Close-up #4: new inspiration for public engagement
Inspiring columns and background stories
In Beeld #4 is out now! The Centre for Science and Culture's magazine on public engagement, full of inspiring columns, background stories and practical examples from university staff at Utrecht University.
Be inspired by the examples in this magazine, develop your own ideas and find suitable partners to realise them.
In this issue
This issue has a festive touch, as we pay attention to the renewed UMU (University Museum Utrecht), which is breaking new ground in meeting the public. Also: a column on animal love by Maarten Post and on the science of service by Yvon van der Pijl, students and children as climate-conscious pioneers, activist professors, a board game to change the world, first aid for school research projects and a Bingo!
Close-up #4 in print
Would you like to receive a printed copy? E-mail your name and (work) address to publicengagement@uu.nl. Would you like to receive multiple copies to hand out to colleagues or others? If so, mention that in your e-mail too.
Public engagement
Engaging a broad and diverse audience in science is also known as Public Engagement. At Utrecht University, we see public engagement as part of Open Science. Open Science means: sharing scientific results and data and making them usable, and also making decisions together with people outside the academic community about what research should be about. This is essential to keep the relationship between science and society open and democratic.
On our website, you can find many inspiring projects and sign up for the newsletter. Are you curious about the previous editions of the magazine? You can find Close-up #1, Close-up #2 and Close-up #3 on the Public Engagement website.