BRIGHT — Brilliant Researchers Impact on Growth Health and Trust in Research

Results in brief

Brilliant Researchers Impact on Growth Health and Trust in Research

The BRIGHT Project (2018-2019) was conceived as a continuation and enrichment of the experiences gained in previous editions of the European Researcher's Night. As in previous editions, the project brought together all universities and research institutes in Tuscany, with the support of the Region of Tuscany (Youth Project) and other territorial institutions. The main objective was to bring citizens closer to the work of researchers, through direct contact with them and through the presentation and live demonstration of experiences and research projects, with an accessible language and involving communication methods that would allow anyone, from children to the elderly, to approach the "scientific method" in the many different areas in which the research operates. Compared to previous editions, this edition of BRIGHT was intended to highlight the centrality of research work in contemporary society and its often unrecognised impact on everyday life, particularly in the face of the challenges posed to research by sustainability issues in the social, climatic, ecological and technological fields. The project also aimed at bringing public research institutions, such as universities and higher institutes, closer to private institutions and the productive realities of the territory. Although it is difficult in this regard to anticipate possible economic implications, BRIGHT also aimed to develop a dialogue with the productive realities of the territory, in order to encourage future collaborations.

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Project objective

The BRIGHT project aims at enhancing the visibility and the image of researchers among the general population in the Tuscany Region, simultaneously with all the European Researchers’ Night (ERN) initiatives. BRIGHT acronym means “Brilliant Researchers Impact on Growth Health and Trust in research”, it has been used in the previous editions of the ERN and is intended to underline the involvement of researchers in the enhancement of common people’s everyday life and their wellbeing. The project is planned for the years 2018 and 2019 and will last, each year, from Friday afternoon till Saturday at noon of the ERN scheduled date. In these “nights” are planned hundreds of entertaining and exciting activities that will involve the main Tuscan cities. The activities will be focused around the general theme of the pioneering activity of the researcher and will address some crucial issues such as migration (European Paths), food and climate, Cultural Heritage (European Year in 2018), The fascination of scientific discovery (What a Wonderful World), Public Health (Health 4 All) and New Technologies. Besides the organization of the nights’ events, BRIGHT will involve the population, and particularly young students of primary and secondary schools, all along the two years, through some citizen science’s project - that will have their public and crucial moments of presentation during the two ER Nights -, and through pre-events disseminated all along the period. This long period involvement is intended to create a strong tie among researchers (who will also attend a course on science communication), young students and general population in order to make researchers more “familiar” and to let people better understand how researchers work and live, and so why trust them.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA · SienaCoordinatorItaly
SCUOLA IMT (ISTITUZIONI, MERCATI, TECNOLOGIE) ALTI STUDI DI LUCCA · LuccaItaly
SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE · PisaItaly
SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA · PisaItaly
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE · FlorenceItaly
UNIVERSITA DI PISA · PisaItaly
UNIVERSITA PER STRANIERI DI SIENA · SienaItaly

BRIGHT · Brilliant Researchers Impact on Growth Health and Trust in Research

Results in brief

Brilliant Researchers Impact on Growth Health and Trust in Research

Project objective

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