The four phases of the project
Phase 1, Initiation (first year)
Identify and anticipate the challenges and needs arising with the automation shift through meetings with the partners and researchers; Identify and adjust research questions and methods; Prepare the ground for our collaborative efforts; Literature surveys and refinement of theoretical tools; Opening workshop in Bergen with partners and members of the advisory board; Begin observations of simulation trainings and plan first publications.
Phase 2, Fieldwork and simulations (second year)
Build new knowledge around the challenges and needs identified in the WPs for instance around the human-machine interaction, the unpredictability of machines, around fear factors, risk assessment, and between machines-nature interactions. As a method to build this new knowledge base, the anthropologists will be on site observing simulation trainings and conducting interviews, following the process of a selected automation project; Organize follow-up meetings with the partners from the industry in order to share updates on recent findings, questions and challenges.
Phase 3, Fieldwork and simulation feedback (third year)
Consolidate the knowledge base and disseminate knowledge by organizing further events for simulation trainings, followed up by interviews with participants in the simulations as well as meetings with project partners. This phase will take the form of experimental and innovative methods by the use of simulation. This will provide opportunities both for disseminating findings and making further observations, hence creating important feedback mechanisms for researchers and partners. Simulations will thus be central to the project’s collaboration with the industrial partners; Produce various reports of relevance to the industries and public institutions.
Phase 4, Completion (fourth year)
Further dissemination of findings, both in the form of reports and academic publications; Identify points of further improvement, development, and possibilities within the industries; Organize an official closing symposium with the partners and the Advisory Board members.