How to foster science-society relationships? Invitation to meeting with NEWS - Limited places available

We invite you to the meeting with the National Centre of Expertise on Science and Society (NEWS). On Tuesday 22 April they will pay a visit to the University of Twente. The programme is below. There are maximum 25 places available. If you’re interested, please email Anne Dijkstra (a.m.dijkstra@utwente.nl) to reserve a chair.

Programme

On Tuesday 22 April, NEWS will pay a visit to the University of Twente.

The National Centre of Expertise on Science and Society (NEWS) aims to foster the connection between science and society through better science communication. To achieve this goal NEWS consults with researchers and science communication practitioners on how science communication can be done better. Furthermore, NEWS is a network organisation that aims to bring together de science communication ecosystem, from citizen science to more traditional forms of science communication. As a knowledge broker NEWS stimulates the sharing of experiential and scientific insights into science communication and reaching different publics. 

Aim of the visit is to get to know each other better, present and discuss ideas for fostering science communication and engagement, and science-society relationships more general, at the University of Twente and in the public sphere. 

 Outcomes of this session will be brought in at a meeting with the UT rector and dean BMS.  

The programme is as follows:

13:15 – 14:30           Open debate and discussion (RA1315, max 25 places available)

After a short introduction by NEWS and brief pitches of various UT domains that work on science -society relationships, a moderated discussion will take place guided by Anne Dijkstra, lead of the Research Centre for Science Communication and Engagement.

Theme

Science and society are intertwined, however, currently science-society relationships are more frequently challenged. Science communication seems more important than ever in dealing with those challenges. In this meeting we explore and debate what universities and researchers can do to better understand the changes and challenges and how we can deal with them. What can science communication achieve? What do changes and trends say about current roles for universities (such as the UT) and researchers? What role is there for NEWS in this debate? What can we learn from developments? How can we support each other?  

Practical

Introduction NEWS by director Sicco de Knecht (about NEWS Over ons – NEWS)

Pitches by UT staff

• DesignLab (Sabine Wildevuur)
• Citizen Science Hub Twente (Saskia Baas)
• Open Science (Raúl Zurita Milla)
• Geo Citizen science (Karin Pfeffer)
• Science stories by Marketing & Communication (Kees Wesselink-Schram)
• Research Centre Science Communication & Engagement (Anne Dijkstra)

 Questions and discussion (45-50 minutes) moderated by Anne Dijkstra