Title: Why PRISM, Why Now: Introducing the PRISM Network (Participatory Research in Interventions, Behavioural Science, and Policy Modelling)

Chairs: Gilberto Montibeller and Irene Pluchinotta

Panellists: Martin Kunc, Frances O'Brien, Ine Steenmans, Chris Smith, and Katie Gronow 

OR is increasingly called upon to engage with complex challenges in organisations and public policy that cut across sectors, disciplines and established methodologies, underscoring the growing importance of methodological rigour.

This session launches the PRISM Network (Participatory Research in Interventions, Behavioural Science, and Policy Modelling) in response to this need, and to support exchange between OR academics and practitioners working across these areas. PRISM brings together ORS members and the existing SIGs to create a shared space for connections and dialogue.

Whether your focus lies in facilitated modelling, research in interventions, stakeholder participation, policy analysis and design, behavioural science, systems thinking or structuring complex problems, you will find a collaborative and supportive community within this Network.

The panel will introduce and discuss the motivations and core concepts underlying the PRISM Network, situating the Network within the wider ORS landscape.

The session will close with an interactive workshop. Starting from the premise that many of the most interesting challenges and collaborations rarely align with thematic or sectoral SIG boundaries, participants will be invited to share their questions, ideas and ambitions, and to explore collectively what PRISM could enable.

No need to register, attendance is included as part of your annual conference ticket. Confirmed timings to follow shortly.