders attitudes towards carbon mitigation technologies wit
 h perceived risks and uncertainties. Their research quickly expanded to ot
 her domains including climate adaptation\, oceans\, and minerals\, for exa
 mple. Critical to its success\, has been the need for SISG to work with re
 searchers in the technical and engineering science domains – particularl
 y as trusted experts - in the range of processes SISG use to engage with s
 takeholders across Australia. The case studies will elaborate on their res
 earch program around technology assessment\, social licence to operate and
  behaviour change from topics such as climate change\, energy to human ser
 vices.
LOCATION:Castle Teaching Room\, 4th floor\, Cambridge Judge Business Schoo
 l\, Trumpington Street\, CB2 1AG
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