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ESF Member Organisation Forum Science in Society Relationships. Inproving interaction with society – urge for strategy & action ESOF2012 session How to motivate scientists to engage with the public Camilla Modéer co-chair ESF MOF SiS 15 July 2012. www.v-a.se.

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  1. ESF Member Organisation Forum Science in Society Relationships Inproving interaction with society – urge for strategy & action ESOF2012 session How to motivate scientists to engage with the public Camilla Modéer co-chair ESF MOF SiS 15 July 2012 www.v-a.se

  2. ESF Member Organisation Forum Science in Society Relationships • The SiS Forum 20010 - 2012 • 29 Research Funding and Performing ESF Member • Organizations from all over Europe • 4 Forum Workshops including expert lectures • Survey • Case Studies • Conclusions and Recommendations

  3. ESF Member Organisation Forum Science in Society Relationships • SiS – Science for the benefit of Society and Society for the benefit of Science • Diversity of context and cultures – and a lot in common: • all sciences • a variety of societal actors should be involved • rewards to individuals and institutions necessary • communication is (only) part of the answer – a need for change of culture in the scientific community • sufficient funding must be ensured • evaluation of quantity, quality and impact a key • issue

  4. ESF Member Organisation Forum Science in Society Relationships • Recommendations: • Every Research Funding or Research PerformingOrganization, RFO/RPO, need • * Commitment in policies and strategies – shared by all employees • * Actions (funding, activities….) appropriate to objectives, context and culture

  5. ESF Member Organisation Forum Science in Society Relationships • Learning and improving • Principles • common views on SiS are emerging in Europe • learn from each other and share best practices • join capacities to develop common needs • experiment • Instruments • networks sharing experiences • common agreement(s) • joint development of indicators, methods of evaluation, impact assessment etc • research on SiS, its importance and impact

  6. ESF Member Organisation Forum Science in Society Relationships • Rewarding Researchers and Institutions • Introduce evaluation methods and indicators • Activities • Resources – financial and human • Impact measurements • Indicators – simple, transparent, accepted • Make SiS intrinsic part of funding and merits • SiS requirements at grant application and in reports • Use SiS as a differentiator in peer reviews • Start to collect data on SiS • Allocate money for SiS in grants and for SiS-promoting activities • Consider SiS for promotion, salary and funding

  7. ESF Member Organisation Forum Science in Society Relationships • Conclusions • Much is done, more is needed, development required: • Embedded in culture + responding to new challenges • Clear Commitment to SiS in policy and strategy • SiS activities and processes with • - Quality, transparency and experiments • - Researchers rewarded for SiS achievements • - Networks sharing experiences and best practices • - Jointly develop systems for indicators, evaluations • and impact assessment

  8. CHANGE THIS IMAGE OF RESEARCHERS

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