Workshop 1.1:  Community-Based-Research: Finding a balance between CSO-Student-HEI needs

Friday 28th August 2009 

11.30 – 13.00

Venue: to be confirmed

Chair:

Mr Gerard Straver, Science Shop, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Ms Ils De Bal, Science Shop Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Presenters:

Jeffry A. Will, Tracy Milligan

“Bridging the town-gown divide in an urban setting: creating community-university partnerships through an applied sociology research center” Northeast Florida Center For Community Initiatives, North Florida, USA

Juliet Millican, Ceri Davies

“Moving from knowledge exchange to student community research”   CUPP Project, University of Brighton, UK

Iris Sliedrecht-Van Lavieren

“Motivated student researchers and mediators between experienced researchers and experienced clients ” Science Shop, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Format:

This workshop has been structured to encourage the involvement of all the participants. The presentations will last for around 10 minutes each and chair will then facilitate discussion between all participants for the remainder of the session.

Questions:

Discussion will focus on the following 4 questions:

  • How can we encourage students to participate in Community Based Research (CBR)?
  • How can we embed CBR in the curriculum?
  • How can we increase the societal impact of student CBR projects?
  • How can we ensure the scientific value of student CBR projects?
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