Michel DUBOIS, Deliberative roundtables. Findings. From priorities to policy recommendations, POIESIS, Scientific Report, Deliverable 3.3, 2025

This report presents the main results of the research work carried out by the POIESIS project partners as part of workpackage 3. POIESIS develops an extensive research programme to systematically examine the interrelatedness of integrity, integration, and trust, exploring also the role of institutions in fostering a research climate that is conducive to societal trust in science. The global aim of WP3 is to define, at the European level, to what extent and how can institutions provide policies and procedures that enable researchers to act in ways that are conducive to public trust in science.

For this deliverable, the POIESIS consortium opted for a survey methodology that was both qualitative and participatory: qualitative, with 7 roundtables involving more 84 participants; participatory, with a set of institutional stakeholders, involved in the previous phase of the project, working with us as co-organizers. The roundtables were designed to bring together institutional stakeholders in order 1) to assess the relevance and feasibility of the priorities identified in the focus group study (see D.3.2: Focus Groups – Findings. Exploring Institutional Roles in Fostering Public Trust in Science), 2) to explore the potential for translating these overarching priorities into concrete policy recommendations, while anticipating and addressing potential challenges to their implementation; and 3) to discuss the organizational tensions or forms of ambivalence inherent to scientific organizations.