Science in the City · Science in the City, Malta
Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2022-04-01 → 2024-03-31
- EU contribution
- €250,000
- Participants
- 4
- Scheme
- HORIZON-CSA
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Results in brief
Science in the City, Malta
The Science in the City, (SitC) Malta’s only National Science & Arts Festival, is part of the European Researchers’ Night (ERN) initiative. Since 2012, the main aims of ‘Science in the City’ (SitC) have been to engage and inspire citizens through science and the arts, challenging misconceptions about science, promoting gender balance and inclusiveness, and improving the visibility of research. SitC also aims to instil Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) values among researchers and citizens, and for 10 years it has offered a platform for all stakeholders to meet, and engage with R&I. SitC 2022 In 2022, the festival theme ‘Taking Root’ build upon previous themes while focusing the festival on the European Green Deal and Horizon Europe's missions. "Taking Root" emphasises how important science and research are in everyday life, and how important is an active & responsible citizenship, in a world which is undergoing monumental changes, especially to its environment, nutrition and health. The festival was held online and in the streets and buildings of Malta's capital city, Valletta, a UNESCO world heritage site making it a hybrid science and arts festival. The festival experimented more real world interactions in Fort St Elmo. The festival took place on the 30th of September and 1st of October 2022. SitC 2023 We created several pre-festival events between the 25th of August and the 25th of September. The physical festival ran on the 29th of September and the 30th of September 2023 in Valletta. The virtual festival happened two weeks later. In 2023, the festival theme ‘Changemakers’ was built upon our recurring goal to create more active citizenship, encouraging people to make informed decision backed by the knowledge generated by researchers and scientists. We defined a changemaker as someone who takes creative action to solve a problem. Researchers were put at the forefront of this movement, with help from artists and the public.
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Project objective
The European Researchers’ Night, Science in the City Consortium, Malta, will engage the publics in the framework of a Science and Arts festival. In 2022, the festival theme ‘Taking Root’ builds upon previous themes while focusing the festival on the European Green Deal and Horizon Europe's missions. Taking Root emphasises how important science and research are in everyday life, and in active, responsible citizenship, in a world which is undergoing monumental changes, especially to its environment, nutrition and health. COVID-19 has shown us just how true this is, while climate change is an unavoidable threat we need to adapt and build resilience towards. The festival will be held online and in the streets and buildings of Malta's capital city, Valletta, a UNESCO world heritage site making it the second hybrid science and arts festival. The main aims of ‘Science in the City’ (SitC) since 2012, have been to engage people emotionally and intellectually through science and the arts, showcase local and international excellent research projects, increase awareness of the importance of R&I, encourage interest in STEM and research carers, and instil a more favourable attitude towards research and its public funding. It has done so by introducing creativity, critique and analysis, as well as the trend of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) among researchers and citizens alike. For ten years it has offered a platform for all stakeholders to meet, discuss and engage with R&I. In 2022, the element of research action design will be at the centre of the activities. Here collaborative, creative planning and design of activities grounded in the vision and needs of the community will bring all stakeholders on board from the start. Every stage of SitC will be developed using a user-centered and participatory design process to make the festival as inclusive as possible no matter their background.
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Links
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- DOI: 10.3030/101061120
- https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e503ab4e04&appId=PPGMS
- https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e50fbc5b16&appId=PPGMS
- https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e50fdab48a&appId=PPGMS
- https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5f9e872cd&appId=PPGMS
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