Events

On June 26th, within the framework of the Erasmus+ project ENGAGEgreen, the project team of Ca' Foscari University of Venice organized the workshop “Build and enhance the academic approach to public engagement". The roundtable gathered experiences of public engagement from one of the project partners University of Granada (Spain), as well as centers affiliated to Ca' Foscari.

The in-person workshop was followed by an online session titled “Engaging Green Policy Decision Making" open to the public and project partners.

For a detailed report on the event, please use this link.

In cooperation with Rhineland-Palatinate state institutions, the Rhine-Main universities were able to start a new dialogue: In April 43 researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz visited nine ministries, the state chancellery and the state parliament administration in Mainz and conducted a total of 90 face-to-face meetings with about 80 policymaking officials. The topics of discussion ranged from digitalisation and artificial intelligence to energy, climate and the environment, education, social cohesion and innovation in the economy. We received the evaluation results today: Both policymakers and researchers rated the format as very beneficial. We are particularly pleased that literally all respondents stated that they would participate in the format again in the future. It is also interesting to note that almost 60 per cent of respondents from state institutions told us that they had had little or no contact with researchers before taking participating in the format. Thus, there is a great potential for science-policy dialogue. The pilot project was a success and we are looking forward to the next round of the Rhine-Main Science Dialogue in September 2024!

Picture: Lunch at the State Chancellery on 25 April, 2024, with researchers and policy professionals

The University of Granada, through MediaLab UGR, in collaboration with the Erasmus Plus EngageGreen project, is pleased to announce the organisation of the seminar "Science and Society: the case of French research policy" presented by Florence Belaën. 

Wednesday, 24 April 2024, from 9 to 11 AM, hybrid event:

• In-person: at the V Centenario building of the University of Granada, in the Impronta Space of MediaLab UGR.
• Virtual: https://meet.google.com/vrz-qush-yji through the platform yosigo.ugr.es.

The online broadcast will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube on the MediaLab UGR channels at the University of Granada. 

The seminar will be presented by Florence Belaën, a prominent professional at the intersection of science, culture, and society, from Université Lumière Lyon 2. The session will focus on the connection between science and society, referencing the evolution of research policy in France, especially how these policies are promoting a more effective integration of science with the needs and expectations of society. This topic is particularly relevant at a time when trust in academic knowledge faces significant challenges and the need for a fruitful dialogue between science and society has never been more critical.

This seminar is an exceptional opportunity for academics, students, and professionals interested in the social impact of science and technology. For more information and registration, please visit the MediaLab UGR website.

KEY TECHNOLOGIES FOR OUR FUTURE

With the 2023 revision of the European Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan, the European Commission has identified the financial, political and societal challenges that need to be addressed in order to promote the development and establishment of key technologies for the Green transition. The promotion of new technologies is a cross-cutting task for EU institutions, national governments, businesses and science alike. 

The event brings together researchers from the technical, economic and social sciences with representatives of the European Commission to discuss technical innovations for green transition and the political and financial frameworks for the developement and application of key technologies.

On 28 February, the Pairing Scheme at Palacký University Olomouc was officially launched with a discussion on the process of 'opening' the data and its internal issues, specifics, risks, and expectations both within the university and among the public institutions involved in the project. The overall aim of the discussion was to understand the current practices regarding the acquisition and processing of different types of data, share experiences, and set common mid-term goals. The discussion was opened by presentations from UP, Olomouc Region, and Statutory City of Olomouc, followed by a brainstorming session. 

The workshop provided a platform for reflecting on various aspects of sustainability issues and exploring innovative tools that facilitate the analysis of their complexity. The objective was to tackle challenges arising from the economy and society while assessing the potential contributions that new tools can offer.
The event was divided into two parts. In the morning, there were contributions from the economic and institutional sectors related to the local area. In the afternoon followed the presentation of scientific contributions.

Further information can be found in the programme and on the website.

The BETA Technological Center of UVIC-UCC was invited to present our Pairing Scheme - the "SIMIL Programme" - during the online final event of the project ECOPAP. This project, managed by the CREDA research center is focused on promoting solutions that help to face the challenge of managing plastic waste from the agri-food sector. In this online event BETA presented the methodology of the Pairing Scheme and results of the 2023 edition on the topic of municipal organic waste management, but also introduced the upcoming ENGAGEgreen Pairing Schemes  on new topics in 2024 and 2025.