The Public Engagement Training gave an overview on trends and developments in science-society dialogues as well as benefits, challenges, barriers and goals of public communication of research projects. Furthermore concrete best practice examples of public engagement formats inpired the participants to work on their […]
This week Paderborn’s city centre is set to be transformed into an exciting interactive ideas lab: From 12 to 14 August 2021, children, young people and adults will have the opportunity to enjoy an exciting journey through the world of research – all the way through the past centuries to the digital future.
Under the motto […]
“Connect your research to the world” was the topic of a three-part workshop series conducted by city2science at Ruhr University Bochum. The workshops were conducted on behalf of RUB Research School and World Factory and took place in May and June 2021. They focused on knowledge transfer and collaboration with actors from outside of university. Young […]
Excellent research today is about openness, transparency and participation. Skills in public communication of science are relevant for careers inside and outside academia, and enhance the success rates in the acquisition of funding. Our interactive […]
June 2 we were invited to facilitate a workshop to develop ideas for the future “house of knowlegde” in Bochum! The interactive virtual workspace included 35 stakeholders from science, education, economy and municipality, who came together for the first time. The interdisciplinary gathering focused on the conversion and transformation of a former post office across Bochum’s […]
Young people from Germany and Poland engage in creative marathon of ideas during the European Week North Rhine-Westphalia
The first instance of the Social Makerthon #CreateYourope delivered exciting results! On May 7-8, young people aged 16 – 22 years developed ideas for a greener, more sustainable and more inclusive Europe: ideas ranged from urban gardening networks, sustainability […]
In April, we facilitated three public engagement workshops in Paderborn. The interdisciplinary online workshop combined theory and praxis. During the input phase we gave an overview of science communication theory and international trends in scicomm and public engagement. To inspire the participants we showed some best practice examples from European science festivals. Lastly, some tipps and […]
How can we shape, co-create and develop a sustainable Europe together? And how can young people actively participate in the European innovation process, shaping the future of Europe?
These questions will be addressed in the Digital Social Makerthon #CreateYourope, organised by city2science from 7-9 May 2021 on behalf of Regionalverband Ruhr, RVR. Partners of this new initiative […]
Breaking the Walls of Social Innovation: We are proud to announce that the first MAKERTHON OWL – OPEN.PUBIC.PLACES – has been selected as a finalist for the Science Breakthrough of the Year in the category Science Engagement Initiatives at the prestigious conference Falling Walls Remote 2020!
In this video city2science CEO Annette Klinkert gives an insight into […]
2019 begins as it is ending: we are involved in various EU-proposals with great partners treating current subjects within the areas science and society, sustainable city development, strategic development of scientific institutions and smart regions. Besides the support in proposal design and writing city2science is increasingly asked as partner for dissemination as well as public engagement […]