VA’s goals are to:

• Promote and encourage contact and the exchange of ideas between the public and researchers

• Increase society’s knowledge about:
- research processes and results
- the public’s view of research
- ways to better communicate and promote dialogue about science and research

• Give researchers insights and inspiration on how to relate their research to topical issues facing society

• Build networks for the exchange of ideas, meetings and collaborations.

Our main mission:

RESEARCHING
• the public’s view of science and research
• how opinion-forming groups in society view and use research
• how researchers interact with the society
• methods for dialogue on science and research

CREATING DIALOGUE
• new forms of dialogue in unconventional arenas on themes that engage people

COMMUNICATING
• knowledge and experiences, through our website www.v-a.se, the VA blog, newsletters and seminars