ReCoN-nect · The Green Deal: Research communication to CommuNities
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2021-04-20 → 2022-05-19
- EU contribution
- €133,550
- Participants
- 13
- Scheme
- CSA
Lines connect the coordinator with its partners.
Results in brief
ReCoN-nect - The Green Deal: Research communication to CommuNities
Societies underinvest in research either because it is a long term process and the results are not easily seen, or because of the complexity of this enterprise. This, along with other difficulties, weighs on the researchers who lack the will or power to get more engaged in public life, and this further affects the trust of the general public in science and research. Breaking the vicious circle is a slow process and should be based on a genuine partnership between the researchers, as promoters of new findings about the world's true nature, the society as a whole, with its most stringent but also subtle needs, and the communication facilitators as a way to surface the unexpressed realities. The ReCoNnect project was thought of as part of a long term programme to rethink and restructure the way researchers present themselves and their work to the public, as a response to a more and more challenging and noisy communication environment which makes it difficult to convey the true merits of science and research for the benefit of the society. To make this programme operational, the project has proposed re-connecting research and innovators to the current challenges the society faces: by selecting a main topic of interest to focus the communication; in this case it was the scientific contributions to The Green Deal, by having a more careful and better tailored communication to a more and more digital public, and to invite other stakeholders to be partners of the project from its inception. Other objectives were to extend the Researcher’s Night events to smaller communities, even rural ones, and to collaborate with educational programmes and initiatives developed in other contexts, thus connecting existing educational events (summer schools, science communication programs) and STEM best practice learning communities in a coherent full year calendar.
Data: CORDIS, © European Union
Project objective
Societies underinvest in research either because it is a long term process and the results are not easily seen, either because of the complexity of this enterprise. This along with other difficulties weighs on the researchers who lack the will or power to get more engaged in the public life which further affects the trust in science and research. Breaking the vicious circle is a slow process and should be based on a genuine partnership between the researchers, as promoters of new findings about the world's true nature, the society as a whole, with its most stringent but also subtles needs, and the communication facilitators as a way to surface the unexpressed realities. The partnership, ReCoNnect-ing these different views, should be effective in educating the present citizens, but also shaping the teaching approaches for the members of the future society.This consortium is made up from 6 research institutes, 4 universities, 1 public body, and 2 civil community associations experienced in promoting science and STEM education, which supported the development of one of the largest educational networks in the country in connection also with EU programmes. Together, we propose a highly innovative concept of European Researchers' Night rooted in a long experience with the programme and well supported by the partner's institutions, which we will implement in a nationwide campaign comprising 21 events in representative urban areas. Three UNESCO/aspiring geoparks will organize events in rural areas, while others will be encouraged to participate remotely.Focusing the conversation, we tackle a topic of great interest for the European Union countries: The European Green Deal. We propose to map the current perceptions and expectations of the population on this programme by a large number of encounters with the public, and to better communicate on the endeavors and successes that Romanian researchers have in contributing to the very ambitious goals of the EU programme.
Original text from CORDIS.
Participants
- INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA SI INGINERIE NUCLEARA-HORIA HULUBEI · MagureleCoordinatorRomania
- FEDERATIA FUNDATIILE COMUNITARE DIN ROMANIA · BucurestiRomania
- FUNDATIA COMUNITARA BUCURESTI · BUCURESTIRomania
- INSTITUTUL DE FIZICA ATOMICA · MAGURELERomania
- INSTITUTUL DE STIINTE SPATIALE · BucurestiRomania
- INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA LASERILOR PLASMEI SI RADIATIEI · Magurele / IlfovRomania
- INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA MATERIALELOR · MAGURELERomania
- INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU OPTOELECTRONICA INOE 2000 · MagureleRomania
- INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA PAMANTULUI · Magurele-BucurestiRomania
- UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI · Cluj-NapocaRomania
- UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTI · BucurestiRomania
- UNIVERSITATEA DUNAREA DE JOS DIN GALATI · GalatiRomania
- UNIVERSITATEA STEFAN CEL MARE DIN SUCEAVA · SUCEAVARomania
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