This workshop will draw on research and practice to create a platform for exploring and advancing our understanding of the intersection between science and policy making. With "identity & culture" as the heart of discourse, the program aims to uncover both challenges and potential opportunities to enhance policy impact in diverse societal contexts. With a broad spectrum of experts from the Organization for Identity and Cultural Development (OICD) and the University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR), the workshop will generate insight into the role of identity factors in impactful policy formation.

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Programme

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Welcome Address

Introduction and workshop objectives

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Case Study 1: Richard Chenhall, Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne

Incorporating an understanding of minority groups, culture and lifestyle factors into public health policy

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Case Study 2: Sandra Obradović, Department of Psychology, Open University

Incorporating identity factors into voting, democracy and governance policy

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Coffee Break

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Case Study 3: Chip Pitts, Stanford Law Centre

Incorporating identity factors into human rights, advocacy and privacy law and policy

11:45 AM - 12:15 AM

Case Study 4: Tassos Stassopoulos Managing Partner

Chief Investment Officer, Trinetra Investment Management

Incorporating changing identities and values factors into economic development / public/private corporate/public investment policy

12:15 PM – 13:45 PM

Lunch

14:00 PM – 14:30 PM

Case Study 5: Stephen Lyon, Professor of Anthropology and Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences Aga Khan University

Incorporating ethnocultural diversity into national cohesion and conflict resolution policy

14:30 PM - 15:00 PM

Case Study 6: Bruce White, Founding Director, Organization for Identity and Cultural Development (OICD)

Incorporating identity factors into Education and Arts Education Policy and Programming for social Transformation

15:00 PM - 15:30 PM

Case Study 7: Joana Ricarte, Researcher at UCILeR

Incorporating an understanding of historical narratives on identities and culture into conflict transformation and reconciliation policy

15:30 PM - 16:00 PM

From science to policy: André Dias Pereira, Researcher at UCILeR and Professor of Law, Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra

The role of law in bridging the divide between science and policy

16:00 PM - 16:30 PM

Coffee Break

16:30 PM - 17:00 PM

From science to practice: Fernando Vannier Borges, Researcher at UCILeR

Competence and skills to translate research into applied knowledge

17:00 PM – 17:30 PM

Summary Session

Creating an output document which catalogues the "Challenges and Opportunities" across the different case studies covered during the day