TRANSCEND – Transdisciplinary Methods for Societal Impact Assessment and Impact Creation For Security Research Technologies
The project is about improving civil society engagement and assessment of civil society’s needs concerning security technologies. These technologies are increasingly present in our lives and citizens are aware of this, but in practice, they are engaged in only a limited way. This gap between development and civil society can generate mistrust among the public and also hamper the development of technologies that really respond to citizens’ needs and take into account their diverse experiences.
Objectives
TRANSCEND aims to enable individuals, and organisations that speak on their behalf, to participate actively and creatively in iterative processes of design and deployment.
The project will develop a Toolbox of methods to enhance the involvement of civil society in security Research & Innovation.
The project members will test and evaluate the Toolbox in four pilot exercises by bringing together transdisciplinary actors from academia, government, industry and society.
The TRANSCEND framework will present guidelines on how to design and structure meaningful civil society and public engagement for societal impact assessment for security research technologies.
It will also include domain-specific instructions for the use of the TRANSCEND Toolbox.
Consortium
The TRANSCEND project is led by Trilateral Research Ireland (TRI). The consortium includes the German Research Institute Fraunhofer (FhG), the Austrian RedCross (AutRC), the European Organisation for Security (EOS), the civic tech network Code for All, the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), and the European Forum for Urban Security (Efus).
Activities
The implementation of the project will take place through four pilots by bringing together transdisciplinary actors from academia, government, industry and society.
Provide a innovative methods to increase citizen and societal engagement and involve local policymakers and civil society.
Develop a toolbox of methods.
Run the four pilots based around the partner cities.
Contribute to the employment of effective methods for citizen and societal engagement.
Four Pilots will be conducted within the project TRANSCEND. The pilots will be carried out in the security domains of:
- Cybersecurity (CS)
- Disaster resilient societies (DRS)
- Fighting crime and terrorism (FCT)
- Border management (BM)
Efus’ Role
Six cities are recruited by Efus to participate in the pilot projects and activities: Matosinhos (Portugal), The Hague (Netherlands), Mechelen (Belgium), Région Sud Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur (France), and Mannheim (Germany).
Mechelen will play a pivotal role as the core partner city in the fighting crime and terrorism pilot (FCT).
These chosen cities will actively engage in pilot projects and project-related activities under the Efus coordination.
In addition to their participation, Efus will lead a pilot project addressing the crucial issue of Fighting Crime and Terrorism, integrating these cities into its extensive network. Furthermore, Efus will assume responsibility for the policy and advocacy aspects of the project, ensuring that the findings and outcomes are effectively communicated and disseminated within its network.
Call for applications: Selection of Experts
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Duration
October 2022 – September 2025 (36 months)
Contacts
Bamba Niang – Programme Manager – niang@efus.eu
Anne Boisseau- Programme Manager – boisseau@efus.eu
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