Public engagement projects involve organising events and co-creation workshops which stimulate dialogue between researchers and the public in new ways and in novel arenas.
- COALESCE – European Competence Centre for Science Communication
- EPiCS – Blending Citizen Science with Research Service-Learning to tackle societal challenges.
- European Researchers’ Night – the annual European science festival. Public & Science Sweden is the Swedish national co-ordinator.
- Researchers’ Grand Prix – a science communication competition for researchers
- Mass experiments – engaging school pupils in real research through Citizen Science
- Borrow a researcher – Get an insight into researchers’ everyday life
- LOESS – developing educational materials on soil health
- Re:Fish – Fishing for plastic pollution and discarded fishing gear
- RE-MEND – generating new knowledge to prevent mental illness
- Resource centre for courses in science communication – network for science communication course facilitators
- Rock Your Research – Art-science and Public Engagement
- Science Cafés – a way to discuss science in a relaxed and informal setting
- Tea tales – a tool to assess soil health
Past projects:
- 2WAYS – an EU project to test new forms of disseminating knowledge about life science research
- AllThings.bioPRO – bioeconomy serious game
- Anthology on Energy – a book co-created with KTH
- Bloom – An EU project about raising public awareness and interest in the bioeconomy
- CitizAir – visualise air pollution data
- ComScience – an EU project to test new forms of dialogue and communication about public health research
- European Student Parliaments on Science – a European project involving pupils working closely with scientists. Public & Science Sweden ran the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm.
- Finding the Vasa cannons
- Media seminars for scientist
- Rock Your Research – Art-science and Public engagement
- SciShops – how to develop new Science Shops
- TechEthos – ethics within new emerging technologies
- What is science? – an animated film project
Read the latest summaries:
From classrooms to code: co-creating the LOESS educational soil app
The LOESS Soil App is the result of a unique European collaboration that brought together students, educators, and researchers to explore how digital tools can support environmental learning. Developed through… Läs mer
Folk och Forskning: Sweden’s new arena for evidence-based dialogue
On 8 May 2025, Uppsala University’s main building hosted Folk och Forskning (Science and Society ) – a new initiative from Public & Science Sweden aimed at creating a national… Läs mer
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Activity summaries, Folk och Forskning, Science and SocietyExploring the earth beneath our feet through all our senses: Swedish LOESS campaign activities to get underway
The LOESS project is entering an exciting new phase, with public and educational campaign activities beginning across 15 countries. In Sweden, Public & Science will be running a series of… Läs mer
”It felt really special to see that people connected with my story and appreciated it”
When both the jury and the audience votes were counted, it was clear that Luís Oliveira, Lund University, had won the Researcher Grand Prix 2024. Read what he takes away… Läs mer
