Intergrated Human Practice
We understand the importance of the hp work framework, a good framework does not limit us to the box, but gives us guidance, so that the overall work is clearly presented, and the framework can be adjusted to meet the needs of the project. Taking inspiration from the 2020 unsw Australia project, and incorporating a questionnaire and engagement with urban/rural stakeholders based on the characteristics of our own project, we designed a new third part: Shaping the Project. Finally, our framework consists of four main parts: understand the problem & enphasise, define a good solution, project shaping, closing the loop, specific details are presented in figure 1.
We believe that only by understanding the problem with empathy can we solve the problem well. Therefore, in the part of background investigation, we first made a preliminary understanding of the problem through literature research. Then, in order to obtain first-hand information, we conducted a questionnaire survey and revised the questionnaire according to the feedback of the first group of questionnaire fillers to ensure that it was effective and scientific. Not satisfied with the results of the questionnaire, we then conducted in-depth interviews with several residents from rural and urban areas. During the interviews, we kept the atmosphere relaxed and conducted dialogues in a humane way but by interrogating or chasing them, so as to explore their innermost thoughts. We found some points neglected in the previous work. Based on this, we identified the values we should follow and decided on synthetic biology as the solution.
We then engaged in extensive stakeholder outreach, in which we used the PDCA cycle developed by ShanghaiTech_China in 2021 to demonstrate the iterative process of the project, which we divided into four phases: The initial stage of the project, the project refinement, the experimental stage, keep in touch, in each stage we will go through several PDCA cycles, until the problem is basically solved we will move to the next stage. The PDCA cycle consists of four steps: plan, do, check, and act. In the plan stage, we investigate and analyze the current situation, determine the problem to be solved at this stage, and who should we turn to to solve this problem; In the do stage, we try to solve the problem according to the solution formulated in the plan stage. In the check phase, we verify the results of the do phase and identify solved and unresolved issues; In the act stage, we further deal with the unsolved problems obtained in the check stage, which may also need to be planned and implemented, so the act stage may also be the plan stage and the do stage of the next cycle, thus we realize the closed loop of PDCA. The PDCA cycle diagram is shown in the figure 2.
At this point, we have reached the closed-loop part of the project. super eco is not an impersonal project designed by academic workers in the laboratory. It integrates feedback from people from all walks of life and is the result of extensive communication. See the intergrated human practice section for more detailed information.
Education
In the education part, we follow the two biggest principles: 1. Be fully aware of who to educate; 2. Education should be conducted in a variety of ways. It is not only necessary to educate those who are already willing to accept science and get close to science, but also to reach out to the general audience with low education level, narrow the gap between ordinary people and scientists, and let science enter life. We plan to combine online and offline to fully educate a wide range of people about science related to synthetic biology and food safety in diverse and interesting ways. More information about education can be found on the Education page.
Entrepreneurship
At the beginning of the project, we decided to go deep into the entrepreneurial work, which built a solid bridge between science and life, so that the product can really land, into every household, so that our slogan is no longer a fantasy and may become a reality. Our entrepreneurial research culminates in a sound business plan that drives our products to the global market. The work of entrepreneurship is divided into three parts: In the part of market research, products, companies, we obtained the advantages of the product from the analysis of the background, customers and competitors, and recognized the prospect of the market. In the part of product, we introduced the product from multiple perspectives and analyzed the value chain of super eco. In the part of company, we conducted SWOT analysis of the company. A series of alternative countermeasures for the future development of the company are drawn. Finally, our business model diagram is drawn to show the business model of the company's operation. The business plan is still under development. More information about entrepreneurship can be found on the Entrepreneurship page.
Implementation
Implementation refers to the process of the implementation of a project. In this part, we proposed the process and possible problems to be experienced in the implementation of the project, and also considered the optimization direction and prospect of the future project. proposed implementation We considered the legal protection issues and potential ethical and moral issues of the project, outlined our market strategy during the commercialization process of the project, introduced market access and the challenges we encountered after entering the market, and the production of drugs should be considered during the implementation process. Finally, we assessed the impact of the project on the safety factors that may be brought to society.
You can find more about this on the implementation page.
Principle of Investigation
Informed consent
In terms of informed consent, we produce informed consent before all interviews and questionnaires are collected, all interviews will be released after consent is obtained, and we will do our best to ensure the privacy of respondents.
Responsible interviewing
In every interview, we follow this process: (1) When communicating with others, define the project and its situation clearly first, because if the project is obscure and not so clear, you will not get positive or useful feedback from people; (2) When communicating with others, ask more why, so as to obtain more useful information to improve the project, and we need to raise real and effective questions , rather than imaginary questions; (3) Record all feedback and reflection during communication.
In the interview process, we maintain a sincere and friendly attitude, while maintaining effective investigation, but also let the interviewees feel respected, so that the investigation process more human and lively.
Ethics and morality
We have studied in depth the ethical principles of the Helsinki WMA Declaration for medical research involving human subjects , and we have done our best to avoid all ethical issues related to access and data collection and to ensure the right to information and privacy of all respondents.
We will also submit an application to the institutional ethics Committee of our university as soon as possible to ensure that our program is accountable to the world.