Project Meetings

19 June 2017

WP2 Writing Group Meeting in Brussels

On 19 June 2017, the WP2 Writing Group meets in Brussels to develop detailed plans for the development of peer reviewed publications drawing on HoNESt findings.

30-31 March 2017

Project Meeting to discuss Social Science Research and Stakeholder Engagement

University of York

HoNESt researchers met at Wentworth College / Department of Environmental Studies at the University of York to discuss and plan the next phase of the social science research and concrete measures for effective stakeholder engagement.

The HoNESt Consortium meets at Universitad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, for a two-day meeting (6/7 October 2016). Researchers will present and discuss the first round of findings from the empirical, historical research phase compiled in the country reports. These findings will be refined in the autumn.

The meeting has two purposes:

1) First, to put together and draw first comparative conclusions from the various histories. What are the commonalities and differences between national stories? What are the transnational connections? How can we take these findings further, towards more specific and in-depth research and publications.

2) Second, to further the interdisciplinary discussion: What are the additional information needs of the social science team? Which first observations and findings will be amenable for a first round of stakeholder engagement?

19/20 January 2016, Berlin

Workpackage 2 (Historical Research) met for a two-day workshop in Berlin to discuss the challenge of collecting the historical evidence, writing comparable country reports, which will form the basis for the social science research in WP 4 and 5.

Additionally, methodological and ethical issues of oral history research were discussed, as well as the outline of a publication strategy. Furthermore, WP2 members formed working groups to deepen research cooperation on five themes:
1) “NGOs and Social Movements and Nuclear Power”
2) “Alternative Reactor Types”
3) Democracy, Dictatorship and Nuclear Power
4) Economics, business and Nuclear Power
5) The Fuel Cycle

30^th November 9:00am -12:00pm (CET)
HoNESt WP2 (Historical Research) webinar in the HoNESt virtual room:
Workpackage 2 held a webinar to provide crucial information and instructions for the research in the history workpackage to all partners involved.

Agenda and speakers:
1- Theoretical framework and the questions (E. Van der Vleuten and Karl-Erik Michelsen)
2- Short country report structure (Mar Rubio)
3- HoNESt Database (Karl-Erik Michelsen)
4- Next steps (Mar Rubio & Albert Presas)
5- Question time (all partners through the chat system)

23 October 2015, 9:30 – 17:30 CET, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

WP3 (Interdisciplinary Bridging) meeting, final decision on HoNESt Guidance Framework (GF)
The participants of Workpackage 3 met in Barcelona to discuss and take a final decision on the HoNESt Guidance Framework (GF). The GF will be used for the collection of facts and figures and the elaboration of the short country reports. It serves both as a set of research questions but also as the structure that the database and the short country reports will have.

HoNEST Kick-Off Meeting

The HoNEST project kick-off meeting took place in the venue of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Brussels, Belgium, on 16 of September 2015.
This was the first time that the entire consortium - 24 organizations from fifteen different countries - gathered in one place, being the opportunity for all partners to get to know each other better and present their ideas and work plans.
Work Package leaders presented the activities to be implemented, receiving inputs and feedback from the other partners. The HoNEST approach strategies, both scientific and social, were discussed and agreed upon.
The HoNEST kick-off meeting allowed for the exchange of knowledge and experiences, share of the individual expectations towards the project, and to strengthen cooperation and build a strong team spirit.

The launch of the project HoNESt (History of Nuclear Energy and Society) was on the 1^st September 2015.