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May 2021
STS Conference Graz
Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies The STS Conference Graz is the joint Annual Conference of the Science, Technology and Society Unit - Graz University of Technology, the Inter-Disciplinary Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ) and the Institute of Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS). The annual STS conference provides space for international scholars and young scientist to discuss their topical research amongst peers. The contributors to this event address the complex ways in…
Find out more »UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development
Our planet and its inhabitants are under increasing pressure: Human-induced climate change, limited and recklessly exploited resources, rising temperatures and sea levels, pollution and shrinking biodiversity are just a few of the issues governments and populations face around the world. The Conference will raise awareness of these challenges, highlight the crucial role of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as a key enabler for the successful achievement of all SDGs, and create momentum for strengthening ESD in policy and practice.
Find out more »NewHoRRIzon Final Conference
NewHoRRIzon virtual final conference will inform attendees about the achievements and lessons learned in the H2020 project NewHoRRIzon. The programme includes focused breakout sessions to deep dive into specific RRI contexts, keynote lectures and presentations to reflect on the current status and future of RRI heading into Horizon Europe, and plenty of networking opportunities to strengthen our European and global research and innovation community around the topic of RRI. The organisers stress that there will also be plenty of networking…
Find out more »Challenges in Research Ethics Assessment
~Experiences from Africa and Europe~ The symposium aims to facilitate the sharing of experiences and perspectives on research ethics assessment challenges between African and European experts. The symposium is organized into four sessions in which experts will present on challenges and solutions related to the theme of their session. A panel discussion will follow the speaker presentations.
Find out more »ResBios Open Dialogue Webinar “Gender & Career development versus COVID 19”
Over the past year and a half, the way we have all lived and worked has changed drastically. For many of us, we have been lucky enough to keep working throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, although most of this work has moved to an online platform. Some of us might have stumbled to adapt to begin with, but most of us have been able to transition to this new way of working, and as we start to lift covid-restrictions, it is…
Find out more »June 2021
European Research and Innovation Days
European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond. The event will take place online on 23 and 24 June 2021, allowing everyone to get involved from anywhere. This year marks the start of Horizon Europe, our most ambitious EU research and innovation programme ever and will be a decisive moment to…
Find out more »Future of Science Communication Conference
The Future of Science Communication Conference brings together European actors from research and practice of science communication. The primary goal of the Conference is to provide an impetus for stronger networking and further transfer activities in Science Communication. Only effective and evidence-based science communication can help to tackle the challenges in the relationship between science-public-media-politics in the coming years on the European level. We need science communication research that is well connected at the European level, systematically conducts excellent research,…
Find out more »EurSafe Conference 2021
~ Justice and Food Security in a Changing Climate ~ With the Sustainable Development Goals, the global community has agreed to end hunger and malnutrition in all of its forms by 2030. However, the number of chronically undernourished people has increased continuously each year from 775 million in 2014 to 821 million in 2017. Ongoing climate change and the necessary action to be taken are very likely to aggravate this situation even more. This makes necessary strategies to mitigate climate…
Find out more »July 2021
Gender Equality Plan Development: Fulfilling the Horizon Europe requirements and beyond!
A Gender Equality plan is a set of actions for identification of gender bias, implementing procedures to correct them and setting measurable indicators for monitoring the progress. The event is organised by WBC-RRI.NET, an international project funded by Horizon2020 programme that aims to embed Responsible Research and Innovation in Western Balkan Countries and to enhance Self-Sustaining R&I Ecosystems. It emphasises the importance of gender dimensions in research and innovation and also aims to establish a working group on the development…
Find out more »ETHNA Workshop “Leveraging a gender equalit agenda in Research and Innovation Performing Organisations”
This workshop will focus on existing initiatives and strategies addressing gender equality in research and innovation in research funding organisations, research performing organisations and innovation ecosystems in order to analyse: What are the drivers and barriers of institutions for addressing gender equality in research and innovation? What is the governance of gender equality in research and innovation? Does one size-fit all? Are these initiatives bottom-up or top-down? How embedded are gender equality initiatives in the strategies of institutions? Are these…
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