Some data on CONCISE public consultation
Download and read the booklet with data from the Italian public consultation held in Vicenza
Download and read the booklet with data from the Italian public consultation held in Vicenza
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, has produced various reactions from governments around the world and their relationship with scientists, highlighting interesting implications in terms of the role and public image. The contribution describes how usually a risk communication in a crisis period is developed and how the politicians and the experts are…
Scientific literacy Exposure to science and technology Quality and credibility of scientific information Use of scientific information through social networks Orientation towards science and technology Climate change These are some of the results of Yearbook Science Technology and Society 2020. The booklet is based on main results of survey 2020. It is the 16th…
As of tomorrow and throughout the weekend, the Commission will host the pan-European #EUvsVirus Hackathon, under the patronage of Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. The hackathon, led by the European Innovation Council and in close collaboration with the EU Member States, will connect civil society, innovators, partners and investors across Europe to develop innovative solutions…
BY Massimiano Bucchi and Barbara Saracino More than one Italian citizen over five still underplays the Covid-19 threat. This is one of the key results emerging from the recent survey conducted by Observa Science in Society Monitor. The monitor analyses in the first place exposure to information. The majority of Italians is getting their…
On 24 January Observa organized a Science Camp that involved students and students from different disciplines to discuss with them about communication related to 4 scientific topics: vaccinetions, climate change, alternative and complementary medicines (CAM) and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The Science Camp activity is part of PERSIST_EU, an Erasmus+ project coordinated by the University of…
The TRESCA Project focuses on understanding and developing trust in science communication. It concentrates efforts on innovating communication practices between scientific researchers, journalists and policy makers by drawing on the expertise of a diverse set of partners from multidisciplinary backgrounds. The project’s goals are to systematically understand the current state of public trust towards science…
In collaboration with the Research and Innovation Unit for Schools of the Bruno Kessler Foundation, this initiative, which forms part of the CISA (Cittadini per la Scienza) project funded by the Autonomous Province of Trento aims first and foremost to create a series of procedures and methods that will allow the citizens of the Province…
PERSIST – Knowledge, beliefs and the perception of science among European students PERSIST_EU is an Erasmus+ project coordinated by the University of Valencia (Spain) which involves five European countries (Spain, Italy, Germany, Slovakia and Portugal). The following aims are included amongst the primary objectives: the production of a method of assessment relating to the forms…
MORE-PE is an international project (2016-2018) aimed at mapping the culture of public engagement at research institutes (RIs). It aims to assemble a database of comparable data on aspects of public engagement (PE) at the institutional level in Portugal, UK, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, United States, Brazil, Japan, China and Taiwan. MORE-PE team members National…