CHANGE · Researchers Changing Society

Researchers Changing Society

European Researchers´ Night gathered a great audience in all thirteen localities it took place in Finland. Altogether around 24 000 people visited Night´s workshops, performances, lectures and clubs. The theme of the event was Change. Popular events were workshops for schools and entertaining evening events such as Science Battle in Turku. Jyväskylä and Kuopio attracted more visitors than ever in their previous science events. The Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers chose Doctor of Philosophy Olga Davydova-Minguet to be the Academic of the Year in the European Researchers´ Night in Joensuu. ”I am very proud of the researchers who presented their work all over Finland. It was great, but I felt even more delighted to see how many genuinely interested people there were to listen to the researchers and ask good questions!”, event coordinator, Academy Research Fellow Janne Pakarinen from University of Jyväskylä tells. This year European Researchers’ Night activities in Finland were organized in Helsinki, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kajaani, Kuopio, Lahti, Oulu, Rovaniemi, Savonlinna, Sodankylä, Tampere, Turku and Vantaa. Over ten Finnish universities participated, together with Science Center Heureka, Federation of Finnish Learned Societies and Technical Research Center of Finland VTT. Overall objectives: 1) Shed light on the forefront research carried out in Finland: illustrate the cutting edge research carried out in Finland, introduction to the general public of the large number of researchers and the significant work they perform, in numerous science fields; 2) Break stereotypes the general public may have on researchers, highlighting that researchers are ordinary people amongst us, bringing researchers to the centre of activity, in direct contact with the audience, as well as –whether possible- presented in a different environment, than their workplace, showing various facets of their lives such as hobbies, sport talents, passions…; 3) Attract students towards scientific careers: encourage young people to embark on scientific careers, in particular towards high school and university students, and as a rule towards young people facing or about to face a career choice; The project reached its objectives and proved to be successful.

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