Little Nocturnal Secrets

Informations projet

LINCS

N° de convention de subvention: 954509

DOI

10.3030/954509

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 20 Juillet 2020

Date de début 1 Mai 2020

Date de fin 28 Février 2021

Financé au titre de

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coût total

€ 674 180,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 275 757,00

Coordonné par

UNIVERSITE MARIE ET LOUIS PASTEUR
France

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - LINCS (Little Nocturnal Secrets)

Période du rapport: 2020-05-01 au 2021-02-28

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

The ERN is an event allowing to create a direct link between researchers and the public. This is useful both for researchers and the public. Researchers are trained for this specific type of communication and confront their research subjects with the public. This encounter brings interesting questions, but also joy and motivation for researchers to keep on their work. This is especially important for young researchers that can sometimes feel isolated. The public gains knowledge about scientific subjects, but more importantly about research itself: how it is to work in a lab, how do researchers get funding for their works, how much does this and this cost... These questions about detail provide information about "real" research, and not only the image of it that exist in TV Shows, or in some parts of social media, very suspicious about research. With this information, people can make up their mind, change their views, to adjust to the testimonies and answers of the researchers in front of them.

With a lockdown situation, and an omnipresent scientific subject (COVID-19), organizing an event allowing to join a friendly and playful encounter to cheer up the minds, and strong scientific exchanges with the participation of researchers themselves is particularly important.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

Organization of a fully online event in which participated 600 researchers and 80.000 visitors across all the French territory, but also across Europe and the world.
14 simultaneous events in different cities in metropolitan France and in La Réunion island.
More than 50 hours of live broadcast, in one evening, and 150 videos to watch during and after the event.
Presence on various social media (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok), reaching a wide range of public.
Highlight of European research programs in all cities, in various activities (live show, videos, podcasts, zoom meetings...)

A very high satisfaction from the public, despite a general fatigue about online activities.

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

The success of the event shows that online activities can be highly interactive. Our speed searching online has been replicated by many organizations in France outside of the consortium, showing that our activities have been adopted by the professionals, the researchers, and the public.

visual identity for the ERN 2020