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The touRES project team

Dr. Robert SteigerEva Posch,

Doctoral student

Dr. Rainer BellDr. Karl Michael Höferl


… and so many more


The aims of touRES

tours - Resilience of tourism systems to natural hazards in the Himalayas

▪ Funded by the Earth System Sciences (ESS) research programme of the Austrian Academy of Science

▪ 2017 – 2020

▪ Aims:

» to analyze the resilience of tourism systems to natural hazards in mountain regions

» to provide future development paths for tourism enterprises to enhance their resilience


The aims of touRES

www.uibk.ac.at/geographie/projects/toures/

http://www.uibk.ac.at/geographie/projects/toures/


touRES in action


Reflecting this action

(Twitter 2019)


Why “Responsible Science”?

(Twitter 2019)


… more then integrity?

▪ Austria:

Alliance for Responsible Science

» actively involve civil society

» Meet current “grand challenges”

▪ EU: HORIZON 2020

Science with and for Society

» “There is recognition that co-design

with citizens, stakeholders and end-

users needs to be promoted” (HORIZON 2020 – Work Programme 2018-2020)

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-swfs_en.pdfhttp://www.responsiblescience.at/files/downloads/responsible-science/Memorandum_deutsch_web_2018.pdfhttps://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-swfs_en.pdf


An eurocentric perspective on Responsible Science


An eurocentric perspective on Responsible Science

▪ “Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) implies that societal

actors (researchers, citizens, policy makers, business, third sector

organisations, etc.) work together during the whole research and

innovation process in order to better align both the process and its

outcomes with the values, needs and expectations of society.”(EC – Horizon 2020)

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/responsible-research-innovation


Responsibly lost …

(Center for Citizen Science, 2020)

https://youtu.be/exXfR6WGJy8https://youtu.be/exXfR6WGJy8


Responsibly lost …

▪ A transparent, interactive process by which societal actors

and innovators become mutually responsive to each other

with a view to the (ethical) acceptability, sustainability and

societal desirability of the research process and its outcomes

in order to allow a proper embedding of scientific and

technological advances in our society. (own adaptation 2020 of: Schomberg 2011)


Some buzzwords from the current debate

Overall goal: Societal Impact

▪ Citizen Science

▪ Co-creation

▪ Collaboration

▪ Inclusivity

▪ Communication

▪ Open Science

▪ Appropriateness of technologies & approaches

▪ Anticipation

▪ Adaptability


@ Societal Impact

▪ Simple:

Scientists’ media contacts

▪ Complex:

societal actors become mutually responsive to each other

with a view on the acceptability, sustainability and societal

desirability of research findings to allow a proper embedding

of these findings in our society




▪ Citizen Science

▪ Co-creation

▪ Collaboration

▪ Inclusivity

▪ Communication

▪ Open Science


▪ Anticipation

▪ Adaptability


@ Citizen Science for Disaster Risk Reduction

(Hicks et al. 2019:8)




▪ Citizen Science

▪ Co-creation

▪ Collaboration

▪ Inclusivity

▪ Communication

▪ Open Science


▪ Anticipation

▪ Adaptability


@ Appropriateness of technologies & approaches

(Martin Rutzinger, 2018)

https://www.mountainresearch.at/4dlamb/?cat=1




▪ Citizen Science

▪ Co-creation

▪ Collaboration

▪ Inclusivity

▪ Communication

▪ Open Science


▪ Anticipation

▪ Adaptability



Societal impact:

▪ Citizen Science

▪ Co-creation

▪ Collaboration

▪ Inclusivity

▪ Communication

▪ Open Science


▪ Anticipation

▪ Adaptability

Inclusiveness of research & management

Communicating research

Tackling inherent uncertain futures


Characteristics of Responsible Science 1/2

▪ Anticipation:

describing & analyzing (un-)intended impacts

▪ Reflexivity:

reflecting scientific & institutional practice: limits of

knowledge, fundamental assumptions etc.


Characteristics of Responsible Science 2/2

▪ Inclusion:

participatory search for target & transformation

knowledge as well as legitimacy

▪ Responsiveness:

defining & adjusting courses of action while recognizing

the insufficiency of knowledge and control

Thanks for joining us!


We need to talk …

▪ Session 1 – Inclusiveness of research: involving local actors

▪ Session 2 – Communicating research into practical action:

dissemination strategies re-examined

▪ Session 3 – Appropriate technologies in natural hazards

research and management

▪ Session 4 – Dealing with natural hazards in an uncertain,

complex, and ambiguous future

Responsible Science in Natural Hazard Research & Management in Nepal

Dhanyabad!

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