Project Background

SciShops will build an extensive knowledge base by analysing the practices of the existing European and International Science Shops. The goal is to engage community stakeholders in knowledge cafes and other community events in order to provide examples of the benefits of community-based research. The developed strategies and novel tools provided by the project, including a knowledge hub, a SciShops navigator, twinning and matchmaking platform, seek to provide guidelines for different types of organizations on how to establish and run a Science Shop.

Project Objectives

ASSESS

Assess European and international Science Shops characteristics and players, drivers and barriers of establishing a new conceptual science shop for the community.

BUILD

Build an online platform with best possible practices in the field, guidelines and recommendations for networking between Science Shops activities and exchange and best matchmaking.

IDENTIFY

Identify and engage relevant community-based research and knowledge transfer from Science Shops to society for the benefit of the community.

CONCEPTUALIZE

Conceptualize and organize best summer schools and knowledge cafes with students and trainers from the same field but from different geographical areas.

ELABORATE

Elaborate a good strategy for community-based research and knowledge transfer from Science Shops to society for the benefit of the community.

ESTABLISH

Establish new Science Shops within different types of research organizations, based on the acquired knowledge, best possible experience, best practices and overall guidelines.

ASSESS

Assess European and international Science Shops characteristics and players, drivers and barriers of establishing a new conceptual science shop for the community.

BUILD

Build an online platform with best possible practices in the field, guidelines and recommendations for networking between Science Shops activities and exchange and best matchmaking.

IDENTIFY

Identify and engage relevant community-based research and knowledge transfer from Science Shops to society for the benefit of the community.

CONCEPTUALIZE

Conceptualize and organize best summer schools and knowledge cafes with students and trainers from the same field but from different geographical areas.

ELABORATE

Elaborate a good strategy for community-based research and knowledge transfer from Science Shops to society for the benefit of the community.

ESTABLISH

Establish new Science Shops within different types of research organizations, based on the acquired knowledge, best possible experience, best practices and overall guidelines.

SciShops

Science Shops are entities that carry out independent participatory scientific research on behalf of citizens and local civil society. It is an open, inclusive and often interdisciplinary process in which citizens and community groups collaborate with researchers to help solve issues at local and regional levels.