Research funding organisations are a preeminent site of science policy. They set priorities for their respective fields, provide science advice and contribute to national debate on topics relating to science, technology and innovation. In collaboration with funding agency staff we explore questions about the roles and responsibilities of these frequently-overlooked organisations. How are decisions about the scope of a research agenda achieved? How are differing ideas of valuable research negotiated? And with these same staff, we develop new governance methodologies to shape emerging scientific fields in democratic societies.

You can read about some of our work below or contact us if you’d like to know more.

Projects

We have collaborated with a range of European funders on issues such as responsible research and innovation, public engagement and innovation governance:

• M-ERA NET’s approach to RRI
• EuroNanoMed III Guidelines for RRI
• European Biotechnology & Society Seminar Series
• ERA CoBioTech’s Agenda for RRI
• Flag ERA’s approach to RRI
• ERA SusFood
• BBSRC’s early engagement with Genome Editing