Public & Science Sweden also undertakes advocacy and development work, engaging in public debate and in dialogue with decision-makers. We seek to inform and influence research policy at both a national and international level.
- European Citizen Science ambassadors – A European network of 28 Citizen Science Ambassadors to support the activities in the European Citizen Science (ECS)-project.
- Falling Walls Engage Hub Sweden – an international network connecting Nordic-Baltic science engagement practitioners with the world.
- Forum for science communication – annual conference aimed at science communicators
- GENDERACTIONplus – gender equality – Advancing gender equality in the European research area.
- Inspiring ERA – Supporting the implementation of the European Research Area (ERA) Policy Agenda.
- Super MoRRI – An EU project aiming to develop and improve methods for measuring activities within RRI (responsible research and innovation).
Past projects include:
- ARCS – Building a Swedish national portal for citizen science.
- BLOOM – An EU project about raising public awareness and interest in the bioeconomy.
- EU-Citizen.Science – Developing a European platform for citizen science.
- March for Science Sweden – #Howdoyouknowthat campaign
- The News Evaluator – Source criticism in digital media
- ORION Open Science – An EU project about embedding Open Science and RRI in research organisations.
- Pratavaccin – portal to counter myths against covid vaccination.
- Responsible Research and Innovation, RRI – VA works to promote RRI in Sweden and was a partner.
- Rethink – an EU project ’rethinking’ science communication.
- SciShops – An EU project to develop new Science Shops.
- Smedpack – A collaborative project to develop an improved supply chain for medicines.
- Swedish advocacy platform Horizon 2020 – Science with and for Society. VA was the coordinator of a national collaboration platform for Science with and for Society activity in Sweden.
- Tenacity – An EU project to increase academic civic engagement.
- YouCount – An EU project about developing new ways to increase social inclusion of young people.
Read the latest about this:
GENDERACTIONplus stakeholder consultation promotes policy dialogue on inclusive research careers
Inclusive research careers were the focal point of a GENDERACTIONplus stakeholder engagement event held on Monday 30 September. Thirty-five representatives from European and national organisations within the R&I eco-system actively… Läs mer
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2024-10-28Uppdaterad:
2024-10-30Kategorier:
Activity summaries, GENDERACTION, GenderactionPLUS, Nyheter, ReferatCivilsamhället måste fortsatt ha en stark röst i det nordiska samarbetet
Debattartikel publicerad på Altinget.se 20240913 De nordiska samarbetsministrarna bör inte enbart bevara dialogen med civilsamhället, utan även stärka och utöka dialogen med oss, skriver medlemmarna i Nordic Civ. (mer …) Läs mer
Levelling up public engagement in the EU
Public & Science Sweden is contributing as a national expert in the European Commission’s Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) focusing on Public Engagement in Research & Innovation (R&I). National representatives and… Läs mer
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2024-09-26Uppdaterad:
2024-10-22Kategorier:
Activity summaries, EU-projekt, Nyheter, Public Engagement, Referat, SamverkanspåverkanEuropean Research Area Conference 2024: A vision for the future of research and innovation in Europe
Over 400 attendees gathered in person at the European Commission’s ERA Conference in Brussels held on 18-19 September. In addition, around 640 people watched the livestream of the conference over… Läs mer
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2024-09-26Uppdaterad:
2024-10-01Kategorier:
Activity summaries, EU-projekt, Inspiring ERA, Nyheter, Referat