The aim of Super MoRRI is to develop and improve methods for measuring activities within RRI (responsible research and innovation). VA is responsible for data collection within Sweden for this EU Horizon 2020 project which runs from 2019–2024.
Allthings.bioPRO, is a new EU Horizon 2020 project developing an online game to engage citizens on the topic of the bioeconomy. VA (Public & Science) is one of twelve partners in this new three-year project.
EU-Citizen.Science är den europeiska portalen för medborgarforskning (citizen science). Portalen är till för alla som är intresserade av medborgarforskning – forskare, privatpersoner, beslutsfattare, lärare med flera.
Män gör det för sin egen skull, och kvinnor för att bidra till samhället. Det är en något hårdragen slutsats av en europeisk studie kring varför människor deltar i medborgarforskning. Studien gjordes inom EU-projektet ORION Open Science och visar att det finns både köns- och åldersskillnader i skälen till att vara med i forskningsprojekt.
VA (Public & Science) has been appointed to coordinate the Falling Walls Engage Hub Sweden. The network is designed to connect science engagement practitioners from across the world and provide a platform for exchange and dialogue on bridging the gap between science and society.
The EU project RETHINK, in which VA is a partner, has published its first report. The exploratory study maps online science communication in seven European countries on the topics of climate change, artificial intelligence and healthy diets. VA (Public & Science) was responsible for collecting the Swedish data.
In February 2020, colleagues from Vetenskap & Allmänhet, VA (Public & Science) visited four organisations in the UK to learn more about their work and how they are supporting public engagement practices.
This year’s Swedish Researchers’ Night mass experiment – the Star-Spotting Experiment – is to be run in Ireland, Spain, the UK and Sweden this coming autumn and winter.
Bioeconomy, and more specifically circular bioeconomy, is a hot topic in Europe at the moment as heard in the European Bioeconomy Scene 2019 on the 9th of July.