10th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities in Ionising Radiation Research
The 10th anniversary of RICOMET, is scheduled to take place in Slovenia, similar to the inaugural RICOMET held in 2015.
This year’s RICOMET will primarily focus on celebrating achievements and seeking evidence regarding the level of contribution of social sciences and humanities in ionising radiation research, addressing the urgent and future needs for research in these critical domains.
On 10th June, distinguished researchers and practitioners in the field of SSH and SHARE members will first deliver speeches covering topics such as social sciences and humanities research related to security and safety issues in ionising radiation research, nuclear emergency preparedness, response and recovery, medical applications and new nuclear technologies.
On 11th June, the focus will shift to stakeholder engagement in research related to radiation protection, environmental remediation and decommissioning, and citizen science in the field of ionising radiation. Following these speeches, we will facilitate a round table discussion with SHARE members, addressing the urgent and future needs for research in these critical domains giving the opportunity to present new competences concentrating in the SHARE platform. The first day will be closed with a social dinner and the second day with a social event.
In addition to the intellectual exchange, the objective is to foster networking opportunities among our members, with the aim of forming consortia for potential project submissions or job opportunities. The RICOMET conference will be followed by the RadoNorm annual meeting (12-13 of June) where our SHARE members will showcase the SSH research contribution in the field of radon and NORM.
Registration
There will be no registration fees for this year’s conference, however, registration is obligatory, reflecting our commitment to promoting collaborative research in this vital area.
You can claim your costs for participating at RICOMET from your SSH European research projects or apply for PIANOFORTE grants in case you are an early career researcher.
Venue
Best Western Premier Hotel Slon
Slovenska cesta 34
100 Ljublijana
Slovenia
Scientific committee members
Partners
Programme
12:00 – 13:00
RECEPTION
13:00 – 13:10
10 years of RICOMET
Tanja Perko (SHARE Vicepresident)
13:10 – 13:20
Kjell Andersson award
Susan Molyneux-Hodgson (SHARE President)
13:20 – 15:30
10 years of RICOMET
13:20 – 13:40
SSH achievements – Security
Iztok Prezejl, Dean of Faculty Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
13:40 – 14:00
SSH achievements – emergency, preparedness and response
Thierry Schneider, CEPN
14:00 – 14:20
SSH achievements – medical applications
Jim Malone, Trinity College Dublin
14:20 – 14:40
SSH achievements – new nuclear technologies
Markku Lehtonen, UPF
14:40 – 15:30
Panel discussion – Future of SSH in security, emergency management, medical applications and new nuclear technologies
Lina Vieira, EsTesL
Nicole Huijts, University of Twente
Martin Durdovic, IS CAS
15:30 – 16:00
Break
16:00 – 17:40
Moderated panel discussion “Public participation in decisions related to Small Modular Nuclear Reactors” in the framework of ECOSENS project.
Daniela Diaconu, RATEN, ECOSENS Project co-ordinator
Moderators: Gaston Meskens & Robbe Geysmans, SCK CEN
Rapporteur: Willem Brabants, University Liège & SCK CEN
18:00
SHARE dinner (complimentary for SHARE members)
9:00 – 9:45
Integration of SSH in research projects – experiences from practice
Catrinel Turcanu, SCK CEN Yevgeniya Tomkiv, NMBU
9:45 – 10:30
PIANOFORTE & RadoNorm – updated SRA, priorities and roadmap
SHARE
10:30 – 11:00
Break
Chair of the SSH sessions in ongoing projects, Dr. Louise Elstow, Lancaster University, Centre for Science Studies
11:00 – 11:20
SSH in ongoing projects – CITISTRA Citizen measurements as complementary radiation monitoring strategy in threats due to armed conflict or natural disasters
Ivana Fojtíková, SURO
11:20 – 11:40
SSH in ongoing projects: RRADEW Resilience to RADiological Events in Wartime
Elsa Gisquet, IRSN
11:40 – 12:00
SSH in ongoing projects: SONORA Towards safe, optimized, and personalized radiology and radiotherapy procedures for pregnant patients
Gaston Meskens, SCK CEN and Lina Vieira, ESTeSL
12:00 – 12:20
SSH in ongoing projects – PREDICT ImPRovements in atmospheric dispErsion moDellIng and proteCTive action strategies in case of nuclear detonations
Christiane Pölzl-Viol, BfS and Yevgeniya Tomkiv, NMBU
12:20 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:30
10 years of RICOMET
13:30 – 13:50
SSH achievements in environmental remediation & decommissioning
Horst Monken-Fernandes, IAEA
13:50 – 14:10
SSH achievements in stakeholder engagement in radiation protection research
Catrinel Turcanu, SCK CEN
14:10 – 14:30
SSH achievements in citizen science
Azby Brown, SAFECAST
14:30 – 15:30
Panel discussion – future of SSH in circular economy, stakeholder engagement, cocreation of communication, citizen science
Christiane Pölz-Viol, BfS
Nazanin Love, Hasselt University
Sofie Apers, Antwerp University
Mabel Hoedoafia Akosua, SCK CEN
15:30 – 16:00
Break
16:00 – 17:30
RadoNorm Citizen Science Incubator: meet the coordinators of 7 citizen science projects related to radon
Meritxell Martell, Merience
Tanja Perko, SCK CEN
18:00
Reception: closure of 10th RICOMET