ORION Open Science

ORION is a collaborative EU project exploring ways in which research and funding organisations in life sciences and biomedicine can open up the way they fund, organise and do research. VA (Public & Science) is one of the nine partners in the project. The project started in May 2017 and will run for four years.

ORION (Open Responsible research and Innovation to further Outstanding kNowledge) will engage many different types of stakeholders in the project including research and funding organisations, citizens, policy makers, and industry.

Core elements of the project include:

  • Benchmarking (through surveys, case studies, personal interviews, focus groups and stakeholder assessment workshops,) to analyse existing open science knowledge and practices and better understand the current landscape.
  • Co-creation experiments involving multiple stakeholders around three specific challenges: Opening up the research engine; Identifying risks and opportunities presented by disruptive technologies; and Running citizen science projects in fundamental research.
  • Training: developing and running training for researchers and professional staff at funding agencies on RRI and Open Science concepts, practices and tools.

All materials and resources produced by ORION will be widely disseminated and freely available.

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If you would like to find out about ORION, please contact Maria Hagardt International Relations & Communications Manager at VA.

You can also follow the project on Twitter: @orion_opensci, on Facebook and read more about the project at the ORION website.

 

Read the latest articles about ORION:

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Understanding the different motivations behind citizens’ involvement in life sciences research

In order to engage the public in science and design effective citizen science projects, it is important to understand the main motivations that drive individuals to engage in research. A pan-European study by the EU ORION Open Science project has revealed gender and age differences when it comes to the reasons that motivate members of the public to get involved in life sciences research.

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Let’s talk about genome editing!

What does the public think about the new genome editing technology and how should we talk about it? In Sweden and three other European countries, the EU project ORION Open Science has organised eight citizen dialogues to find out. Here we report on the two Swedish citizen dialogues held during January and February in Stockholm.

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Could you involve the public with your research? 

ORION Open Science has opened an exciting new funding call for co-creative research projects worth up to 100,000€. One co-creative project that brings on board a variety of different groups, such as researchers, industry, government, charities and the general public, to get involved with research from design through to completion will be funded.

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What do Europeans think about life sciences research?

The ORION Open Science report ”Public attitudes to life sciences research in six European countries” shows that interest in life sciences research is generally high among citizens and that the three most accepted purposes of using genome editing are related to the medical field. 6000 persons were interviewed in this pan-European study which was led by the ORION partners VA in Sweden and CEITEC in the Czech Republic. The full report is now published.

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What do Europeans think about life sciences research?

Interest in life sciences research is generally high among citizens. The three most accepted purposes of using genome editing are related to the medical field. These are results from a survey and a report on ”Public attitudes to life sciences research in six European countries” conducted by VA in Sweden and CEITEC in the Czech Republic as part of the ORION Open Science project.

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From Open Science to Impact

How can researchers embrace open science for better research and societal impact? Listen to a webinar exploring different opportunities.

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VA to help research open up to society in new EU project

Press release 9 May 2017

ORION is a new collaborative European project to explore ways in which research and funding organisations in life sciences and biomedicine can open up the way they fund, organise and do research. VA (Public & Science) is one of the nine partners in the project. ORION kicks off in Barcelona this week.

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