Building bridges in science communication. Report on VA’s…
Istanbul was the host city for the 14th global PCST science communication conference that took place between 26 and 28 April 2016. The conference gathered… Läs mer
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2016-05-18Uppdaterad:
2023-12-07
Useful guide to SWAFS European funding opportunities available
If you work with Science with and for Society issues, SiS.net has published a useful guide to European funding opportunities within Horizon 2020. Läs mer
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2016-05-04Uppdaterad:
2023-08-11
Swedish pupils’ buried tea bags help to advance…
Last year, Swedish school pupils helped scientists to bury over three thousand tea bags in the countryside. The Tea Bag Experiment is a mass experiment… Läs mer
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2016-05-03Uppdaterad:
2023-12-07
VA calls for more incentives to strengthen science-society…
VA was one of the organisations especially invited to a hearing organised by the Committee on Education in the Swedish Parliament in March 2016. The… Läs mer
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2016-04-08Uppdaterad:
2022-01-10
How can research meet contemporary societal challenges? Event…
In order to solve the major societal challenges, there must be collaboration between researchers, civil society, industry, the public sector and the public during the… Läs mer
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2016-03-18Uppdaterad:
2023-08-11
RRI Toolkit now live!
In order to solve the major societal challenges that we face, researchers, civil society, industry, the public sector and the public must work together. This… Läs mer
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2016-03-15Uppdaterad:
2023-08-11VA appointed chair of EC’s Advisory Group on…
VA’s Director of Research, Maria Lindholm, has been elected Chair of the European Commission’s Advisory Group for the Science with and for Society programme, SwafS in… Läs mer
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2016-02-17Uppdaterad:
2022-01-10Swedes’ trust in research on the rise again
The Swedish public’s trust in researchers at universities is rising. 84 percent say that they have fairly or very high trust, compared with 74 percent… Läs mer
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2016-02-15Uppdaterad:
2022-01-10
The Swedish mass experiments – a way of…
Citizen science lies at the heart of VA’s annual mass experiments, run with the help of school pupils across Sweden and linked to the Swedish… Läs mer
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2016-01-21Uppdaterad:
2024-05-20
Renewable plastics researcher voted Sweden’s best science communicator
Press release 151204 Sunil Kumar Ramamoorthy, a researcher in renewable plastics at the University of Borås, has won the Swedish 2015 Researchers’ Grand Prix and the… Läs mer
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2015-12-04Uppdaterad:
2023-11-08Increasing public engagement in science and innovation across…
Engaging with societal actors and civil society is a key element of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and in the efforts of doing science with… Läs mer
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2015-11-24Uppdaterad:
2022-01-10
Stage is set for Researchers’ Grand Prix Final…
On 26 November, its time for the national final of the 2015 Researchers’ Grand Prix, in which researchers are challenged to give the most captivating,… Läs mer
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2015-10-30Uppdaterad:
2023-11-08