BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Memento EPFL// BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Honorary Lecture - Prof. Janet Gordon Hering DTSTART:20230425T180000 DTEND:20230425T190000 DTSTAMP:20260510T045205Z UID:e1cbcfea392116d114ddcd1a32a9ea6912c7579a3df073f92e10c169 CATEGORIES:Inaugural lectures - Honorary Lecture DESCRIPTION:Prof. Janet Gordon Hering\nDate: 25 April 2023\nTime: 18:00 - 19:00\nIntroduction by President Martin Vetterli\, Dean Claudia R. Binder\ , Institute Director D. Andrew Barry\, Professor Rizlan Bernier-Latmani\ , lecture by Prof. Janet Gordon Hering. Followed by an Apero.\nPlace: Role x Learning Center\nZoom link\n\nTitle:\n“Actionable Research for the Sus tainable Development Goals”\n\nAbstract\nThere are increasing calls for ‘mission oriented’ research that would serve the needs of society more effectively.  At the same time\, it has long been recognized that the ‘moon shot’ model fails miserably in addressing complex problems that lack clarity in both their aims and solutions.  An alternative approach i s provided by actionable research\, which is intended to be useful in info rming environmental policy and practice.  Fulfilling this intention requi res research design that incorporates several aspects.  (1) Desired proje ct outcomes should be explicitly included in project design and planning.  Target outputs that would foster such desired outcomes should be identif ied and incorporated as goals for the project. (2) Integration and synthes is should be explicitly identified as necessary activities throughout the project and as a goal for the project. (3) Milestones that can be linked t o eventual uptake of project results should be identified and tracked duri ng the project and also after its completion.  Designing effective action able research requires serious attention to the needs and interests of pot ential implementation partners (and ideally direct involvement of their re presentatives) at formative stages of project development.  Time and reso urces must also be budgeted for knowledge exchange\, which may benefit fro m involvement of (non-academic) knowledge brokers.  Equitable acknowledge ment of contributions made by project participants with varying background and expertise can help to foster the partnerships needed for effective ac tionable research.  Contact with non-academic project partners and stakeh olders can also support early career researchers in identifying alternativ e career tracks.  Finally\, diversity in project teams should be fostered as a source of innovation.\n\n\nAbout the speaker\nAt the end of 2022\, P rof. Janet Hering retired as Director of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aq uatic Science & Technology (Eawag) and Professor at the Swiss Federal Inst itute of Technology in Zürich (ETHZ) and Lausanne (EPFL).  Prior to movi ng to Switzerland in 2007\, Prof. Hering was a faculty member at Caltech a nd UCLA.  She is a former Associate Editor of Environmental Science & Tec hnology and former member of the Board of Reviewing Editors for Science.  She is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering\, th e Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (foreign member)\, and Academia Euro paea. \nOver her career\, Prof. Hering’s research interests have includ ed the biogeochemical cycling of trace elements in natural waters\, treatm ent technologies for the removal of inorganic contaminants from drinking w ater\, and knowledge exchange at the interface of science with policy and practice.  She has also been very engaged in promoting diversity in acade mia\, particularly in supporting women in academic leadership.  She recei ved a Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award from the IUPAC in 2015.  Prof. Hering was the founding Vice Chair of the ETH W omen Professors Forum\, serving as Vice Chair from 2012 – 2016 and Chair from 2016 – 2020.\n\n\n  LOCATION:RLC E1 240 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20E1%20240 https://epf l.zoom.us/j/65168615191 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR