Project description
Strengthening the researcher-citizen connection
Bridging the gap between researchers and the public is important. European Researchers’ Night is an example of how researchers take the opportunity to engage with citizens of all ages each year so as to demonstrate the impact of their research on society. The EU-funded U*Night project takes this a step further. It aims to expand its outreach programme to also include previously inaccessible rural, semi-rural and mountain regions. The project leverages Horizons Europe Missions, which pool various resources to build a more inclusive and resilient continent, to translate key issues into concrete objectives and relate the work of researchers to real life. Ultimately, U*Night will become an open laboratory for communication and outreach practices.
Objective
The key of U*Night is inclusiveness. The project is designed to expand the outreach action of the European Researchers’ Night and maximize its impact, bringing the event to new cities and to rural, semi-rural and mountain areas that are usually less involved in this kind of event. This is possible thanks to the participation in U*Night of the members of UNITA, one of the European University Alliance, strongly committed to the valorisation of rural and mountain areas.
The activities are conceived to increase the public recognition of R&D in terms of impact on citizens and communities’ daily lives: to this aim, the project will embrace the approach of Horizon Europe Missions, framing the communication in a challenge-based narrative, that translate critical issues into concrete objectives and make the researchers’ work tangible and linked to real life. U*Night will also enhance the direct participation of people to the research process, by launching a transnational citizen science project to highlight the contribution that citizens can bring to science and the benefit they can get in terms of personal development.
U*Night will also promote the role of citizens as key stakeholders in the debate on societal challenges and will activate a constructive interaction with policy makers and scientists. To this aim U*Night will create concrete opportunities for opening this dialogue, by launching co-creation processes that lead to more inclusive decision policy-making. U*Night will also develop innovative training resources to support researchers in becoming better listeners to citizens’ needs and concerns and to build a stronger relationship with society.
U*Night intends finally to become an open laboratory for communication and outreach practices, where the partners can pioneer innovative actions but also nurture a stronger culture of public engagement within the European academia through the direct connection of UNITA with all the other European university Alliances
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinator
10124 Torino
Italy
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6201 001 Covilha
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64000 Pau
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300223 Timisoara
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10153 Torino
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73011 Chambery
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50009 Zaragoza
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20123 Milano
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10122 Torino
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12037 Saluzzo
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10129 Torino
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10148 Torino
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6230 338 Fundao
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6200 151 Covilha
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6350-130 Almeida
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6440 100 Figueira De Castelo Rodrigo
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6324-007 Sabugal
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6290-554 Gouveia
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6400-455 Pinhel
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6420-107 Trancoso
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6260 Manteigas
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6301-854 Guarda
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12100 Cuneo
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307160 Dumbravita
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327075 Ciclova Română
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73011 CHAMBERY
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64010 PAU CEDEX
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33060 Bordeaux
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64400 Oloron sainte-marie
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64603 Anglet Cedex
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64100 Bayonne
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40800 AIRE-SUR-L'ADOUR
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64160 Saint-Castin
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64000 Pau
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12030 Ostana (CN)
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74960 Annecy
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