VERITAS: deVEloping scientific Research with ethIcs and inTegrity for shAred benefitS

文献中已经确定了科学中不同的“信任机器”：研究伦理、研究诚信、科学交流、利益分享和技术评估。欧盟以前资助的项目侧重于科学生态系统中信任的特定行为者(例如，科学家、研究资助组织、研究伦理委员会)，以探索特定“机器”(例如，科学传播、研究伦理)的影响。Veritas超越了最先进的水平，将“信任管家”概念化为生态系统的参与者，负责维护社会对科学的信任，并促进科学-社会共同创造，这要么是指正式负责的组织，如研究资助组织和高等教育机构，要么是指事实上负责的组织，如社交媒体公司和视频流媒体平台，影响社会对科学和创新的看法。VERITAS结合社会科学和工程学的多学科专业知识，综合现有知识，评估通过原创研究和小规模参与性活动加强对科学的信任的工具和方法，然后制定VERITAS议定书，为“信任管理者”提出建议。VERITAS提供了跨学科的专业知识来进行网络分析和在社交媒体上进行干预，以验证VERITAS议定书，并减少不同利益攸关方在实践中采用该议定书的实际障碍。VERITAS的研究结果将广泛传播给不同的“信任管家”，如政策制定者、研究资助和表演组织、高等教育机构和其他研究和创新行为者，以增强社会对科学的信任，促进科学与社会的共同创造。

Different "machines of trust" in science have been identified in the literature: research ethics, research integrity, science communication, benefit sharing and technology assessment. Previous EU funded projects have focused on particular actors of the trust in science ecosystem (e.g. scientists, research funding organisations, research ethics committees) to explore the impact of particular "machines" (e.g. science communication, research ethics). VERITAS goes beyond the state of the art by conceptualising "stewards of trust" as the actors of the ecosystem that are responsible for upholding societal trust in science and facilitating science-society co-creation, either this refers to formally responsible organisations like research funding organisations and higher education institutions, or it refers to de facto responsible organisations like social media companies and video streaming platforms which influence societal perceptions of science and innovation. VERITAS combines multidisciplinary expertise, both from the social sciences and engineering, to synthesise existing knowledge to evaluate tools and methods for enhancing trust in science through original research and small-scale participatory activities, before producing the VERITAS Protocol of Recommendations for "stewards of trust". VERITAS brings forward interdisciplinary expertise to perform network analysis and execute interventions on social media, to validate the VERITAS Protocol and alleviate practical barriers for its uptake in practice by different stakeholders. VERITAS findings will be widely disseminated to different "stewards of trust", such as policymakers, research funding and performing organisations, higher education institutions and other research and innovation actors, to enhance societal trust in science and facilitate science-society co-creation.