The Noise Network Plus Inclusive Engineering Working Group seeks to identify the current and future grand challenges for transport noise and collaboratively suggest innovative action plans for solutions based on inclusivity. We will use a mission-oriented research approach, bringing together a diverse community to co-design a set of “missions” to address the challenges identified.
We want to ensure that sound and noise are addressed from the beginning in design that is rooted in inclusivity. That addresses the question – who are we excluding? Also recognising the state of the existing infrastructure and the need to retrofit. One of the key challenges will be to find and bring allies outside the acoustic community, e.g., other engineers, policy makers, social scientists, economists, and groups that may be excluded to work together towards the co-design of missions.
We will work in two phases:
- Strategic orientation: Achieve consensus on the definition and selection of noise-related challenges relating to inclusivity and translate the broad challenges into feasible objectives (i.e., missions).
- Development of roadmaps in collaboration with our external allies to translate the missions into action plans.
We will work with the other working groups to share the focus and priorities in developing the missions for the explorative pilot projects funding calls.