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Latest issue of
'Living
Knowledge Newsletter' (July 2010)
There is an archive
of the Living Knowledge newsletters
PERARES
On 1st May a 4 years Science Shop project to strengthen the
interaction between researchers and CSOs and citizens in Europe
officially started.
The PERARES (Public Engagement with Research And Research
Engagement with Society) project aims to strengthen the interaction
between researchers and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and
citizens in Europe. Twenty-six partners from 17 countries (Science
Shops, social organizations, universities and a research funder) will
jointly organize transnational debates on scientific research and set
up new Science Shops in 10 European cities.
Read the press release (pdf, 285 kb)
Read an interview with the project coordinator Henk Mulder
from the
Science & Society Group of the University of Groningen about
PERARES (pdf, 255 kb)
CUexpo
2011, May
10-14, 2011, Waterloo
Region, Ontario, Canada
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
CU Expo 2011 is a Canadian-led Conference designed to
showcase the exemplars in Community-University partnerships worldwide,
and together to introduce creative ways of strengthening our local
communities. Complex social issues require global perspectives to inform
local action. Community-University partnerships can be an effective way
to stimulate innovative solutions for the pressing concerns within our
communities. The conference organizing committee invites
participants to submit summaries of potential presentations. For
more information regarding themes, streams and presentation formats,
please visit the conference website at
www.cuexpo2011.ca.
Application deadline now is: September 10, 2010. Please contact
Bonnie McCutcheon at the Centre for Community Based Research with any
questions, by phone at (519) 741-1318 ext. 226 or email at bonnie@communitybasedresearch.ca
Science, Technology and Civil Society - STACS
report available
STACS (Science, Technology and Civil Society - Civil Society
Organisations, Actors in the European System of Research and
Innovation) was a capacity building project funded by the EU 6th
Research Framework Programme, as part of the Science in Society
activities aimed at stimulating participation of civil society
organisations (CSOs) in research activities.
You can download
the STACS report here (pdf, 2mb)
4th LK conference - Movies and interviews
The films developed from the Living Knowledge Conference held
at Queen’s University Belfast in August 2009 are now available. The
films reflect the wide range of workshop sessions and include footage
of the rapporteurs feeding back on various issues to the film crew.
The films are uploaded to the Science Shop Youtube Channel which has
been developed by QUB Science Shop as an information resource to
promote engaged research and to encouraging discourse. The channel can
be accessed at http://www.youtube.com/user/qubsshop.
4th Living Knowledge Conference
Engaged Communities, Engaged Universities: Developing Policy and
Practice in Participatory Research, Belfast, North Ireland, 27-29
August 2009
This conference, was hosted by the Science Shop at Queen's University
Belfast, and provided an opportunity for policy makers, academics and
civil society organisations to consider current practice and future
opportunities in the field of research partnerships.
Please check the conference website for details.
Get an impression of the conference here
Living Knowledge 4: a preview
Interview with Emma McKenna, of Queen's Univeristy
Belfast, organiser of the 4th Living Knowledge conference.
New
Communities and Mental Health in Ireland: A Needs Analysis
Dublin City University in partnership with Cairde
This EC funded project was developed within the Science Shop framework
as promoted by the International Science Shop Network and mentored by
the Science Shop of Queen’s University, Belfast. The
NewCom project dealt with two issues of major concern to Irish society
that are generally under-researched and under-funded. These issues are
mental health and the welfare of new communities. The full report with
recommendations can be downloaded here
(pdf 560kb).
PARCEL, 2005 - 2007 Participatory Communication Activities on E-Learning
Recently the project "Participatory communication activities on e-learning" (PARCEL), an
EC-funded pilot project under the co-ordination of the Science Shop
Vienna to complement the dissemination activities of KALEIDOSCOPE and PROLEARN, has been finished.
Read more at http://parcel.uni-sofia.bg
Global
Alliance on Community Engaged Research (GACER)
(eng - esp - fra)
This Declaration is a statement of aspiration by a
group of active practitioners of community-engaged
research throughout the world when they met in Victoria
BC, Canada, May 7, 2008. We call you to action - Share
the dream!
Please contact livingknowledge@wilabonn.de
Science
Shop Toolbox
A customised training toolbox to empower your activities
in developing professional standards and refining and
improving your practice through updated professional
know-how. The Science Shop Toolbox is a result of the traning and
mentroing activities in the EC project TRAMS
Agenda
(of conferences, workshops, seminars etc.)
Flyer of the Living Knowledge Network
A new flyer of the Living Knowledge Network is available
online.
You can also order paper
copies for free.
Latest issue of 'Living
Knowledge Journal' (January 2008)
There is an archive
of the Living Knowledge Journals
Overview of interesting documentation
related to Science Shops
Living Knowledge 3: an impression
A photo and video impression of the 3rd international
Living Knowledge conference: Communities building
knowledge (30 August - 1 September 2007, Paris)
Living Knowledge 3:
Community-Based Research and Technoscience Activism: A
Report on the Living Knowledge 3 Conference
by Richard Worthington, Pomona College, USA
see also: http://www.loka.org/Documents/lk3review.pdf
All reports of the
EC project ISSNET
All deliverables of the EC project ISSNET (Improving
Science Shop Networking) can be downloaded for free.
If you want to add a news item please
contact livingknowledge@wilabonn.de
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