Montpellier, Hydropolis, France, nov, 13-15, 2024
An international workshop where scientists and public stakeholders can mutually learn and co-design new modeling procedures to foster adaptation in hydro-social systems.
For hydro-social systems, most modeling and model-based policy support processes follow a classical protocol where models are built and ran “in silico”, by scientists or experts who compute results to be communicated through scientific papers or policy briefs. Whereas some are commonly used for daily operations or tactical management (weather and hydrology forecast, water allocation, energy market dynamic), their transformative impact on structures and functionings in the long term is more questionable. The interaction patterns between the scientists, the policy makers and all other “land & water” stakeholders, including end users, when they build and use models and their outcomes, is the core issue here: who steers this design and use? With which rationale? What are the expectations from the various groups? Which alternatives exist for choosing the scope, for the modeling process itself, for allocating the roles, for integrating the results in the policies and actions? Which formalisms are the most suitable? However, for policy makers and other public stakeholders, their relation with modeling and models, how they can participate in their construct, use and evaluation, is a non-issue. Between Science, Policy and Society, we must reassess and share some new modeling pathways for the urgently required transitions.
This workshop has a specific feature: it will include scientists and public stakeholders together to foster exchanges around modeling and models for hydro-social transitions. It is not a classical colloquium. 3 types of contents are proposed:
- Training seminars (framing, state of the art, directions)
- Joint workshops for needs elicitation and options proposals
- Dialogue on case studies with modeling scenarii
Young researchers are invited to contribute. Some invitations are available. This workshop will be held in English and French, with part-time translation.
Questions :
- Typology of case studies, needs and processes ?
- Typology of modeling processes, models and uses?
- How can we reconsider the design and use of modeling processes in public policy support to foster rapid transitions in hydro-social systems ?
- approach by scientists ?
- needs’ & constraints’ elicitation by public stakeholders and policy makers ?
- Forms of participation for the various stakeholders?
- Status of modeling as a constructive process vs. models as boundary objects in such domain?
- How can interdisciplinarity contribute to this improvement ?
- How can we evaluate the processes and their impact ?
- What is really useful and what is not impactful ?
- Which research agenda ?
- Which adaptation in the public sector?
keywords : modeling, public policy support, hydro-social systems, adaptation, transition, participatory processes, evaluation, training
Scientific committee : Nils Ferrand (INRAE), Mathilde Boissier (INRIA), Olivier Barreteau (UNESCO & INRAE)
You can find more information HERE