ReConNeCt · Research, Connections, Networks and Culture

Research, Connections, Networks and Culture

2019 European Researchers Night was a jubilee edition since it was the tenth edition of Researchers' night project in Serbia. It was organized on 27th September 2019 and it covered Province of Vojvodina, a multiethnic and multicultural area with approximately 30% of the total population of Serbia (2.2 out of 7.5 mil people). Geographical focal points were three main cities of Vojvodina: Novi Sad (400.000), Subotica (140.000), Zrenjanin (80.000). However, in 2019. the celebration was marked in five additional cities (Indjija, Kanjiza, Kikinda, Pancevo, and Sabac ). For the fourth time Pancevo (75.000), and Sabac (75.000), and for the second time, Indjija (30.000) and for the first time Kikinda (38.000) and Kanjiza (10.000) participated in the project and organized activities during the night. In well organized and logically connected sequence, the project focused on showing and scrutinizing the faces of researchers – introducing the researchers in their global connections - junior and senior, females and males, international in natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, medicine, and arts, at work and in leisure in science existing in 2019. Host cities and Provincial government systematically support the project in all its phases so it developed a truly regional character with a high impact across all important segments of the public. One of the objectives in 2019 edition was to improve networking with other national/international projects involved in science popularization, through mutual support of events and exchange of ideas, experiences, and people. Keywords describing the objectives of the EU RN project are global connections, attractive, innovative, futuristic, understanding, connecting, facilitating. At the same time, these keywords perfectly describe researchers and science. To achieve these objectives in a way that would be equally acceptable and understandable to each and every visitor, regardless of their age and education, program offered a balanced combination of science-linked activities (demonstrations, simulations, hands-on experiments) and festive ones (games, sport, quizzes, competitions, and music). Activities during the Night included scientific demonstrations realized by researchers, hands-on experiments, workshops for children, competitive, sport, and music activities, as well as meetings with scientists in cafés in a relaxed atmosphere.

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