The document provides information about the Connected Communities Programme, which aims to enhance participation, prosperity, sustainability, health and well-being in communities through connecting research, stakeholders and communities. It summarizes recent and current projects funded by the programme in areas like the creative economy, community engagement, cultures and health/well-being. It also outlines current calls for funding, including for digital community co-production projects and research on the legacy of the First World War. The Digital Transformations theme is working to transform arts and humanities research through new digital resources and methods.
This document summarizes a pilot study conducted with an electric utility in Arizona to understand how they market renewable energy programs to the public. The study analyzed cultural artifacts like websites, newsletters and billboards to understand the messaging and its delivery. Interviews with utility employees provided insight into the representation process and their visions. The study aims to understand how collective understandings influence policy feedback loops and examines the links between utilities, policymaking and publics. Future work is focused on similar analysis of community renewable projects in Italy.
Long-lived teams working across the primary-secondary analysis spectrum.energybiographies
Presentation given by Karen Henwood at event 2 of New Frontiers in Qualitative Longitudinal Research: 'Research Relationships in Time'. Cardiff University, 7th February 2013.
This document summarizes a meeting about collective human-information interaction (CHI2) between researchers from various universities in the GW4 partnership. The meeting aimed to identify opportunities for interdisciplinary CHI2 research across the universities. Specifically, the goals were to investigate how people can create and share knowledge to help address societal problems, and to foster a research community around this area. Key topics discussed included understanding collective behavior, human interaction with social media and information, using collective values and information for decision-making, and identifying signatures in large datasets. The document provided an agenda for sessions on these topics, with presentations on applications like emergency response, social media analysis, and energy use reduction.
The document discusses scholars engaging with the public environment through various online tools and platforms. It notes that knowledge exchange through dialogue can enrich knowledge for all parties. It also discusses constraints of language in public discourse and how social media, crowdsourcing, and Web 2.0 technologies have created new dynamics for interactive scholarship. Finally, it suggests that clarity of purpose and relationships will be important for taking advantage of new opportunities that public engagement enables.
The document discusses scholars engaging with the public environment through various online tools and platforms. It notes that knowledge exchange through dialogue can enrich knowledge for all parties. It also discusses constraints of language in public discourse and how social media, crowdsourcing, and Web 2.0 technologies have created new dynamics for interactive scholarship. Finally, it suggests that clarity of purpose and relationships will be important for taking advantage of new opportunities that public engagement enables.
This document announces a two-day workshop on developing capacity in multimodal research, community engagement, and energy demand reduction. The workshop aims to promote methodological innovation using multimodal data, enhance research-user engagement, and increase multimodal research capabilities among projects related to sustainable communities and energy demand reduction. Activities will include talks, panels, discussions, and workshops to creatively and analytically work with multimodal data and discuss multimodality and public engagement. The workshop intends to boost participants' research insights and transfer gains to other communities, with plans to develop an interactive mobile exhibition showcasing work across projects.
Sizwe Mxobo has worked as a community planner since 2011, facilitating informal settlement upgrading projects in Cape Town. Some of his accomplishments include managing the re-blocking of over 100 structures in Flamingo Crescent to provide each household with a flush toilet and tap, and re-blocking 22 structures in Kukutown. He advocates for the urban poor and facilitates workshops between communities and university students. Sizwe believes planning should focus on meaningful community co-design and that his work shows how planners can and should work directly with communities.
Community Engagement towards HIV Prevention for Women Rouzeh Eghtessadi
Community engagement is essential for HIV prevention research, policy, and practice. It enhances understanding and support for research, facilitates ethical recruitment, and prepares communities for new technologies. Community is defined as groups infected and affected by HIV. Effective engagement includes mapping communities, participatory dialogue at all stages, building relationships and capacity, and disseminating learning. Tools include defining spheres of influence, advisory boards, information sessions, and participatory research. Future approaches should strengthen communities' roles in informing research, implementing technologies, and sharing best practices through two-way communication platforms.
This document summarizes a pilot study conducted with an electric utility in Arizona to understand how they market renewable energy programs to the public. The study analyzed cultural artifacts like websites, newsletters and billboards to understand the messaging and its delivery. Interviews with utility employees provided insight into the representation process and their visions. The study aims to understand how collective understandings influence policy feedback loops and examines the links between utilities, policymaking and publics. Future work is focused on similar analysis of community renewable projects in Italy.
Long-lived teams working across the primary-secondary analysis spectrum.energybiographies
Presentation given by Karen Henwood at event 2 of New Frontiers in Qualitative Longitudinal Research: 'Research Relationships in Time'. Cardiff University, 7th February 2013.
This document summarizes a meeting about collective human-information interaction (CHI2) between researchers from various universities in the GW4 partnership. The meeting aimed to identify opportunities for interdisciplinary CHI2 research across the universities. Specifically, the goals were to investigate how people can create and share knowledge to help address societal problems, and to foster a research community around this area. Key topics discussed included understanding collective behavior, human interaction with social media and information, using collective values and information for decision-making, and identifying signatures in large datasets. The document provided an agenda for sessions on these topics, with presentations on applications like emergency response, social media analysis, and energy use reduction.
The document discusses scholars engaging with the public environment through various online tools and platforms. It notes that knowledge exchange through dialogue can enrich knowledge for all parties. It also discusses constraints of language in public discourse and how social media, crowdsourcing, and Web 2.0 technologies have created new dynamics for interactive scholarship. Finally, it suggests that clarity of purpose and relationships will be important for taking advantage of new opportunities that public engagement enables.
The document discusses scholars engaging with the public environment through various online tools and platforms. It notes that knowledge exchange through dialogue can enrich knowledge for all parties. It also discusses constraints of language in public discourse and how social media, crowdsourcing, and Web 2.0 technologies have created new dynamics for interactive scholarship. Finally, it suggests that clarity of purpose and relationships will be important for taking advantage of new opportunities that public engagement enables.
This document announces a two-day workshop on developing capacity in multimodal research, community engagement, and energy demand reduction. The workshop aims to promote methodological innovation using multimodal data, enhance research-user engagement, and increase multimodal research capabilities among projects related to sustainable communities and energy demand reduction. Activities will include talks, panels, discussions, and workshops to creatively and analytically work with multimodal data and discuss multimodality and public engagement. The workshop intends to boost participants' research insights and transfer gains to other communities, with plans to develop an interactive mobile exhibition showcasing work across projects.
Sizwe Mxobo has worked as a community planner since 2011, facilitating informal settlement upgrading projects in Cape Town. Some of his accomplishments include managing the re-blocking of over 100 structures in Flamingo Crescent to provide each household with a flush toilet and tap, and re-blocking 22 structures in Kukutown. He advocates for the urban poor and facilitates workshops between communities and university students. Sizwe believes planning should focus on meaningful community co-design and that his work shows how planners can and should work directly with communities.
Community Engagement towards HIV Prevention for Women Rouzeh Eghtessadi
Community engagement is essential for HIV prevention research, policy, and practice. It enhances understanding and support for research, facilitates ethical recruitment, and prepares communities for new technologies. Community is defined as groups infected and affected by HIV. Effective engagement includes mapping communities, participatory dialogue at all stages, building relationships and capacity, and disseminating learning. Tools include defining spheres of influence, advisory boards, information sessions, and participatory research. Future approaches should strengthen communities' roles in informing research, implementing technologies, and sharing best practices through two-way communication platforms.
civicOER - Einführung in „Service Learning“ und Potenziale der Verknüpfung vo...Tom Sporer
Der Impulsvortrag zum Workshop "civicOER" auf der Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft 2016 gibt zunächst einen Einblick in das Themenfeld des Lernens durch Verantwortung. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird der Ansatz des "Blended Service Learning", eine Kombination von "Blended Learning" und "Service Learning", vorgestellt und diesbezüglich die Potenzial der Nutzung von "Open Educational Ressources" diskutiert.
Presentation made at the Symposium on “Mainstreaming university-community research partnerships” at Indian Habitat Center on 9th April 2015, Organized by PRIA.
This document summarizes a research study on engaging diverse communities in Chicago in climate action. The study focused on the South Chicago community. Key findings include:
- South Chicago residents are aware of and interested in climate change concepts due to a history of environmental issues being important to the community.
- However, there is also skepticism about climate initiatives due to fears of gentrification and displacement.
- The study identifies existing environmentally friendly practices and major community concerns that could be springboards for climate action programs.
- It recommends building climate action campaigns around local heritage, organizations, and concerns to make climate change feel personal and build trust within the community.
The state of nature partnership is Britain's most ambitious conservation collaboration. This is a summary of our collective vision and strategy. The partnership is now called the Nature Intelligence Unit.
Presentation made at the Symposium on “Mainstreaming University-Community Research Partnerships” at Indian Habitat Center on 9th Apri 2015, Organized by PRIA.
The document summarizes a citizens' agenda for science, technology and innovation organized by UDUAL and various Mexican universities and government institutions. It describes a national consultation process held in Mexico from 2012-2013 that allowed citizens to vote on and discuss 10 proposed challenges. The top 3 voted challenges were to modernize education, ensure clean drinking water, and improve environmental protection. Over 70 organizations participated in the initiative. Following the consultation, 10 volumes of analysis and solutions were published. A university contest was also held asking students to propose innovative projects addressing the 10 challenges. The overall goals were to increase citizen participation in science policy and promote social innovation.
This document discusses conceptualizing collaborative participation and engagement in open educational resource (OER) communities. It examines OER typologies and communities, how OER are used and reused, and how they can improve education by making resources visible and accessible to communities. It also looks at categories of OER providers like institutions and communities, potential tensions around OER, and how collaboration and knowledge exchange can occur through communities of improvement and practice that engage faculty, tutors, and learners.
The Secretary General concludes the meeting by thanking the participants for their rich and productive conversation. She notes they focused on challenges and solutions for higher education to increase social innovation, including recognition in academia and interdisciplinarity. While some viewed universities negatively, discussions highlighted positive examples like supportive research funders in Canada and universities creating innovation labs. The diversity of participants enriched the discussions by providing contextual insights. All agreed new problems require new solutions and a paradigm shift is needed in learning, research and community engagement to better address social issues through social innovation. The Secretary General thanks all involved in organizing the successful meeting.
This document summarizes the findings of a global study on organizational structures that support community-university research partnerships (CURPs). The study included a global survey of 336 respondents from 53 countries as well as 12 case studies. Key findings include that most higher education institutions have created structures to support CURPs in the last 10 years, but there is still a large variation in how CURPs are conceptualized and practiced globally. National policies that explicitly include community engagement and research in higher education tend to encourage the institutionalization of CURPs. Specific funding programs and knowledge-sharing platforms at the national level also help strengthen CURPs. While many countries have made progress, true co-creation of knowledge and accountability to communities is still lacking in most partnerships.
This document summarizes the concurrent sessions from a PI meeting. It provides an overview of 16 session topics, including addressing socio-scientific issues like climate change and implications for science literacy. Each session section summarizes the main takeaways and resources shared. The document encourages reaching out with any follow-up questions.
This document provides an overview of a briefing meeting for a funding call related to coordinating centres for community engagement in the centenary of World War 1. It includes an agenda for the day-long meeting which will discuss the AHRC and HLF context and programs, an overview of the coordinating centres call, and networking opportunities. It also summarizes the AHRC's strategy, Connected Communities program, and current related calls including research grants, community co-production in the arts and humanities, and a design highlight.
This document provides information about a workshop on the role of the creative economy in developing and sustaining vibrant communities in the UK. The workshop is part of the Connected Communities Programme, a collaboration between multiple UK research councils aimed at connecting research, organizations, and communities. The workshop will discuss challenges around understanding the creative economy's impacts and maximizing benefits for communities, with the goal of developing innovative project ideas to address gaps in knowledge. Attendees are encouraged to think creatively about new partnerships and approaches beyond single case studies. Follow-up funding opportunities are available for selected project proposals.
Open Science and Citizen Science - researcher, participants, and institutiona...Muki Haklay
Presentation from the OECD workshop on 9th April 2018, GSF-NESTI Workshop on "Reconciling Scientific Excellence and Open Science" asked the question "What do we want out of science and how can we incentivise and monitor these outputs?". The talk covers the personal experience as a researcher, the experience of participants in citizen science projects, and the institutional aspects.
This document provides an overview of the Arts and Humanities Research Council's (AHRC) strategic themes: Science in Culture, Digital Transformations, Care for the Future, Translating Cultures, and Connected Communities. It outlines the goals and focus of each theme, recent activity including development awards and calls for proposals, and future plans which include notifications for large grant proposals in 2013. Theme leadership fellows are also introduced who will provide strategic advice and help build scholarly communities within each theme.
Leaders and partners: strategic positioning for transformative services - Wen...CONUL Conference
Librarians are well-positioned to take on leadership roles and partner with other university departments due to their expertise in areas like data management, curation, and ensuring inclusive and ethical use of information. As technologies like artificial intelligence advance, librarians can help address privacy concerns and make sure AI systems are optimized for both human and machine use of information. Their skills in organizing and providing access to information also make libraries important partners in developing the data capabilities needed for institutions to successfully implement AI.
This work package will explore how cultural intermediation connects communities to the creative economy through case studies in Birmingham and Manchester. It aims to understand how intermediation impacts communities and what cultural learning is facilitated. The research will use ethnography including interviews and events to examine how formal cultural intermediation has engaged hard-to-reach communities and supported their involvement in the creative economy. Local community researchers will be trained to help co-create knowledge and benefit from skills development. Planned outputs include academic publications, case studies, engagement guides and events, and online dissemination of lessons learned.
Growing Communities in the Arts and Humanities. The experience of the DARIAH-...Francesca Morselli
DARIAH-EU is the European research infrastructure for the arts and humanities. In 2016 it was recognised as an ERIC5 and it comprises 17 Members and several Cooperating Partners in eight non-member countries. The activities of DARIAH comprise four main strands, namely: 1. training and education; 2. resources, tools and methods made available by and for the research community; 3. policy and advocacy support (on topics such as open science); and finally, 4. a growing transnational community of researchers.
This paper will focus on the fourth aspect and aims at exploring the case study of the DARIAH-EU Working Groups (henceforth WG) as a model in which research communities organize themselves, given the boundaries and the assets provided by a research infrastructure such as DARIAH. The DARIAH-EU WG are transnational, grass-rooted, self-organized, collaborative groups which have their roots in existing communities of practice. They form the heart of the DARIAH-ERIC community, but at the same time they maintain the existing ties with the (national and local) institutions where the WG members are based.
The creation of new DARIAH WGs follows the need of communities to foster innovative scholarly practices and to provide the infrastructure to support them. In turn, participation in existing WGs is a means to consolidate infrastructure and scholarship in certain areas of research, and to create or reinforce the network of expertise inside DARIAH. The WG level enables an organizational structure which is not just flexible and dynamic, but also driven by feedback and as such it helps DARIAH to be sustainable. Furthermore the value of the working groups lies in the fact they allow a better alignment between research institutions functioning on a national basis (universities, data centers, data archives, libraries, archives, projects etc...) and the research interests that emerge in international collaborations - the WGs are therefore able to optimize their own research environment by harnessing both national and international horizons.
In addition, the work of the WGs is considered so central in the development of the Research Infrastructure that in 2017 DARIAH-EU established a funding scheme to provide financial support for their activities, including travel to WG meetings, core developments such as the creation of tools, policy documents or dissemination material.
This paper will therefore examine the European landscape of the DARIAH WGs, firstly
by charting their evolution since 2015 and secondly, by identifying those dynamics of
the research community that are the basis for successful collaboration, exchange of
information and experiences.
This presentation also aims to reflect on what the challenges are in the creation and
maintenance of such dispersed communities, and therefore it wishes to contribute to
a fruitful discussion with other national and international experiences.
Presentation made at the Symposium on “Mainstreaming university-community research partnerships” at Indian Habitat Center on 9th April 2015, Organized by PRIA.
The guide of best practices on open knowledge activities.pptx.pdfKai Pata
Educational institutions can teach students agency and active citizenship through co-designing and running citizen science activities. Design thinking tools are useful for co-designing activities where participants map concepts, find challenges, and prioritize solutions. Well-designed citizen science activities move beyond just open data collection, aiming for open knowledge building, data reuse for policymaking, and shared actions that benefit the community.
This document discusses a project examining the role and purpose of academic books in serving scholarship and learning. The project has two phases: the first involves literature reviews and evidence gathering to understand issues, and the second establishes a community coalition to conduct focused mini-projects. The goal is to investigate opportunities and challenges of technological developments while extensively consulting the academic, publishing, and library communities. The project aims to sustain and enhance the impact of arts and humanities research by navigating breadth and depth of impact from all perspectives.
This document discusses the planning of the Australasian Association for Digital Humanities (AADH). It identifies several benefits of forming an association, including providing resources and coordination for digital humanities work in the region. International models of similar associations are presented, including the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO). The document explores drafting a statement of purpose or aims for the AADH, providing examples from other organizations' statements. It engages in discussion around identifying the shared vision and goals of the AADH.
civicOER - Einführung in „Service Learning“ und Potenziale der Verknüpfung vo...Tom Sporer
Der Impulsvortrag zum Workshop "civicOER" auf der Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft 2016 gibt zunächst einen Einblick in das Themenfeld des Lernens durch Verantwortung. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird der Ansatz des "Blended Service Learning", eine Kombination von "Blended Learning" und "Service Learning", vorgestellt und diesbezüglich die Potenzial der Nutzung von "Open Educational Ressources" diskutiert.
Presentation made at the Symposium on “Mainstreaming university-community research partnerships” at Indian Habitat Center on 9th April 2015, Organized by PRIA.
This document summarizes a research study on engaging diverse communities in Chicago in climate action. The study focused on the South Chicago community. Key findings include:
- South Chicago residents are aware of and interested in climate change concepts due to a history of environmental issues being important to the community.
- However, there is also skepticism about climate initiatives due to fears of gentrification and displacement.
- The study identifies existing environmentally friendly practices and major community concerns that could be springboards for climate action programs.
- It recommends building climate action campaigns around local heritage, organizations, and concerns to make climate change feel personal and build trust within the community.
The state of nature partnership is Britain's most ambitious conservation collaboration. This is a summary of our collective vision and strategy. The partnership is now called the Nature Intelligence Unit.
Presentation made at the Symposium on “Mainstreaming University-Community Research Partnerships” at Indian Habitat Center on 9th Apri 2015, Organized by PRIA.
The document summarizes a citizens' agenda for science, technology and innovation organized by UDUAL and various Mexican universities and government institutions. It describes a national consultation process held in Mexico from 2012-2013 that allowed citizens to vote on and discuss 10 proposed challenges. The top 3 voted challenges were to modernize education, ensure clean drinking water, and improve environmental protection. Over 70 organizations participated in the initiative. Following the consultation, 10 volumes of analysis and solutions were published. A university contest was also held asking students to propose innovative projects addressing the 10 challenges. The overall goals were to increase citizen participation in science policy and promote social innovation.
This document discusses conceptualizing collaborative participation and engagement in open educational resource (OER) communities. It examines OER typologies and communities, how OER are used and reused, and how they can improve education by making resources visible and accessible to communities. It also looks at categories of OER providers like institutions and communities, potential tensions around OER, and how collaboration and knowledge exchange can occur through communities of improvement and practice that engage faculty, tutors, and learners.
The Secretary General concludes the meeting by thanking the participants for their rich and productive conversation. She notes they focused on challenges and solutions for higher education to increase social innovation, including recognition in academia and interdisciplinarity. While some viewed universities negatively, discussions highlighted positive examples like supportive research funders in Canada and universities creating innovation labs. The diversity of participants enriched the discussions by providing contextual insights. All agreed new problems require new solutions and a paradigm shift is needed in learning, research and community engagement to better address social issues through social innovation. The Secretary General thanks all involved in organizing the successful meeting.
This document summarizes the findings of a global study on organizational structures that support community-university research partnerships (CURPs). The study included a global survey of 336 respondents from 53 countries as well as 12 case studies. Key findings include that most higher education institutions have created structures to support CURPs in the last 10 years, but there is still a large variation in how CURPs are conceptualized and practiced globally. National policies that explicitly include community engagement and research in higher education tend to encourage the institutionalization of CURPs. Specific funding programs and knowledge-sharing platforms at the national level also help strengthen CURPs. While many countries have made progress, true co-creation of knowledge and accountability to communities is still lacking in most partnerships.
This document summarizes the concurrent sessions from a PI meeting. It provides an overview of 16 session topics, including addressing socio-scientific issues like climate change and implications for science literacy. Each session section summarizes the main takeaways and resources shared. The document encourages reaching out with any follow-up questions.
This document provides an overview of a briefing meeting for a funding call related to coordinating centres for community engagement in the centenary of World War 1. It includes an agenda for the day-long meeting which will discuss the AHRC and HLF context and programs, an overview of the coordinating centres call, and networking opportunities. It also summarizes the AHRC's strategy, Connected Communities program, and current related calls including research grants, community co-production in the arts and humanities, and a design highlight.
This document provides information about a workshop on the role of the creative economy in developing and sustaining vibrant communities in the UK. The workshop is part of the Connected Communities Programme, a collaboration between multiple UK research councils aimed at connecting research, organizations, and communities. The workshop will discuss challenges around understanding the creative economy's impacts and maximizing benefits for communities, with the goal of developing innovative project ideas to address gaps in knowledge. Attendees are encouraged to think creatively about new partnerships and approaches beyond single case studies. Follow-up funding opportunities are available for selected project proposals.
Open Science and Citizen Science - researcher, participants, and institutiona...Muki Haklay
Presentation from the OECD workshop on 9th April 2018, GSF-NESTI Workshop on "Reconciling Scientific Excellence and Open Science" asked the question "What do we want out of science and how can we incentivise and monitor these outputs?". The talk covers the personal experience as a researcher, the experience of participants in citizen science projects, and the institutional aspects.
This document provides an overview of the Arts and Humanities Research Council's (AHRC) strategic themes: Science in Culture, Digital Transformations, Care for the Future, Translating Cultures, and Connected Communities. It outlines the goals and focus of each theme, recent activity including development awards and calls for proposals, and future plans which include notifications for large grant proposals in 2013. Theme leadership fellows are also introduced who will provide strategic advice and help build scholarly communities within each theme.
Leaders and partners: strategic positioning for transformative services - Wen...CONUL Conference
Librarians are well-positioned to take on leadership roles and partner with other university departments due to their expertise in areas like data management, curation, and ensuring inclusive and ethical use of information. As technologies like artificial intelligence advance, librarians can help address privacy concerns and make sure AI systems are optimized for both human and machine use of information. Their skills in organizing and providing access to information also make libraries important partners in developing the data capabilities needed for institutions to successfully implement AI.
This work package will explore how cultural intermediation connects communities to the creative economy through case studies in Birmingham and Manchester. It aims to understand how intermediation impacts communities and what cultural learning is facilitated. The research will use ethnography including interviews and events to examine how formal cultural intermediation has engaged hard-to-reach communities and supported their involvement in the creative economy. Local community researchers will be trained to help co-create knowledge and benefit from skills development. Planned outputs include academic publications, case studies, engagement guides and events, and online dissemination of lessons learned.
Growing Communities in the Arts and Humanities. The experience of the DARIAH-...Francesca Morselli
DARIAH-EU is the European research infrastructure for the arts and humanities. In 2016 it was recognised as an ERIC5 and it comprises 17 Members and several Cooperating Partners in eight non-member countries. The activities of DARIAH comprise four main strands, namely: 1. training and education; 2. resources, tools and methods made available by and for the research community; 3. policy and advocacy support (on topics such as open science); and finally, 4. a growing transnational community of researchers.
This paper will focus on the fourth aspect and aims at exploring the case study of the DARIAH-EU Working Groups (henceforth WG) as a model in which research communities organize themselves, given the boundaries and the assets provided by a research infrastructure such as DARIAH. The DARIAH-EU WG are transnational, grass-rooted, self-organized, collaborative groups which have their roots in existing communities of practice. They form the heart of the DARIAH-ERIC community, but at the same time they maintain the existing ties with the (national and local) institutions where the WG members are based.
The creation of new DARIAH WGs follows the need of communities to foster innovative scholarly practices and to provide the infrastructure to support them. In turn, participation in existing WGs is a means to consolidate infrastructure and scholarship in certain areas of research, and to create or reinforce the network of expertise inside DARIAH. The WG level enables an organizational structure which is not just flexible and dynamic, but also driven by feedback and as such it helps DARIAH to be sustainable. Furthermore the value of the working groups lies in the fact they allow a better alignment between research institutions functioning on a national basis (universities, data centers, data archives, libraries, archives, projects etc...) and the research interests that emerge in international collaborations - the WGs are therefore able to optimize their own research environment by harnessing both national and international horizons.
In addition, the work of the WGs is considered so central in the development of the Research Infrastructure that in 2017 DARIAH-EU established a funding scheme to provide financial support for their activities, including travel to WG meetings, core developments such as the creation of tools, policy documents or dissemination material.
This paper will therefore examine the European landscape of the DARIAH WGs, firstly
by charting their evolution since 2015 and secondly, by identifying those dynamics of
the research community that are the basis for successful collaboration, exchange of
information and experiences.
This presentation also aims to reflect on what the challenges are in the creation and
maintenance of such dispersed communities, and therefore it wishes to contribute to
a fruitful discussion with other national and international experiences.
Presentation made at the Symposium on “Mainstreaming university-community research partnerships” at Indian Habitat Center on 9th April 2015, Organized by PRIA.
The guide of best practices on open knowledge activities.pptx.pdfKai Pata
Educational institutions can teach students agency and active citizenship through co-designing and running citizen science activities. Design thinking tools are useful for co-designing activities where participants map concepts, find challenges, and prioritize solutions. Well-designed citizen science activities move beyond just open data collection, aiming for open knowledge building, data reuse for policymaking, and shared actions that benefit the community.
This document discusses a project examining the role and purpose of academic books in serving scholarship and learning. The project has two phases: the first involves literature reviews and evidence gathering to understand issues, and the second establishes a community coalition to conduct focused mini-projects. The goal is to investigate opportunities and challenges of technological developments while extensively consulting the academic, publishing, and library communities. The project aims to sustain and enhance the impact of arts and humanities research by navigating breadth and depth of impact from all perspectives.
This document discusses the planning of the Australasian Association for Digital Humanities (AADH). It identifies several benefits of forming an association, including providing resources and coordination for digital humanities work in the region. International models of similar associations are presented, including the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO). The document explores drafting a statement of purpose or aims for the AADH, providing examples from other organizations' statements. It engages in discussion around identifying the shared vision and goals of the AADH.
This document provides information about a town meeting hosted by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to discuss their Care for the Future theme. The meeting will include presentations on the theme's aims and large grant opportunities, as well as discussion sessions. The Care for the Future theme explores the relationship between past, present and future through a temporal lens. Background information is also provided on AHRC's strategic themes initiative and funding opportunities related to the Care for the Future theme.
This document introduces the Generic Social Outcomes (GSO) framework developed by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council to help cultural institutions evidence their social impact. It discusses an evaluation project that used the GSO framework to assess the social impacts of the National Year of Reading initiative in Yorkshire, England. Key findings from the evaluation included evidence of impacts in stronger communities, public life, and health and well-being. The document also raises potential issues for further developing the GSO framework and using social impact measures.
This document outlines plans for a summit on connected communities. It discusses mobilizing research to enhance self-reliance, health, and well-being through better connecting stakeholders, communities, and research. The goals are to contribute to community resilience, citizenship, diversity, health, and sustainability. It also discusses the government's vision to empower citizens and give more power to local groups. Finally, it discusses understanding changing connections within and between communities through an integrated research approach.
The document discusses the AHRC Digital Transformations strategic theme led by Professor Andrew Prescott. The theme aims to use digital resources and tools to change how research is conducted in the arts and humanities. It seeks to encourage experimentation, cross-disciplinary work, and projects that create strong links between disciplines. Several initial research networks and exploratory grants are mentioned. Future activities may include more funding calls and events to showcase funded work.
The Open & Equitable Program aims to make research more open, equitable, and impactful through three main projects:
1. The Open & Equitable Model Funding Program will create recommendations for research funders to make their grantmaking practices more equitable and incentivize open scholarship among grantees.
2. Open Scholarship Seed Awards will provide small grants to stimulate open scholarship engagement among networks that face barriers to participation and test an approach for advancing open scholarship.
3. The Science & Society project will support work engaging communities in science, building collaboration networks, and exploring how philanthropy can leverage civic science for real-world impact.
This document provides an overview of a presentation on the social turn in literacy development and its impact on library practice. The presentation covers:
- Setting the scene by defining key concepts like the social turn, participatory culture, and network society.
- Considering the context of social turns that have occurred in various fields including business, education, libraries, and approaches to literacy.
- Progress and prospects, including the wide range of literacies now facilitated by academic librarians and emergent education practices they are adopting with a social focus.
- Implications and impact on areas like professional development, library management, and service philosophy.
Raising Awareness for Sustainable Energy: Best Learning Practices and State o...Andreas Kamilaris
A presentation focusing on "Raising Awareness for Sustainable Energy". Presented at a workshop of the Joint European Summer School for Doctoral Candidates on Technology Enhanced Learning (JTEL 2013), held in Limassol, Cyprus in May, 2013. This presentation shows best learning practices for environmental awareness and presents state of the art applications in the field of sustainability and energy savings. The psychological factors and motivational patterns that lead these applications to succeed are discussed through the presentation.
The workshop was moderated by Andreas Kamilaris, postdoc researcher at the University of Cyprus and Sotiris Themistokleous, assistant director at the research institute CARDET.
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This document provides information about applying for funding from the HERA Joint Research Programme on the theme of "Uses of the Past". Key points:
- The programme pools €21 million from 23 European countries and the EU for humanities research projects involving at least 4 researchers from 4 eligible countries.
- Applicants must submit an outline proposal by April 9, 2015 following the prescribed format. Successful applicants will then be invited to submit a full proposal.
- Projects can be up to €1.2 million and 36 months. Proposals will be evaluated on criteria like relevance, excellence, innovation, impact, and European added value.
- The
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Connected communities capital town meeting collated presentations
1. Connected Communities Programme
Digital Community Research Co-Production
Briefing Meeting for Capital Funding Call
Welcome
Gary Grubb
Associate Director of Programmes AHRC
3. Connected Communities Programme:
Connecting Research for Flourishing Communities
Programme Vision
To mobilise the potential for
increasingly inter-connected,
culturally diverse, communities
to enhance participation,
prosperity, sustainability,
health & well-being by better
connecting research,
stakeholders and communities.
4. Evolving Understandings of Community
Evolving approach but see communities as:
“dynamic processes through which groups come together, through
choice or necessity, to share some common bonds or values or to
co-operate and interact over a sustained period of time in pursuit
of a collective need or interest in particular issues or outcomes.
Communities may be real or imagined, may share a virtual or
physical environment and/or may share aspects of identity (such as
location, race, ethnicity, age, history, practice), culture, belief or
other common bonds, connections or interests but may also
transform over time, be culturally diverse and involve significant
dissent and conflict”.
5. Evolving Understandings of Community
• Importance of temporal as well as spatial dimensions
• Interest in the processes which constitute and ‘connect’
communities and the ways that they are enacted, ‘performed’,
experienced and change
• Recognise that there are many forms of community (e.g.
ascribed, elective, imagined, transient, etc.) & many different
forms of connection (language, place, virtual, practice, cultural
activity, etc)
• Consider both the positive and negative aspects
• Interested both in the relationships within communities and the
interactions between communities (past and present) and their
outcomes for broader society and economy.
• Applicants expected to explain the ways in which they are using
the term community and thinking about issues of connectedness
and to justify why this is appropriate for their proposed research
6. Understanding Changing Community Cultures and Histories & Patterns of Connectivity
within & between Communities
Current Reviews, Pilot Demonstrator Projects, Researching Community Heritage & Summits
Community
values,
participation,
self-reliance
and resilience
ESRC/ AHRC
Mobilisation
call - 2 Large
Grants
Community
health and
well-being
2011
Workshop
& 3 Large
Follow-up
large grants
Community
creativity
prosperity &
regeneration
2010
workshop &
3 follow-up
large grants
Sustainable
community
environments,
places and
spaces
May 2012
workshop &
Follow-up
Connecting Research with Communities & other Organisations, Stimulating Research
Partnerships and Enhanced Harvesting of Research for Impact
Partnership Activities & Summits (esp 2012 summit )
Connecting Research on Communities
Summits , workshops & follow-up projects
Community
cultures,
diversity,
cohesion,
exclusion &
conflict
Possible
workshop
2013
Programme Themes & Activities
7.
8.
9. Larger Projects:
Communities & the Creative Economy
• Understanding Everyday Participation – Articulating
Cultural Values (Ied Dr Andrew Miles, Manchester University)
• Cultural Intermediation: connecting communities in the
creative urban economy (Ied Dr Phil Jones, Birmingham
University)
• Media Community and the Creative Citizen (led by Professor
Richard Hargreaves, Cardiff University)
10. New Projects
Community Engagement and Mobilisation
• The social, historical, cultural and democratic
context of civic engagement: Imagining different
communities and making them happen led by
Professor Graham Crow, University of Edinburgh
• Productive Margins: Regulating for Engagement, led
by Dr Morag McDermont, Bristol University
11. New Projects
Communities, Cultures, Health & Wellbeing
Three new large projects being launched today:
•Dementia and Imagination: connecting communities and
developing well-being through socially engaged visual arts
practice, led by Dr Gillian Windle at Bangor University
•Representing Communities: developing the creative power
of people to improve health and well-being, led by Professor
Gareth Williams at Cardiff University
•Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery: connecting
communities for mental health and well-being led by
Professor Paul Crawford at Nottingham University
12. Other Current Projects
• 10 community co-creation and co-production projects where the
research teams are working with community partners in the first
stage to determine the research ideas to be explored in the
second phase
• 11 projects on the theme of communities cultures, environment
and sustainability following up a research development workshop
held in Bristol last year
• Research for Community Heritage supporting 18 research teams
across the UK to support hundreds of community groups that are
undertaking small projects to explore their community heritage
we are as a part of Lottery Fund’s All Our Stories Programme.
13. Leadership Fellowships
• Prof George McKay (Salford Univ.) will play a
leadership role in relation to the Programme’s
cross-cutting theme on “Understanding
changing community cultures and histories and
patterns of connectivity within and between
communities”.
• Prof Keri Facer (Bristol Univ.) will play a
leadership role in relation to the cross-cutting
theme on: “Connecting research with
communities and other stakeholders”
Helping to bring together this large portfolio and map out future
directions and connections for the Programme we have appointed
2 Leadership Fellows:
14. Current Calls
Research Grants Highlight for Design & Communities
• Highlight notice to stimulate innovative
applications to explore the
contributions that design can make to
the Connected Communities
Programme and encourage proposals
that connect communities, designers
and arts & humanities researchers in
the co-design & co-production of
research
• Stimulus materials including case
studies and films of Connected
Communities ‘design’ projects
• Applications £50k- £1.5m (fEC)
• Highlight ends 15 January 2014
www.ahrc.ac.uk/cchighlight
15. Current Calls
Communities & the Centenary of the First World War
• Further collaboration with the HLF to support
researchers and communities, including young
people, to come together to develop
initiatives to commemorate the centenary of
the First World War and its legacy
• Call to create 5-7 co-ordinating centres will
close on 16 July. Briefing meeting in London
on 14 June.
16. Current Calls
Research Development Workshop on the
Programme’s Legacy
• Call for expressions of interest to attend a
research development workshop in
Edinburgh on 2 July to support the
development of ideas for research projects
to explore and enhance the sustainability
of outcomes from, and legacy of, research
under the Connected Communities
Programme and to provide new insights on
the potential broader cultural, economic
and societal value of research under the
Programme.
• Deadline for EOIs to participate 7 June
17. Current Calls
Digital Community Research Co-Production in the
Arts and Humanities
£4m ‘capital funding’ for a new call to harness the
power of digital technologies, creative communities
and community interest in exploring their cultures and
heritage to engage communities in the digital co-
production of research. It aims to develop cultural and
creative digital research ‘assets’ (e.g. as new or
enhanced databases, archives, galleries and creative
outputs) which will be a sustainable resource and
legacy for both future research and for communities.
19. Digital Transformations Theme
• How can we use the digital resources and tools now at
our command to change the way in which we
undertake research in the arts and humanities?
• What happens to our scholarly alignments,
assumptions and roles when we start to use new
digital resources and methods?
• How can we encourage new alliances in the arts and
humanities: more cross-disciplinary working, new
conversations, greater risk-taking, more imagination
• What is rolling down the hill towards us? What next,
and how can we help drive that forward?
20. Digital Transformations Theme:
Characteristics
• Pluralistic: no one approach or solution; encouraging
experimentation
• The aim is to produce exciting research which is inspiring
and transformative – not primarily concerned with
infrastructure, standards, integrated tools, etc.
• Projects creating strong links between the arts and
humanities, and also seeking out new cross-disciplinary
alliances and forms of collaboration
• Wow factor: but how do we link that to high-quality
research?
• Developing links with other themes (Translating Cultures;
Science in Culture; Care for the Future)
21. Activities to Date
• Initial research networks e.g. Data – Asset – Method:
Harnessing the Infinite Archive at University of Nottingham
• Exploratory grants, e.g.
– Ian Gwilt (Sheffield Hallam) Enhancing the understanding of statistical
data through the creation of physical objects
– David Gauntlett (University of Westminster) Community-Powered
Transformations: a research network exploring digital transformations in
the creative relationships between cultural and media organisations and
their users
– Tom Cheesman (Swansea University) Version, Variation, Visualisation:
Multi-lingual crowd-sourcing of Shakespeare’s Othello
– Bronwen Thomas (Bournemouth University) Researching Readers Online
– Claire Squires (Stirling University) The Book Unbound: Disruption and
Disintermediation in the Digital Age
• Digital Transformations Moot, November 2012
29. Possible Future Activities
• Another round of exploratory grants
• Calls relating to big data in the arts and
humanities
• Possible round of larger grants (but maybe not as
big as the first call)
• Further events showcasing the research being
undertaken as part of the theme
• Other events and activities organised with theme
fellow
30. Role of Theme Fellow
• Not programme director: providing scholarly input to
enhance transformative quality of work funded under
theme
• Building links between projects and encouraging synergy
between them
• Ensuring wider academic and public awareness of work
undertaken in theme
• Building links with other themes and theme fellows
• Organising seminars, workshops and other events which will
help achieve aspirations of theme
• Developing online presence of theme
31. Not a Programme or a Project but a Partnership
• A number of partners in developing theme
• Theme Advisory Group
• Theme Fellow
• AHRC team
• Previous and existing grant holders
• One of the outcomes of the theme should be an active
and well-integrated community whose continuing work
will reflect the vision of the theme
32. Digital Community Research Co-Production
Key Features of the Capital Funding Call
Gary Grubb
Associate Director of Programmes AHRC
33. Contributing to Strategic Themes
• The call seeks to explore new research
opportunities at the interface and
intersections between the Connected
Communities Programme, AHRC’s
Digital Transformations in the Arts and
Humanities Theme, the Cross-Council
Digital Economy Programme and other
AHRC activities relating to the Creative
Economy
• Open Call – prior involvement in any of
the above initiatives is not a
requirement
34. Key Features -
Community Co-Production
• Novel ways of engaging communities using
digital technologies and data in the
investigation of new research questions & in
the co-production of research-based assets
• Community engagement – stimulating,
shaping, challenging - at all stages of the
process – before, during and after
• Discussion of the nature of the communities
involved and the connectivity and
interaction between community participants
• Careful attention to the ethics of
engagement, inclusion etc
35. Key Features –
Producing Assets of Value
• A key focus of, and output from, the projects must be some
form of new, or significantly enhanced, research-based
asset of enduring value for communities and for future
research.
• Assets may take a variety of forms, e.g. open datasets,
integrated search facilities, mash-ups, visualizations and
mappings, enhanced gateways and portals, galleries, tools,
hardware, interfaces, software, material artefacts, or other
forms of innovative cultural and creative resource or asset.
• Consideration of legacy, sustainability and long-term
curation of the assets produced is essential (5-10 years or
more).
• Application of open data principles, standards & formats.
36. Key Features –
Inter-disciplinarity
• Applications should be inter-disciplinary combining at
their core arts and humanities researchers, community
engagement experts, and specialists in digital
technologies
• As this is part of the cross-Council Connected
Communities Programme we will welcome proposals
bringing in other areas in addition to these core areas
e.g. from social sciences, physical and natural sciences,
engineering, medicine etc.
• Important to demonstrate the distinctive arts and
humanities contribution as a part of the mix.
• Broader collaborations outside the HE sector welcomed
37. Key Features –
Innovative & Transformative Research
• Exploring the potential for digital &
multi-media technologies to transform
approaches to research co-production
• Innovative use of new technologies
e.g. to co-create, use, re-mix, link,
represent, visualise, map, reconfigure,
re-purpose, enhance, open data.
• Creating novel assets or content or
exploring different contexts for use
• Not about doing ‘more of the same’
• Recognise some projects may involve a
higher degree of risk
38. Key Features –
Research Reflection
• Embed opportunities for critical
reflection on, and learning from, the
research co-production processes,
ethics, application of open access
principles, the value of the assets
produced and the project legacy.
• Consideration to the broader
contribution to Connected
Communities (e.g. what can we learn
about communities and connectivity?),
Digital Transformations etc (e.g.
implications for future A&H research)
39. Range of Proposals
• Open to a range of proposals, large and
small from innovative experimental or
demonstrator projects through to larger
projects or projects which build in
innovative ways on existing projects
• Open to proposals involving or
combining a diverse range of content
and ‘data’ or covering a wide range of
issues, provided that there is a clear link
to the arts and humanities research
dimensions of the project.
40. Assessment Criteria
• Quality
• Value of cultural research-based assets
• Community engagement
• Innovation and transformative potential
• People, skills, expertise and collaboration
• Fit to call
• Potential contribution to Connected Communities
and Digital Transformations
• Pathways to impact, legacy, outputs and
dissemination
• Achievability and feasibility
• Value for money
41. Digital Transformations in Community
Research Co-Production in the Arts
and Humanities
Application and Assessment Process
42. • Grant details
• Key eligibility criteria
• Equipment costs
• International collaboration
• Community partner costs
• Call and assessment timetable
• Successful awards
Summary
43. Grant Details
• Awards of between £50,000 - £600,000
• Maximum duration of 18 months
• Awards must start on 1 October 2013
• Awards must have finished by 31 March 2015
44. Key Eligibility Criteria
• Contribution to both the Connected
Communities Programme and the Digital
Transformations in the Arts and Humanities
Theme
• Collaboration outside of the HEI sector
• Engagement with Community groups or
organisations
• Inter-disciplinary
45. Equipment Costs
• Individual items in excess of £10,000 can be
included
• For items between £10,000 and the OJEU
threshold (£135,668 inclusive of VAT) the
Research Council contribution will be 80% for
first £10,000 then 50% for any amount above
£10,000
• Justification made with the ‘Justification of
Resources’ section
46. Continued….
• Items above the OJEU threshold potentially
funded at 100%
• A business case is required for items over
threshold
• 3 equipment quotations must be included
for items over threshold
• Optional quotes for equipment between
£25,000 and threshold
47. International collaboration
• International Co-Investigators can be costed in
to project at 100%
• Total direct costs for International co-
investigators is no more than 30% of the FeC
of the proposal
• Must be from eligible institution
• Must be of Post doctoral standing
48. Inclusion of Community
Partners and Costs
• Community groups and organisations may be
included as project partners or collaborators.
• Funding for communities to undertake specific
additional activities as an integral part of the project
may be requested where appropriate.
• Guidance on this for applicants the Connected
Communities programme on AHRC’s website may be
helpful. http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/Funding-
Opportunities/Research-funding/Connected-
Communities/Documents/CC-community-partner-
costs.pdf
49. Application and Assessment
Timetable
• Applications through Je-S System
• Deadline 4pm on 27th
June 2013
• Applications will go to an Assessment panel in July
2013
• Outcomes to be sent in August or early September
2013
50. Continued…
• All Awards are expected to start on 1 October 2013
• All projects must finish by 31 March 2015
51. Successful Awards
• All awards to produce a Final report suitable
for publication
• Participate in activities planned by AHRC or
the Leadership Fellows
• Provide AHRC with information on how to
access assets and resources
• Follow-up surveys
52. Please contact us with any queries prior to submission:
Laura Bones, Programmes Co-ordinator – l.bones2@ahrc.ac.uk
Wendy Matcham, Portfolio Manager -
wendy.matcham@ahrc.ac.uk
or
Dr Pamela Mason, Strategy and Development Manager –
p.mason@ahrc.ac.uk
Questions?