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== Information about Opasnet ==
'''Opasnet''' is a wiki-based website and workspace for helping societal decision making. Opasnet is maintained and developed by [[User:Jouni|Jouni Tuomisto]], Finland. The website collects, synthesises, and distributes people's values and scientific information. Opasnet welcomes anyone who wants to promote science-based decision-making in any field. The speciality is that the information is structured for both scientific scrutiny and for policy use at the same time. In practice, you can do original research, store data, make models, and perform policy assessments and discuss all of that work in one workspace.


'''Opasnet''' is a wiki-based website for helping decisions about human health, and environmental factors affecting it. The website collects, synthesises, and distributes people's values and scientific information. We believe that all wise decision-making is based on expressing our values about what the really important things are, and understanding how the decision actually affects those things. This is why we need both values and science.
Opasnet has a wide variety of topics based on collaborative work. Therefore, many pages are just stubs about what hopefully will eventually become solid scientific information. Therefore, we collaboratively curate many pages by improving the content and evaluating the quality. If you see a purple box on top of a page, it means that an expert of the field has checked the content.


Opasnet welcomes anyone who wants to promote science-based decision-making in any field. We are actively working on climate change, and participants are welcome. Originally, the developers of this workspace came from the environmental health, i.e. a research field that studies the impacts of environment on human health. Therefore, you can find assessments about e.g. health impacts of air pollution or persistent pollutants in fish.
Originally, the developers of Opasnet came from the field of environmental health, i.e. a research field that studies the impacts of environment on human health. We are actively working, among other things, on climate change and air pollution, but you can also start a new assessment about a decision of your own interest, or participate in an existing assessment.


'''Anyone can solve common problems.''' [[Opasnet]] is the web workspace for solving them by you, and by us together.
<center>'''Anyone can solve common problems.'''
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* '''[[Frequently asked questions about Opasnet]]
* ''' Basic information about the workspace: [[Opasnet]] | [[Open assessment]] | [[Open Assessors' Network]]'''
* ''' Ongoing projects: [[Assessment on impacts of emission trading on city-level (ET-CL)|Climate change, cities, and emission trade (ET-CL)]] | [[SETURI: National estimates of DALY of environmental risks|Burden of disease in Finland (Seturi)]]
* ''' Previous workshops (including lectures): [[Open assessment workshop 2009]] | [[Kuopio Risk Assessment Workshop 2008]]
* '''Presentations: [[:Image:Open assessment in metal risks.ppt|Open assessment and metal risks]] |
** Presentations in Finnish: [[:media:Climate change and health finnish.ppt|Climate change and health - Ilmastonmuutos ja terveys]] | [[:Image:ORA_workshop_lecture1_fi.ppt|Open assessment - Avoin arviointi]] | [[:Image:Frameworks_for_risk_assessment.ppt‎|Frameworks for risk assessment - Riskinarvioinnin viitekehyksiä]]
* '''[[Help:Protecting pages|Information about page protection]]'''
* '''[[Using Opasnet in an assessment project]]


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==What is improved by Opasnet and open assessment?==


What improvements do [[Opasnet]] and [[open assessment]] bring to traditional methods of making science or policy analysis? For further details, see [[Opasnet]].


; It is easier to combine information from different disciplines.: In [[Opasnet]], information is organised in a clever, standardised way.
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; The potential group of participants is larger - everyone.: There are no gatekeepers. Anyone is allowed to contribute.
 
; A cacophony is prevented by dealing with specific questions.: The specificity makes it easy to identify and remove irrelevant contributions.
* [[Welcome to Opasnet]]
; There are explicit rules for dealing with disputes.: Discussion rules are fairly straightforward, making it possible to agree on what is known or agreed upon and what is not.
* [[Opasnet]]
; Information is collected quicker.: You don't need to get elected or graduate before you can contribute to a policy analysis or a scientific issue.
* [[Open assessment]]
; The monopolies of scientists and politicians are broken down.: We are all responsible for improving the world. We must not wait for the professionals to do it. [[Opasnet]] is a workspace to do the job.
* [[Knowledge crystal]]
; All good, existing practices can still be used.: [[Open assessment]] does not force to abandon any good practices. It offers an alternative to some.
* [[What is improved by Opasnet and open assessment?]]
; The role of the [[scientific method]] is emphasised.: The scientific method (i.e., asking question, proposing answers, and critically evaluating them) is a major reason why science has been so successful. [[Opasnet]] offers a workspace to apply this in both science and policy in an enhanced mode.
* [[Contributing to Opasnet]]
; The work focuses better on main issues.: The "enhanced mode" means that many tasks and work phases are simply left out because they are not needed in [[Opasnet]].
* [[Frequently asked questions about Opasnet]]
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* [[Opasnet Base|Databases]] and [[Opasnet modelling environment|modelling]] in Opasnet
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We can only help decision making if a large group of people participate in the work. Find your own ways to contribute and act!
 
 
 
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* [[Helsinki energy decision 2015|How should energy be produced in Helsinki in the future?]]
* [[Assessment of the health impacts of H1N1 vaccination|Swine flu vaccination in Finland was better than not vaccinating anyone even when narcolepsy is included in the assessment]]
* [[Benefit-risk assessment on farmed salmon|Fish is healthy despite persistent pollutants in it]]
* [[Health impact of radon in Europe|Radon in indoor air is a major health problem]]. If living in certain areas, you should consider actions.
 
<small>[[List of page summaries|See more recommendations]]</small>
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== How can you participate? ==
* '''By topic:
** [[Portal:Climate change]]
** [[Portal:Persistent pollutants]]
** [[Portal:Air pollution]]
** [[Portal:Urgenche]], a project on impacts of city-level climate policies
* '''By user:
** [[Portal:Open Assessors' Network]]
* '''By information type:
** [[Portal:Modelling with Opasnet]] (tools and instructions for impact modelling)
** [[Portal:Open assessments]]
** [[Portal:Variables]] (science-based answers to any questions)
** [[Portal:Data]] (data about several topics for modelling)


We can only help policy-making if a large group of people participate in the work. Find your own ways to contribute and act!
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* [[End user evaluation|Participate in our '''end user evaluation''']]
* Get acquainted: read [[Welcome to Opasnet]]
* Browse through the website and read about [[:category:Assessments|active assessments]].
* Tell about Opasnet to anyone who might use its information and guidance.
* Tell about Opasnet to anyone who might contribute to it.
* [[Information collection tasks for Opasnet|Collect specific information]] (you may even be paid!)
* Participate in [[poll]]s (you don't need to be logged in).
* Get a user account for editing: [[Special:Userlogin|Login and register]] (Please use your full name)
* [[Discussion|Give comments]] about '''any''' page and '''any''' content. Be bold! (You need to be logged in)
* Provide original or modelled data into the [[Opasnet base]].
* Create and edit [[variable]]s or whole [[assessment]]s or [[study|studies]].
* Make a [[peer review]] of a page.
* Become a [[moderator]] of a page.
* Read about [[Help:Opasnet policies|Opasnet technical policies]]


* [[A Tutorial on R]]
* [[IEHIAS]]
* [[Decision analysis and risk management 2017|''Decision analysis and risk management'' course]]
* [http://www.mindtrek.org/2010/wsa Opasnet wins WSA Finland award in ''e-Government &amp; Institutions'' category]
* [[EBoDE|Burden of disease by environmental stressors in Europe (EBoDE)]]
* [[SETURI: National estimates of DALY of environmental risks|Burden of disease in Finland (Seturi)]]


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== Active assessments ==
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<small>[[:Category:Assessments|Show all]]</small><br>
* [[:op_fi:Suomen hallitusohjelma 2011|Assessment on the government program 2011 in Finland]] (in Finnish)
* [[:op_fi:Verovähennyskortti|Assessment on progressive value added tax]] (in Finnish)
* [[:op_fi:Tutkimuslaitoksen tietopolitiikka|Information policy of a research institute]] (in Finnish)
* [[:op_fi:Hyöty-riskiarviointi ydinvoimasta Suomessa|Nuclear energy in Finland]] (in Finnish)
 
'''[[:Category:Participants needed|Assessments that need new participants]]'''


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== Active discussions ==
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Assessments are ordered by popularity (page loads in parenthesis).
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== Miscellaneous links ==
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* [[:Category:Risk assessment methods|Descriptions of methods that are useful in environmental health risk assessments.]]
* [[List of links to useful and interesting websites about environment and health]]
* [[:Category:Main category|Main category]]


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Latest revision as of 17:23, 11 December 2019

Information about Opasnet

Opasnet is a wiki-based website and workspace for helping societal decision making. Opasnet is maintained and developed by Jouni Tuomisto, Finland. The website collects, synthesises, and distributes people's values and scientific information. Opasnet welcomes anyone who wants to promote science-based decision-making in any field. The speciality is that the information is structured for both scientific scrutiny and for policy use at the same time. In practice, you can do original research, store data, make models, and perform policy assessments and discuss all of that work in one workspace.

Opasnet has a wide variety of topics based on collaborative work. Therefore, many pages are just stubs about what hopefully will eventually become solid scientific information. Therefore, we collaboratively curate many pages by improving the content and evaluating the quality. If you see a purple box on top of a page, it means that an expert of the field has checked the content.

Originally, the developers of Opasnet came from the field of environmental health, i.e. a research field that studies the impacts of environment on human health. We are actively working, among other things, on climate change and air pollution, but you can also start a new assessment about a decision of your own interest, or participate in an existing assessment.

Anyone can solve common problems.


Opasnet is the web workspace for solving them by you, and by us together.


Learn from and participate in Opasnet

We can only help decision making if a large group of people participate in the work. Find your own ways to contribute and act!


Recent recommendations

See more recommendations

Portals

Current issues


Active assessments


Assessments that need new participants

Show all

Previous assessments

Assessments are ordered by popularity (page loads in parenthesis).

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