HOW TO BE A RESEARCHER IN THE XXI CENTURY

CHALLENGES AND NEW PARADIGMS IN A CHANGING SOCIETY

14-17 September 2021

Via Corti 12 – Milan – Area della Ricerca del CNR

Background

Society is the ultimate stakeholder of Researchers’ work. Hence, Communication is fundamental for Researchers. In the digital era, with abundant information at everyone’s fingertip, the exchanges between Society and Researchers have increased, calling for a new role for them in the Society. With these changes come new challenges. Young Researchers starting their career in the 21st century often work in environments which haven’t yet incorporated the rapid transformations happening in the Society and in their relationship with it. In this conference, we aim at critically re-thinking the role of Researchers in contemporary Society.

The following topics will be addressed in this conference:

Scientific communication: how to build a communication bridge between Science and the Society?
Open Access and Open Science: where we are, where we are going
Science, Ethics and Politics: influencers or influenced by our beliefs?
Mental Health in Academia
Minorities, Diversity and Inclusion in Academia
Rethinking the academic division of labour through transdisciplinary (Final Roundtable)

Speakers

Teresa Branch-Smith

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS and member of H2020 PERITIA project — **Teresa Branch-Smith**

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS and member of H2020 PERITIA project

Elia A.G. Arfini

Research Fellow in Sociology of Culture & Communication at University of Milan, founder of CRAAAZI — **Elia A.G. Arfini**

Research Fellow in Sociology of Culture & Communication at University of Milan, founder of CRAAAZI

Sara Moraca

Science journalist; PhD Candidate in Climate Change SciComm at the University of Bologna — **Sara Moraca**

Science journalist; PhD Candidate in Climate Change SciComm at the University of Bologna

Catriona MacCallum

Director of Open Science at Hindawi Limited, London — **Catriona MacCallum**

Director of Open Science at Hindawi Limited, London

Alessandro Allegra

Policy Officer at the European Commission Science Advice Mechanismt — **Alessandro Allegra**

Policy Officer at the European Commission Science Advice Mechanismt

Heather Douglas

Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University — **Heather Douglas**

Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University

Claudio Colaiacomo

Vice President Global Academic Relations at Elsevier — **Claudio Colaiacomo**

Vice President Global Academic Relations at Elsevier

Denise Cai

Assistant Professor in Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York — **Denise Cai**

Assistant Professor in Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

Rossella Ciccia

Professor of Social Policy at Oxford University — **Rossella Ciccia**

Professor of Social Policy at Oxford University

Alessandro Sarretta

Researcher at National Research Institute for Geo-hydrological Protection (CNR-IRPI), Italy — **Alessandro Sarretta**

Researcher at National Research Institute for Geo-hydrological Protection (CNR-IRPI), Italy

Francesca Peruzzo

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy at the University of Birmingham — **Francesca Peruzzo**

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy at the University of Birmingham

Sarah R. Davies

Professor of Technosciences, Materiality, & Digital Cultures at the University of Wien — **Sarah R. Davies**

Professor of Technosciences, Materiality, & Digital Cultures at the University of Wien

Roger Pielke Jr.

Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder — **Roger Pielke Jr.**

Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder

Emanuele Menietti

Journalist @ Il Post — **Emanuele Menietti**

Journalist @ Il Post

Federica Rosetta

Vice President, Academic & Research Relations, Europe, Elsevier, Amsterdam — **Federica Rosetta**

Vice President, Academic & Research Relations, Europe, Elsevier, Amsterdam

Inge van der Weijden

Senior Researcher, Center for Science and Technology Studies at the University of Leiden — **Inge van der Weijden**

Senior Researcher, Center for Science and Technology Studies at the University of Leiden

Melz Owusu

Artist; PhD candidate in Sociology, University of Cambridge, founder of the Free Black University — **Melz Owusu**

Artist; PhD candidate in Sociology, University of Cambridge, founder of the Free Black University

Organising Committee

Giuseppe Aprile, EHESS Paris & CEST
Daniela Arlia, Aix-Marseille School of Economics & CEST
Stella Gianfreda, Università di Genova & CEST
Francesco Gobbo, University of Edinburgh
Raffaele Sarnataro, University of Oxford & CEST
Carla Sciarra, Polytechnic University of Turin & CEST

Scientific Committee

External Advisory Board

Francesco Gobbo, University of Edinburgh

Ismael Rafols, Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University
Carla Sciarra, Polytechnic University of Turin & CEST

For the host institution:

Alba L’Astorina, Institute for Remote Sensing of the Environment – National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IREA) & BRIDGES project

Rita Giuffredi, Institute for Remote Sensing of the Environment – National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IREA)

Involvement of young scholars and hands-on activities

In line with the mission of CEST and of the Young Scholar Initiative by INET, this workshop aims at involving particularly young scholars.
To this end:

Young scholars in each panel

Each panel includes at least one young scholar as a speaker and a young scholar as a chair.

Workshops

In collaboration with our partners, we organised hands-on workshops that will involve participants in practical and participative activities on the topics of the event. The topics range from climate change to mental health, from open science to science communication, from diversity to gender bias.