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9 May: Join the InSPIRES webinar with Norbert Steinhaus

9th of May at 3 pm: InSPIRES webinar dedicated to CSOs engagement with Norbert Steinhaus, board member of Wissenschaftsladen Bonn (Bonn Science Shop) and coordinator of the Living Knowledge.

Within the framework of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Open Science and Innovation, researchers are called to collaborate with different stakeholders through inclusive and participatory methodologies during the different phases of the R&I process (i.e.  during the research agenda setting, design and execution of projects, implementation, evaluation and dissemination). The project InSPIRES is exploring how Science Shops can act as an interface for RRI implementation.

Currently, those interfaces are organisations created as mediators between citizen groups (trade unions, pressure groups, non-profit organisations, social groups, environmentalists, consumers, residents association etc.) and research institutions (universities, independent research facilities). Science Shops are important actors in community-based research (CBR) and facilitate collaborative research projects based on concerns brought forward by society.

However, sometimes one of the first difficulties, specially for new established Science Shops, is to engage CSOs, to take them on board and to establish with them a win-win relationship based on trust.

In this webinar, Norbert Steinhaus, who is a board member of Wissenschaftsladen Bonn (Bonn Science Shop) since 1990 and coordinator of the Living Knowledge, will share with us his experience working with CSOs. He will present some inspiring examples of collaborations and will give some tips to fruitfully engage with them.

We invite you to join this Lunch Inspires Webinar and to participate in an interactive discussion.

Please send an email to jcarreras@irsicaixa.es, if you are interested and you will receive access to our online platform to join the webinar.

After hearing Norbert’s thoughts on CSO engagement, the stage is yours – We invite you to share your local best practices & ideas in a digital ideation challenge with the help of Be-novative software (Register & Catch up with all the info on the Transformative Potential of Science Shops page or Share your ideas right now!).