This European project is about Science Shops
which are structures serving as intermediaries
between research centres
and social collectives or citizens.
We will focus on two aspects:
The analysis of existing Science Shops in Europe,
their characteristics,
and on the other hand the creation of several Science Shops
of interest for
the scientific community and social collectives
existing where we work.
This project has several important challenges
One of them is involving 18 institutions from 13 countries
and coordinating the different initiatives
going through.
Another important challenge is citizenry
so that the Science Shops we are setting
are effective to solve the problems they have.
In this project we are relying on scientific communities
and citizens for the subjects we are involved in.
and we would like to relate Science Shop to them,
so that they share their issues
and they can be shared with scientists
working on those fields,
to find a joint solution.
Our two main subjects will be
on the one hand, Women and Science
scientific activity from a gender perspective
from two perspectives: scientific vocation
and women's participation in scientific research.
The other one is sustainability.
We have two national projects on sustainability
and we would like to see their social implications
or social needs around
of certain aspects involved in sustainability.
Energy, transport, etc.
We think that this project and its results
could be of interest as a road map
to improve the existing communication
between scientifics and citizens.
To improve the scientific culture of a country.