In June 2011 started the Sozialwissenschaftsladen (Social Science Shop), a non-profit-organisation
based in Berlin, Germany, that aims at the mediation between science and society. It tries to strengthen community oriented research and education at Universities and to disseminate interesting societal topics by offering seminars and workshops, writing papers and evaluations, conceptualising own projects and realizing them in cooperation with different partners. The interdisciplinary team (political science, sociology, economy, pedagogy and cultural science) is focussed on the topics: participative research methods, empirical research methods, social, political and cultural change related to the European
Union, ethnicity and migration and education, employment and labour market.
Contact: Sabine Schwirner: schwirner@sozialwissenschaftsladen.de; Serttas Dündar: duendar@sozialwissenschaftsladen.de, www.sozialwissenschaftsladen.de (English version of the website is coming soon)
Social Science Shop in Berlin
What innovation is needed to guide research towards public concerns? How can civil society fully participate in the co-creation of knowledge? The 5th Living Knowledge Conference will focus on getting more insight into processes, and develop specific policy recommendations that resonate with public concerns and articulated research needs.
The PERARES online debate series starts with a pilot on nanotechnology: NGOs, industry and government previously have initiated discussions which now will be compared considering the possibilities of public influence on and participation in the development of a new technology area.
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