ABSTRACT

How does the Social Lab methodology support participatory research? This paper provides an evidence-based analysis of experiences of 19 implemented Social Labs applying experiential learning cycles on the question of how to induce Responsible Research and Innovation in the Horizon2020 research funding scheme of the European Commission and beyond. It looks at the potentials of Social Labs to allow participation in research and innovation addressing societal challenges and contrasts empirical results with the theoretical conceptualisation of a scientific Social Lab methodology. It discusses drivers and barriers of engagement, and provides evidence for the impacts of experimental engagement on participation in the context of the labs, substantiated by concrete examples from some of these labs.

摘要

社会实验室方法论如何支持参与式研究？本文对 19 个已实施的社会实验室应用体验式学习周期的经验进行了基于证据的分析，以解决如何在欧盟委员会及其他机构的 Horizo​​n2020 研究资助计划中引发负责任的研究和创新的问题。它着眼于社会实验室允许参与解决社会挑战的研究和创新的潜力，并将实证结果与科学社会实验室方法论的理论概念化进行对比。它讨论了参与的驱动因素和障碍，并提供了实验参与对实验室环境中参与的影响的证据，这些实验室中的一些具体例子证实了这一点。