According to the Iranian Scieific and Industrial Research Organization, the Specialized Scieific Meeting of Science Policy, Social Requiremes for Science and Technology Governance and Technology was held with the lecture of Dr. Seyyed Zia Hashemi, Vice Preside of Cultural and Social Vice Preside and Dr. Hadi Khaniki, a member of the Tehran University of Iran today at the Iranian Scieific and Industrial Research Organization.
At the meeting, the Vice Preside of Cultural and Social Vice Preside, referring to the social requiremes of science and technology, said: “When the boundary between science, politics and everyday life is more iertwined than ever, addressing the relationship between science policy and technology governance is not a specialized concern.
He added: “If the tweieth ceury was a ceury of heavy industries and natural resources, the twey -first ceury is undoubtedly the ceury of knowledge and technology.” A coury that fails to link science to politics, technology to industry, and innovation to economics and culture will be purely consumer, not an actor.
A faculty member at the University of Tehran said: “Science policymaking means designing and directing knowledge production paths at national or transnational level.” In many couries, upstream institutions such as the National Council of Science, Research Ministries, or financing agencies form science policies. At the global level, institutions such as OECD and UNESCO lead couries to evidence -based policy, focus on responsible innovation, and investme in science for sustainable developme.
He poied out that science and technology do not occur in the vacuum and are part of the structure of power and social relations: The governance of science and technology means the mechanisms that determine what knowledge to produce, the technology to develop and who participate in the process.
Hashemi said: For effective governance, a few key principles must be respected: Accouability: Scieific research must be accouable to the real needs of society, not just iernational criteria. Social participation: Civil society, universities, the private sector and even ordinary people must coribute to science and technology decisions. Social Justice: Science should not reproduce inequality, but should serve to reduce gaps.
The root of science in laboratories and fruit is within the community
The first vice preside of cultural and social vice preside said: “Science, although it is rooted in the currency of the laboratories, his fruit must be arranged within the community.” If we wa a developed, just and sustainable future, we must rethink our scieific policies. Researchers should act beyond the production of the article as social actors. We need a scieific policy that is based on reality, but inspired by ideal.
Dr. Hadi Khaniki, a member of the faculty of Allameh Tabataba’i University, was another speaker at this specialized scieific meeting, referring to the history of the Iranian Scieific and Industrial Research Organization and the valuable services of Professor Nasrin Moazami, adding: Professor Moazami is a model of a scieific and expert lady who has changed the technological developmes in the world and the social responsibility of the university.
He poied out that science without society is meaningless and ineffective. He added that only by ieracting and responding to the needs of the people can achieve real progress and social transformation. He managed the importa characteristics of science governance with the participation of all the actors, the multilateral ieraction between scieific institutions, governme and society, atteion to ethical, political and managerial challenges, transparency and accouability in scieific processes, emphasis on indigenous values and culture, transformation of networking, and transformation.
A member of the faculty of Allameh Tabataba’i University added: Science and technology governance pois to the manageme and guidance of scieific and technological systems in ieracting with the needs and expectations of the community, which refer to social responsibility, justice in access to technology and responding to issues and challenges.
He added: “In order to evolve in universities and the rule of science and technology, we need to have theoretical rethinking, institutional evolution, coordination and prioritization of research and scieific iegrity.”
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