Future Flight Social Science Research Director (Phase 2)

未来的飞行技术正在经历一个关键的时刻，在许多不同的领域都发生了新的和创新的发展。在“未来飞行挑战”的支持下，人们越来越意识到这些技术所提供的日益增长的机会和潜在效益（包括环境和经济）。然而，这不仅仅是一个新兴的技术和创新领域。它也是一个新兴的社会研究领域。因此，迫切需要对未来飞行技术潜在的社会可取利益或社会不利影响进行全面分析。这将构成任何规模扩大和工业化路线图的重要方面，使英国工业在全球市场上处于强势地位，并实现这些技术的全部社会、经济和环境效益。此外，由于这是一个新兴的社会研究领域，研究人员的能力建设需要与未来飞行第三阶段的创新、测试和开发计划一起进行，以确保英国进入未来飞行技术发展的后续阶段，我们有社会科学的洞察力，以最好地理解在规模扩大和工业化之前和期间的影响、影响和利益。为了实现提供世界领先的英国社会科学洞察力和长期社会和经济研究能力建设的双重目标，该项目将重点关注三个方面：1。指定的重点研究工作包，由其他英国高等教育机构通过公开呼叫分授予委托。这将利用研究界的专业知识，并进一步促进英国社会科学领域的能力建设。跨领域研究将由伯明翰大学的未来飞行挑战团队进行，由弗恩·埃尔斯顿-贝克教授领导。该研究项目将与更广泛的UKRI未来飞行挑战团队、未来飞行挑战第三阶段的获奖者以及政府、监管机构或其他利益相关者共同创建。这将确保快速和适应性强的研究，可以为更广泛的FFC项目提供信息。预计这项研究将有助于并支持FFC时间表以外的遗留项目的发展。3. 支持网络/传播/参与活动，包括至少四次参与性政策讲习班、两次为期两天的研究网络发展讲习班、一次第二阶段的公众对话和其他虚拟网络研讨会；根据UKRI未来飞行挑战团队的需要，开展网络研讨会/活动或以研讨会为基础的活动，以传播报告/调查结果。该项目是作为咨询过程的一部分，在21/22年的第一阶段研究总监项目中进行的，并借鉴了以下活动：-范围研究和与未来飞行挑战团队的参与；第二阶段获奖者和相关利益相关者-未来飞行挑战公众对话活动与Sciencewise合作，由Ipsos Mori于2022年3月/ 4月开展。-未来飞行挑战赛社会科学共同创造研讨会于2022年3月/ 4月举行-未来飞行挑战赛社会科学前进战略于2022年1月发布-该活动计划借鉴了伯明翰大学项目团队以及未来飞行挑战赛团队，相关部门利益相关者或合作伙伴，更广泛的学术网络和未来飞行挑战赛公众对话的公众参与者的见解。

Future flight technologies are undergoing a pivotal moment with novel and innovative developments taking place in many different fields. Under the aegis of the Future Flight challenge, there is increasing awareness of the growing opportunities and potential benefits (including environmental and economic) offered by such technologies. However, this is not only an emergent area of technology and innovation. it is also an emergent field of social study. Therefore, there is pressing need for a comprehensive analysis of potential socially desirable benefits or social disbenefits of Future Flight technologies. This will form a vital aspect of any roadmap for scale up and industrialisation, to strongly position UK industry in the global market and to realise the full social, economic and environmental benefits of these technologies. Furthermore, as this is emergent felid of social study, researcher capacity building needs to be undertaken in concert with the Future Flight Phase three programme of innovation, testing and development, in order to ensure that as the UK moves into the subsequent phase of future flight technological development, we have the social science insight to best understand the implications, impact and benefits prior to, and during scale up and industrialisation. To meet these dual objectives of providing world leading UK social science insight and longer term social and economic research capacity building, this project will focus on three areas: 1. Specified work packages of focused research that are commissioned through other UK based higher education institutions through open call sub-granting. This will draw on expertise in the research community and enable further capacity building across the social sciences in the UK.2. Cross cutting research to be undertaken by the Future Flight Challenge team based at the University of Birmingham and lead by Prof. Fern Elsdon-Baker. This programme of research will be co-created in conjunction with the wider UKRI Future Flight Challenge team, Future Flight Challenge Phase 3 award holders and governmental, regulatory or other stakeholders. This will ensure quick and adaptable research that can inform the wider FFC programme. It is also expected that this research will feed into and support the development of legacy programmes beyond the FFC timetable. 3. Underpinning networking/dissemination/engagement activities to include at least, four participatory policy workshops, two x 2-day research network development workshops , one second phase public dialogue and other virtual webinars, networking workshops/events or seminar-based activities to disseminate reports/findings and as needed by the UKRI Future Flight Challenge team The project was developed as part of a consultive process undertaken during the phase 1 Research Director project during 21/22 and draws on the following activities:- Scoping research and engagement with Future Flight Challenge team, phase 2 award holders and relevant stakeholders- Future Flight Challenge Public Dialogue activity run in partnership with Sciencewise and undertaken by Ipsos Mori in March/April 2022.- Future Flight Challenge Social Science Co-creation workshops held in March/April 2022 - Future Flight Challenge Social Science Forward Strategy published January 2022This programme of activity draws on the insight of the project team at et University of Birmingham alongside that of the Future Flight Challenge team, relevant sector stakeholders or partners, wider academic networks and public participants of the Future Flight Challenge Public dialogue.