Interesting documentation on Science Shops 

In the overview below you find hyperlinks to articles, review and reports on science shops, community-based research and science-society relations.

All documents can be downloaded for free. Documents are in English unless a banner indicates another language.

Final reports and documentation of the EC project ISSNET

EC Science Shop flyer
Paper copies can be order at the European Commission- DG Research, Science and Society (liz.vesterlund@cec.eu.int)

Final report EC project Interacts 
Improving interaction between NGOs, Science Shops and Universities: Experiences and Expectations
(Final report and Appendicies)

Science Shops: A kaleidoscope of science-society collaborations in Europe
(Leydesdorff & Ward (2005), preprint of article in Public Understanding of Science)

From 'science and society' to 'science in society' through the ISSNET network
EC Cordis News, 14 March 2005

Flyer of the Living Knowledge Network
A new flyer of the Living Knowledge Network is available online.
You can also order paper copies for free.

Shopping for Science: Paths to Science for Everyone
In : Natural Selections: A newsletter of the Rockefeller University Community
(Issue 13, March 2005)

Documentation 2nd Living Knowledge conference (Seville, February 2005)
Some presentations of the international conference 'Advancing Science and Society Interactions' 

Science Shops - Thinking the future and twinning old/new shops
Presentations of a workshop on the role of universities, partnerships with the NGOs and local entities, and the promotion of new Science Shops in Europe. Ongoing and new projects were presented and a possible partnership with FP6 projects was also discussed.

Neighbourhood Science  
Article on Science Shops in November 2004 issue of EC RTD Info: magazine of European Research (pdf-document, 1.2 MB)
Also available in French, German and Spanish

Wetenschapswinkels in de kennissamenleving
Article in the Dutch Journal of Higher Education (Tijdschrift voor Hoger Onderwijs)
(abstract )

Let's revive Busan Science 
Busan Daily News / Busanilbo (July 29, 2004) 
Korean article about science shops (pdf-file, 1.8 MB)

Le retour des boutiques de sciences 
La Lettre EMERIT, nr 37, 2003 (pdf-file 300 kB)

Grassroots goes global
Pragmatics: journal of community based research, Vol 6. No. 1, Winter 02-03

Bread, cheese, and expertise: Dutch science shops and democratic institutions
PhD thesis by Nicole Farkas (May 2002)  (pfd-file, 1 MB)

EC's Science and Society Action Plan (December 2001)

Information en Français (Conférence, 16-17 Novembre 2001, Paris-Jussieu)

Article on Science Shops in Nature (July 5, 2001) (pfd-file, 180 kB)

SCIPAS reports (July 2001) (7 reports, pdf-files)

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