This workshop will draw on research and practice to create a platform for exploring and advancing our understanding of the intersection between science and policy making. With "identity & culture" as the heart of discourse, the program aims to uncover both challenges and potential opportunities to enhance policy impact in diverse societal contexts. With a broad spectrum of experts from the Organization for Identity and Cultural Development (OICD) and the University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR), the workshop will generate insight into the role of identity factors in impactful policy formation.
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Programme
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Welcome Address
Introduction and workshop objectives
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Case Study 1: Richard Chenhall, Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
Incorporating an understanding of minority groups, culture and lifestyle factors into public health policy
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Case Study 2: Sandra Obradović, Department of Psychology, Open University
Incorporating identity factors into voting, democracy and governance policy
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Case Study 3: Chip Pitts, Stanford Law Centre
Incorporating identity factors into human rights, advocacy and privacy law and policy
11:45 AM - 12:15 AM
Case Study 4: Tassos Stassopoulos Managing Partner
Chief Investment Officer, Trinetra Investment Management
Incorporating changing identities and values factors into economic development / public/private corporate/public investment policy
12:15 PM – 13:45 PM
Lunch
14:00 PM – 14:30 PM
Case Study 5: Stephen Lyon, Professor of Anthropology and Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences Aga Khan University
Incorporating ethnocultural diversity into national cohesion and conflict resolution policy
14:30 PM - 15:00 PM
Case Study 6: Bruce White, Founding Director, Organization for Identity and Cultural Development (OICD)
Incorporating identity factors into Education and Arts Education Policy and Programming for social Transformation
15:00 PM - 15:30 PM
Case Study 7: Joana Ricarte, Researcher at UCILeR
Incorporating an understanding of historical narratives on identities and culture into conflict transformation and reconciliation policy
15:30 PM - 16:00 PM
From science to policy: André Dias Pereira, Researcher at UCILeR and Professor of Law, Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra
The role of law in bridging the divide between science and policy
16:00 PM - 16:30 PM
Coffee Break
16:30 PM - 17:00 PM
From science to practice: Fernando Vannier Borges, Researcher at UCILeR
Competence and skills to translate research into applied knowledge
17:00 PM – 17:30 PM
Summary Session
Creating an output document which catalogues the "Challenges and Opportunities" across the different case studies covered during the day