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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…

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…
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