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Raise awareness on benefits of starting a science shop by different types of organizations and benefits of working with science shops in research projects
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Knowledge content for science shops and organizations willing to start one, such as guide for establishment and running, training of science shop staff.
COLLABORATION
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Showcasing an extensive database of science shops and similar entities with their different structure and expertise.
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Development of BayBit is coming to its end in the Bay Zoltan Research Centre – a tool supporting the IT education of 7-14 years old students was…
Programming robots is fun – but unfortunately it is not available for many students. An easy-to use tool is being developed in the Bay Zoltan Research Centre, which can be easily applied in the IT education and will…
SciShops celebrates its achievements as project comes to an end
The Horizon 2020 SciShops project officially finished at the end of February. The project explored how different types of research organisations, such as universities, research institutes, companies and non-profit…
The effect of soil bacteria on the germination of seeds – future experts validate innovative solutions
The aim of Bay Zoltán Science Shop is to bring research closer to the community. This aim can be reached by working on solving problems proposed by the community; or by involving citizens in the research actions.
This…
Meet the Team Interview with Liselotte Rambonnet from the University of Leiden, the Netherlands
Meet Liselotte Rambonnet, Project Manager at Leiden University in the Netherlands talking about their involvement in the SciShops project.
Q: Firstly, tell us a bit about Leiden University’s involvement in the SciShops…
SciShops study visit: Participatory research practices in Asia
India was the destination of Giovanna Grossi, coordinator of WatShop at the University of Brescia, Italy, who in November 2019 visited PRIA, Participatory Research in Asia, a global centre for participatory research and…
Interview with Markus Kühlert, from the Wuppertal Institute, Germany
Meet Markus Kühlert, a Research Fellow at the Wuppertal Institute in Germany talking about their involvement in the SciShops project.
Q: Firstly, tell us a bit about the Wuppertal Institute and your motivation getting…
Dutch/Spanish Science Shop twinning gets off to a flying start
In December 2019, Elías Sanz Casado and Núria Bautista Puig from UC3M-INAECU Science Shop at the University Carlos III of Madrid in Spain spent five days visiting the Citizen Science Lab at the University of Leiden to learn…
SciShops study visit: gaining inspiration from university-community collaborations in the UK
Exchanges and study visits can be a great way to learn how an organisation works in practice, gain inspiration to inform your own initiatives, as well as develop future collaborations. Here we hear about a study visit to the…
Meet the Team – Interview with Giovanna Grossi from the University of Brescia, Italy
Meet Giovanna Grossi, Associate Professor in Hydraulic Structures at the University of Brescia in Italy talking about their involvement in the SciShops project.
Q: Firstly, tell us a bit about the University of…
SciShops Symposium – reflecting upon the past, present and future
The Horizon 2020 SciShops project ran its final event, the SciShops Symposium, on 30-31 January. Almost 100 participants from all over Europe and beyond gathered at the University of Brescia in Italy for two days of…
Interview with Brianna Wilson and Sonia Zawitkowski, winners of the SciShops Pitch Challenge
In the autumn of 2019, the Horizon 2020 SciShops project ran a video competition, the SciShops Pitch Challenge, in which participants were invited to present a community-based research project that they are undertaking in a…
CRPD Science Shop at KU Leuven, Belgium
The CRPD Science Shop is based within the Centre for Research on Peace and Development at KU Leuven in Belgium. CRPD is a multidisciplinary research center based within the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Katholieke…
Meet the Team – Interview with Saskia Visser from the University of Oxford, UK
Meet Saskia Visser, Coordinator of the Oxford Pop-up Science Shop in
Artificial Intelligence at the University of Oxford, UK talking about their involvement in the SciShops project.
Q: Firstly, tell us a bit about how…
Canadian students win SciShops Pitch Challenge
Brianna Wilson and Sonia Zawitkowski from Canada have been selected winners of the SciShops Pitch Challenge. Brianna and Sonia are MA students at the Research Facility for Women's Health and Wellbeing in the Department of…
Bay Zoltán Science Shop at the European Waste Reduction Week
The Circular Economy is a flagship initiative of the European Union: it appears in ecological and economical discussions and is becoming more and more important in research, development and innovation activities as well. One…