Workshop Proposal: Transformative Research: Social and Ethical Implications

本次研讨会探讨了潜在的变革性研究（PTR），这是一个在政策辩论中发挥重要作用的概念，并在关于科学在社会中的未来的公共话语。本次研讨会将汇集一批政策制定者和杰出的研究人员，以便：-确定我们目前对PTR的思考中的差距-为围绕呼吁NSF更好地促进“潜在变革性”研究的复杂问题提供更大的概念清晰度-制定一个研究议程，超越学者与学者在仅对这些学者感兴趣的领域的典型学科内参与。智力精华本次研讨会将有助于在a）科学的历史和哲学，B）科学心理学，以及c）科学和创新政策领域正在进行的研究。与会者将继续并深化国家科学委员会（NSB）先前发起的调查，并扩大PI和co-PI组织的关于将社会影响因素纳入同行评审过程的前三次研讨会的讨论。研讨会还将概述可能富有成效地应用于变革性研究的经验策略。最后，本次研讨会不仅解决了潜在的变革性研究，但也探讨了一种新的方式组织研讨会，使从业者，政策制定者和学者进行对话。更广泛的影响本次研讨会将有助于正在进行的讨论是否以及如何资助高风险，高回报的研究。组织者举办了一次关于将社会影响因素纳入同行审查进程的讲习班，特别是国家科学基金会的更广泛影响标准，并在向联邦机构和国会的决策者传播其调查结果以及向学者提供这些结果方面有着良好的记录。

This research workshop explores potentially transformative research (PTR), a concept that plays an important role in policy debates, and in public discourse about the future of science in society. This workshop will bring together a group of policy makers, and prominent researchers in order to:- Identify gaps in our current thinking about PTR- Provide greater conceptual clarity to the complex of issues surrounding calls for NSF to better promote "potentially transformative" research- Develop a research agenda that goes beyond the typical intradisciplinary engagement of scholars with scholars on areas of interest only to those scholars.Intellectual meritThis workshop will contribute to ongoing research in the fields of a) the history and philosophy of science, b) psychology of science, and c) science of science and innovation policy. Participants will continue and deepen investigations previously initiated by the National Science Board (NSB), as well as widening the discussion of three previous workshops organized by the PI and co-PI regarding the incorporation of societal impacts considerations into the peer review process. The workshop will also outline empirical strategies that may be fruitfully applied to the study of transformative research. Finally, this workshop not only addresses potentially transformative research, but also explores a novel way of organizing workshops by bringing together practitioners, policy makers, and scholars for a conversation.Broader impactThis workshop will contribute to ongoing discussions on whether and how to fund high-risk, high-reward research. The organizers conducted a workshopn on the incorporation of societal impacts considerations into the peer review process, especially NSF's Broader Impacts Criterion, and have a track record of disseminating their findings to policy makers, both at federal agencies and in Congress, as well as making them available to scholars.