{"id":1181,"date":"2025-10-02T04:03:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/knowledge-democracy-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:03:33","slug":"knowledge-democracy-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/knowledge-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left blog content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"banner-fade\" class=\"block\">\n<ul class=\"bjqs noside\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Knowledge Democracy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/knowledge-democracy\/20574-9-eng-gb\/knowledge-democracy_carousel.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"text intro_highlight\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKnowledge Democracy<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">This week The Broker is blogging from the&nbsp;Towards Knowledge Democracy&nbsp;conference in Leiden, The Netherlands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pubDate\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<p class=\"right\"> | August 13, 2025<\/p>\n\n-->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#blog-description\" class=\"popup readmore\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\" title=\"Knowledge Democracy\"><strong>&#x25b6;<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"blog-description\" class=\"hide\">\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">This week The Broker is blogging from the Towards Knowledge Democracy conference in Leiden, The Netherlands. Conference Blogger Georgina Aboud will report back from the event which invites participants to share visions and experiences on how to deal with the challenges and possibilities that occur on the interface between science, politics, society and the media. We invite you to follow the conference as it progresses and comment on the blog.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Knowledge Democracy\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n\t\t<!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/mandrill\/subscription\/add\/75009\/4024\">Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t -->\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"subitem content column wide left blog\">\n<div class=\"children blue\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article fader\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Hanns-J. Neubert: When Knowledge Fails\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Hanns-J. Neubert: When Knowledge Fails<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Hanns-J. Neubert<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02 September 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\t1 September 2009, Hamburg, GermanyGoing back home by car from the \u2018Towards Knowledge Democracy\u2019 conference in Leiden, the many hours of long, slow going in a traffic jam up to the border with Germany gave me the opportunity to think about two simp&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Georgina Aboud: The unravelling\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Georgina Aboud: The unravelling<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/aboud-georgina\/\">Georgina Aboud<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t30 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tWe live with uncomfortable truths and we live in uncertain times, \u2018towards knowledge democracy\u2019 asked us to examine different knowledge processes, pathways of governance and visions for the future. It wanted us to consider how many different acto&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Georgina Aboud: Power always drives out puzzling \u2013 part two\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Georgina Aboud: Power always drives out puzzling \u2013 part two<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/aboud-georgina\/\">Georgina Aboud<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t27 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tWe know the world is built on uncomfortable truths, and the seminar \u2018Inconvenient knowledge and Policy-making\u2019 shone a torchlight on a truth which we all know but wish was different. From within the discussions about approaches, disciplines and in&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Georgina Aboud: Just do it\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Georgina Aboud: Just do it<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/aboud-georgina\/\">Georgina Aboud<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t27 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\t&quot;Diplomacy is about surviving to the next century. Politics is about surviving until Friday afternoon.&quot; Whilst this is a quote from a 1980s British sitcom called Yes Minister, it might have been taken from the session I attended on the f&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Ir. Geesje Kuit: Synergies and tensions\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Ir. Geesje Kuit: Synergies and tensions<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Geesje Kuit<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe wrap-up chair from day one of the Conference, Mr Roel in \u2018t Veld, gave the impression that the first day really was a serious one. The transition from a knowledge ECONOMY towards a knowledge DEMOCRACY means that the society should change the t&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/21412-1-eng-gb\/pepijn-jansen-reflexive-science-no-unity-without-discord_column.jpg\" alt=\"Pepijn Jansen: Reflexive science: no unity without discord\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Pepijn Jansen: Reflexive science: no unity without discord<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Pepijn Jansen<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tNow two-thirds through the conference, I can partly say that I have been right in my previous blog: old wine in new bags. A lot of new phrases to say things we already knew. Or at least, some of us might have known. As an anthropologist, I am trai&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Video: Chris Peterson\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Video: Chris Peterson<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tChris Peterson discusses transdisciplinary research with conference blogger Georgina Aboud. Filmed on a mobile phone&#8230;.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Conference cartoons\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Conference cartoons<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe latest conference cartoons from Wietske Jonker-ter Veld&nbsp;&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/knowledge-democracy\/ir.-geesje-kuit-creating-the-landscape\/21495-1-eng-gb\/ir.-geesje-kuit-creating-the-landscape_column.jpg\" alt=\"Ir. Geesje Kuit: Creating the landscape\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Ir. Geesje Kuit: Creating the landscape<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Geesje Kuit<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIt was an interesting morning. What happens between science and practice? The state of the art of \u2018Transdisciplinary Research\u2019 was illustrated using regional cases that deal with landscape and transformation. It was remarked that, with the acting&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Ir. Geesje Kuit: Transdisciplinary research and social learning\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Ir. Geesje Kuit: Transdisciplinary research and social learning<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Geesje Kuit<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThis session made clear the need and significance of \u2018social learning\u2019 in different contexts: for public matters, for sustainable development, and for corporate development looking for sustainability. 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