Abstract

To support legitimate European Union (EU) biodiversity policy development, there is a growing momentum to engage society in these policy processes and build meaningful and inclusive dialogue between science, policy, and society in policy deliberation. So far, engagement efforts have been made to encourage citizen participation in knowledge production via, for example, citizen science. At EU level means to encourage public participation have included a variety of online mechanisms for spreading information and promoting public deliberation. Despite these developments, the involvement of the general public in policy-making at the EU level has been rather inconsistent to date. In this article, we evaluate online science cafés as potential means to encourage dialogue between science, policy, and society; we ask what elements in their design and implementation are essential for inclusive dialogue between science, policy, and society. Our findings emphasise iterative dialogue when approaching multi-scalar challenges. This has important implications for developing legitimate participation across Europe.

中文翻译：

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在为欧盟生物多样性和生态系统服务政策开发合法在线参与方面的挑战和解决方案

摘要

为了支持合法的欧洲联盟（EU）生物多样性政策发展，越来越多的动力使社会参与这些政策过程，并在政策审议过程中在科学，政策和社会之间建立有意义且包容的对话。迄今为止，已经做出了参与努力，以鼓励公民通过例如公民科学来参与知识生产。在欧盟一级，鼓励公众参与的手段包括各种在线机制，以传播信息和促进公众讨论。尽管取得了这些进展，但迄今为止，公众在欧盟一级参与决策的工作还相当不一致。在本文中，我们将在线科学咖啡馆评价为鼓励科学，政策与社会之间对话的潜在手段。我们询问其设计和实施中的哪些元素对于科学，政策和社会之间的包容性对话至关重要。我们的研究结果强调了在应对多尺度挑战时的迭代对话。这对在整个欧洲发展合法参与具有重要意义。