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EXPERIM · RESEARCHER'S NIGHT IN FRANCE

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2014-05-01 → 2015-11-30
EU contribution
€421,200
Participants
11
Scheme
CSA

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Results in brief

RESEARCHER'S NIGHT IN FRANCE

The 2015 project involved as usual numerous cities, amongst which a high level of consistency was ensured through the setting-up of several common activities, while each location also developed its own specific programme based on its own specificities and strengths. Beyond the general objective of enhancing the public recognition of researchers and promoting scientific careers towards young people, the purpose also consisted of creating original meetings as well as long and enriching dialogues between citizens and researchers in 11 cities. A strong joint awareness campaign was organised at national level, around the theme “experience”, which actually has a double meaning in French, namely: "experience" and "experiment". All the activities were articulated relying on the same overall plan: o Face to face with researchers’ activities: meeting places, welcome foreign researchers; o European scope of the Researchers’ Nights: information and improved understanding of European programmes, animated by “Campus France”; o Interactive research experiments, guided and explained by specialised researchers; A long list of activities were offered in such context, such as interactive presentations, meetings, speed searching, chats with researchers, artistic performances, hands-on experiments, guided visits to labs, concerts, true lab experiments, “science whisperers" on public transport, flash mob, walks, presentation of research results, exhibitions (pictures, drawing, videos), workshops, Pecha Kucha, astronomy shows, EU corners…

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

ERN has gained momentum in France. Thus, the Ministry of Research has decided to open its great ""Science Fair"" with the ERN, which is a recognition of the quality of the event and significantly develops its reputation and visibility. Therefore, we have set up a programme with distinctive visible features and a high level of consistency throughout the French territory for the 2014 and 2015 editions.Our aim is to create original meetings as well as long and enriching dialogues between citizens and researchers in 11 towns. Our events will be identical at 80% and will involve 35000 visitors and 600 researchers per year in original public places. These events will be announced through a joint communication process. A theme will link them: “experience”, which means both experience and experiment in French. Our programme will stand out thanks to 3 key features:- the occasion of face to face dialogues with local researchers;- the European scope of the ERN. We will set up in each town a “EU-Welcome-corner”: meeting places where the French public will greet and welcome foreign researchers and will have the chance to better understand the meaning of European programmes. This action will be animated by ""Campus France"";- the opportunity for the public to take part in actual research experiments. The public will get involved in a citizen science event. This will be exciting because in an experiment always lies some mystery. Furthermore, a link will be created between both years as for some experiments of 2014, the results will be presented in 2015. This will ensure the commitment of the public.In 2015 a great national participatory experiment will be organised, gathering all towns in the performance of one, big common experience in which thousands of French people will be able to take part for the ERN's anniversary.The organisation of these events is carried out by a consortium of 11 partners specialised in scientific popularisation, especially with researchers.""

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITE BOURGOGNE EUROPE · DIJONCoordinatorFrance
  • ASSOCIATION CAP SCIENCES-CENTRE DE CULTURE SCIENTIFIQUE TECHNIQUE ET INDUSTRIELLE BORDEAUX-AQUITAINE · BordeauxFrance
  • ASSOCIATION TRACES THEORIES ET REFLEXIONS SUR L APPRENDRE LA COMMUNICATION ET L EDUCATION SCIENTIFIQUES · ParisFrance
  • BREST'AIM SA · BrestFrance
  • COMUNAUTE D'UNIVERSITES ET ETABLISSEMENTS UNIVERSITE DE LYON · LyonFrance
  • Centre de Culture Scientifique et Technique d'Angers Terre des Sciences Association · AngersFrance
  • FONDATION PARTENARIALE DE LUNIVERSITE DE LIMOGES · LimogesFrance
  • LA COMMUNAUTE D UNIVERSITES ET ETABLISSEMENTS DE TOULOUSE · TOULOUSEFrance
  • UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE · Nancy CedexFrance
  • UNIVERSITE DU MANS · Le MansFrance
  • UNIVERSITE MARIE ET LOUIS PASTEUR · BesanconFrance

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union