CTA-lite workshop

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Different stakeholders have different perceptions of a technology. Often, not all relevant stakeholders are involved in the development process from the start which may lead to problems later in the innovation process. The CTA-lite workshop supports the interaction of relevant stakeholders and experts, broadens their mutual understanding of potential societal challenges, and stimulates actions to adapt the innovation and design process in order to increase societal acceptance.

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CTA-lite workshop as a pre-screening tool for a nanomedicine platform

This CTA-lite workshop has been organized by a nanotechnology PhD student, supported by a socio-technical researcher. Here, the workshop has been used as a pre-screening tool to gather information on alternative applications for a microfluidic bilayer platform. Therefore, stakeholders with a broad variety of backgrounds were invited (technical and social scientists, companies, experts in regulations and IP) to enrich the discussion and give insights on different aspects and applications. The invited participants were contacts from the PhD student and her supervisor, as well as from the socio-technical researcher.

The workshop started with a short presentation of the PhD student about her technology to provide the participants with background information on the microfluidic platform. She also introduced a ‘concentric circle diagram’ that represents three stages, from research, innovation and market, defined for the technology development process. The following discussions during the workshop followed the structure of the diagram and were moderated by a socio-technical researcher accordingly. In the second part of the discussion, a multi-path map was created together with the participants. The workshop made the PhD student aware of broader socio-technical aspects that are relevant for the technology she developed and resulted in additional ideas for future applications.

For more information, look at: Schulze Greiving et al., 2016, ‘CTA-lite’ for exploring possible innovation pathways of a nanomedicine-related platform – embedded Responsible Research and Innovation in practice, In: DM Bowman, A Dijkstra, C Fautz, J Guivant, K Konrad, H van Lente and S Woll (eds), Responsibility and Emerging Technologies: Experiences, Education and Beyond, Berlin: AKA Press, 25-42.

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CTA-lite workshop for a young interferometer biosensor

In this example, the CTA-lite workshop format has been used to define new research questions and the next steps that are required to further develop the Young interferometer biosensor developed in a PhD project. Here, mainly technical researchers participated in the workshop and consequently more technical aspects were discussed. A multi-path map has been prepared by the PhD student in advance and was filled in during the workshop together with all participants which opened up the discussion towards broader societal issues.

For more information on this research, look at: Mulder, H., 2016, Size-selective analyte detection in an integrated optical Young interferometer biosensor. PhD thesis, University of Twente: Enschede, The Netherlands.

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