Public Engagement Community Event

We warmly invite you to join our upcoming Public Engagement Community Event on 9 November at the House of Connections, bringing together colleagues from UG, UMCG, Hanze, NHL Stenden and beyond.

The event is for everyone whose work contributes to, or who would like to contribute to, public engagement, science communication and citizen science, including PE staff and facilitators, policy officers, and academics.

A key goal of this informal event is to map the competences and expertise available within our PE community in the North, particularly among those who facilitate and support public engagement activities.

Together, we will explore:

• What do we have? What expertise, competences, training and experience are already available within our community, at different faculties, departments, units, and organisations?

• What do we need? Which competences are currently missing or need to be strengthened and where and how should they be offered?

• What should we build? What can we learn from the Public Engagement team at Utrecht University, and how can we strengthen our own training offer?

In the coming months (date to follow), we are invited to Utrecht University for a session focused on reviewing existing Public Engagement training programmes both at Utrecht and within our own community and exploring how they could be further developed. The outcomes of our community event will provide important input for this session, helping us bring our needs, experiences and ideas to the discussion.

The event will also be an opportunity to share updates and experiences, meet new colleagues, broaden our PE network across the region, and explore opportunities for collaboration and funding of future public engagement activities.

Register for this informal event via this link.
We look forward to seeing you on 9 November!

Preliminary programme