ASSET – Responsible research and innovation newsletter – Issue 4
February 7, 2017
The fourth issue of ASSET Newsletter is out. Prolepsis participates as a partner in ASSET project. ASSET aims to promote a cooperation with scientific institutions, that offer additional knowledge, perspective and experiences in order to effectively address scientific and social challenges raised during a pandemic and to be trained accordingly in Crisis Management.
The aim of this issue is to provide researchers with the most updated news on Responsible Research and innovation (RRI) in the fields of antiviral drugs and vaccines, as well as with news from ASSET project.
This issue opens with a reflection on citizens’ consultation on epidemics as a tool that may answer the call for more inclusion of citizens and civil society in risk communication and organized response to such health threats.
Following that, the issue focuses on the eight citizens’ consultations organized by the ASSET project, describing their aims and methods.
Finally, the issue introduces a series of 12 local initiatives put in place by ASSET members to promote mobilization and mutual learning at local level and to enhance the transferability of the most effective policies and practices.
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