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Description In an era of creeping authoritarianism, increasing threats to academic freedom, and the politicisation of science, many researchers, communicators, and institutions have launched initiatives to safeguard open inquiry and evidence-based discourse. The Anti-Autocracy Summit brings these efforts together.
Description Science denialism, misinformation, disinformation, fake news, conspiracy theories, hoaxes, trolling, scams, cults, propaganda, and extremism are phenomena that share common elements: they exploit individuals’ vulnerabilities, operate through psychological manipulation, and erode trust in society by creating epistemic divergence (i.e., systems of knowledge, beliefs, and values that make access to a shared truth increasingly difficult), which in the extreme can lead to antisocial or even criminal behavior. In our increasingly complex world, these phenomena have the potential to undermine not just individuals’ wellbeing but the social cohesion of modern democracies.
Description In light of rapidly developing events SciBeh is organising an online workshop to support scholars affected by threats to research and academic work in (emerging) autocracies. Our goal for the first workshop is to help affected colleagues build support systems to exchange strategies and coping mechanisms for dealing with potential threats to their academic research and scholarly work.
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Goal Organization team Workshop outputs Summary Report Theme 1: Transparency and openness in research production, dissemination, and curation Theme 2: A balance between speed and quality in producing research Theme 3: Synthesis of evidence over individual studies Theme 4: Communicating research to the public Theme 5: Improving the process of critique and review Theme 6: Better tools for curating research digitally References and resources Goal The information environment we need would ensure information that is
See below for session videos and more. Goal Why collective intelligence? Agenda: Speakers, panelists, and workshop videos Day 1: What does collective intelligence have to offer? Day 2: Designing science communication around collective intelligence Day 2: Workshop wrap-Up Organization team Acknowledgments Goal We need science communication that moves beyond the traditional “lone wolf” model (where individual scientists engage in public outreach) towards a collective intelligence model.
Description Topic 1 - Evidence communication vs. science communication Topic 2 - Denialism: from COVID-19 to Climate Change Topic 3 - Building trust in science Videos Workshop’s Outcomes: RTT-produced Reports 1. Report: Evidence communication vs. science communication 2. Report: Denialism and Role of Support Mechanisms for Denialists Social Environment 3. Report: Trust in Science and the Role of Collective Intelligence Tools Organization team Description In this workshop, we will examine how to make collective intelligence – shared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration, collective efforts, and competition of many individuals and appears in consensus decision making – a practical tool for effective science communication. The workshop will combine themed talks with practical attempts by participants, using collective intelligence tools, to generate better communication strategies that build on three central topics:
Session Recordings Workshop Day 1