Workshop Proposal: Transformative Research: Social and Ethical Implications

本次研究研讨会探讨了潜在变革性研究（PTR），这是一个在政策辩论和关于科学在社会中的未来的公共话语中发挥重要作用的概念。本次研讨会将汇集一群政策制定者和杰出的研究人员，以便：-确定我们目前对PTR的看法的差距-为围绕呼吁NSF更好地促进“潜在变革”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，超越典型的跨学科学者与学者之间只对这些学者感兴趣的领域进行研究。本次研讨会将有助于a)科学史和科学哲学，b)科学心理学，c)科学学和创新政策领域的研究。参与者将继续并深化先前由国家科学委员会（NSB）发起的调查，并扩大由PI和联合PI组织的关于将社会影响考虑纳入同行评议过程的前三次研讨会的讨论。讲习班还将概述可能有效应用于变革研究研究的经验战略。最后，本次研讨会不仅讨论了潜在的变革性研究，还探索了一种通过将从业者、政策制定者和学者聚集在一起进行对话来组织研讨会的新方式。本次研讨会将有助于正在进行的关于是否以及如何资助高风险、高回报的研究的讨论。组织者举办了一个研讨会，讨论将社会影响考虑纳入同行评议过程，特别是NSF的“更广泛影响标准”，并将他们的发现传播给联邦机构和国会的政策制定者，并将其提供给学者。

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.