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Andy Stirling @SPRU introduces a session for all ‘clusters’ at #PoliticsOfUncertainty to share key themes & insights

@SPRU @IDS_UK @ESRC @SussexDev Some key points from a group on finance, insurance, governance... Models are often used to create actions & decisions in the present - perhaps more important than whether they give us accurate picture of what will happen in the future #PoliticsOfUncertainty

@SPRU @IDS_UK @ESRC @SussexDev "Almost all major catastrophes now involve an element of human responsibility and the potential for changing the outcome." Assigning blame can be both necessary and very fraught & difficult. #PoliticsOfUncertainty

@SPRU @IDS_UK @ESRC @SussexDev "When is infrastructure?" #PoliticsOfUncertainty

@SPRU @IDS_UK @ESRC @SussexDev Two themes from a group on tech, infrastructure + cities: 1) Be *aware* of error, be aware when you have space to experiment & how much space #PoliticsOfUncertainty

@SPRU @IDS_UK @ESRC @SussexDev 2) How do we feel at home with the inevitability of uncertainties, and bring others along with us? #PoliticsOfUncertainty

@SPRU @IDS_UK @ESRC @SussexDev Irene Guijt: Let's be aware of what we're leaving out - "When in doubt, make the puzzle bigger." The 'known neglecteds' are important - things that are known about, but ignored or sidelined #PoliticsOfUncertainty

@SPRU @IDS_UK @ESRC @SussexDev "The new freedom to feel at home in uncertainty until you have a new collective where you can get your certainty." Uncertainty can challenge things that seem impossible, but make us feel exhausted & discouraged too #PoliticsOfUncertainty

@SPRU @IDS_UK @ESRC @SussexDev Brian Wynne: "Diversity is an essential part of the recognition of non-knowledge, non-control and ignorance" #PoliticsOfUncertainty

@SPRU @IDS_UK @ESRC @SussexDev "Models are always partial - that creates a space to bring in other forms of knowledge" #PoliticsOfUncertainty

@SPRU @IDS_UK @ESRC @SussexDev Uncertainties can create an opportunity to open up the black box of knowing, or what can be known, and create a creative space... but how can these be used in good ways, and by whom? #PoliticsOfUncertainty

@SPRU @IDS_UK @ESRC @SussexDev There are many different ways of experiencing & perceiving uncertainty, but these also change: once 'Disease X' becomes an event, it transforms from a potential uncertainty into an actual one, and afterwards into a different kind of long-term uncertainty #PoliticsOfUncertainty

@SPRU @IDS_UK @ESRC @SussexDev Art & creativity can be a powerful way to help science play a part in generating hope in the face of uncertainty (see e.g. @Futures_HIVE) #PoliticsOfUncertainty