EUC Science Shop day - 22 October 2010
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Prof. Henk Mulder has visited European University Cyprus Science Shop to present as some useful examples of science shop projects. 22 October 2010
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- 1. European University Cyprus, Examples of 22 Oct 2010 Science Shop projects PERARES: Public Engagement with Research Dr. Henk A.J. Mulder And Research Engagement Science Shop, with Society. Funded by the University of Groningen, EC (project 244264) The Netherlands www.scienceshops.org © Henk Mulder
- 2. Demand Community/voluntary groups Environmental NGOs Local/regional authorities Schools/pupils Patient groups Clients Labour unions of Religious groups Science Individuals (sometimes conditional) Shops Other: student organisations, museums, police/agencies, parliamentarians/political parties 2 © Henk Mulder
- 3. Science Shop Groningen • City of Assen: Street Lighting in Natural Area: – Social Safety – Energy saving – Does not disturb nature • Ecology Department • NGO “Bats Working Group” • Green coloured LED lights • GREEN LIGHT FOR BATS! 3
- 4. Examples Environmental Projects Drinking water pollution in parks (Timisoara) Management recreational lakes (Bacau) Pollen allergies (Oradea) 4 © Carmen Teodosiu p TIMCED Intermediu Ploiesti
- 5. Utrecht Examples • Effects climate change on dune ecosystems • Fish protection in hydro power 5
- 6. Utrecht Examples (2) • Last Name rights (father/mother) (Womens’ Association) • History of first inhabitants orphanage / retirement home 1791-1804 (Orphanage) • Role of speculators on the coffee market (Fair Trade Organisation) 6
- 7. 7 Picton Neighbourhood Resource Centre Women’s Enterprising Breakthrough The Basement Night Drop-In Daisy’ s Café Shelter MOVIE: http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/ScienceShop/CaseStudies/KirstyMeredith/
- 8. Wageningen Case Examples • Gardeners Association • Local (Organic) Food • Old Farmstead Cheese • Fried Cassave (Immigrant Women) 8
- 9. University of Tilburg • MA project – Position of patients in mental health care: consequences of having to repeat their stories to new psychs (Patients Asssociation). • PhD projects: – Young veterans and sense of guilt (Association of Veterans) – Health care arrangements for the elderly (Organisation of Seniors) 9
- 10. TU Eindhoven Design Research (Large & Small) • Architecture playground cantina • Pavement sensor • Special bike (hip powered) 10
- 11. Belgium • Accessibility of public space for mentally handicapped (Platform Handicapped People; Brussels) • Reading out by 12 year olds to 5 year olds in schools: Gives 12 year olds more pleasure in reading themselves? (School; Antwerp) 11
- 12. Social/Medical Projects • Food advice hemochromatosis patients to prevent diabetes • Lay carers and strokes • Living with facial paralysis • Forum for Action on Substance Abuse : Examine parental experiences of drug and/or alcohol addiction and the impact on children. What are the best support mechanisms to address these issues? 12
- 13. Medical Projects (2) • Overview science on cancer and food Anne Devlin, Cancer Prevention Officer from the Ulster Cancer Foundation: When it comes to cancer prevention it is of utmost importance to provide the public with recent evidence-based information. Often we do not have time to carry out detailed literature searches ourselves. These projects have provided us with high quality, usable and relevant information which will assist us in developing new resources and presentations. 13
- 14. Video • Korean TV Documentary on Dutch Science Shops • Project Zijpe (University of Utrecht) • Project Wind-mills (Physics Shop Groningen) • Nobel-prize winner prof. Gerard ‘t Hooft (University of Utrecht: Physics 1999) • Student (Technical University Eindhoven) 14
- 15. Procedure 1 “Intake” - Problem mapping; match University Knowledge- 3 base? Proposal + remove financial barriers 6 - Your needs + Student learning requirements Student selection + Start 12 Participate & Discuss 12+ Final product 15 © Henk Mulder
- 16. Impact for Society Media / Public Attention Legal success Policy influencing success New product, improved service or organisation Empowerment !!! 16 © Henk Mulder
- 17. The End Thanks ! www.scienceshops.org 17
Editor's Notes
- Some more biology projects, both ecological and molecular Animal Protection NGO wants to know if w e can better formalize the way in which values of animal tests are being assessed by animal-experimental ethics boards? Utrecht university studied how ethics are currently being discussed in AEEBs, how do they come to an ethical conclusion, which problems they face and what recommendations for improvement can be made? (Sub questions: what information to they use, how are conclusions of various AEEBs different and why?; what frames are available to assess values of animal tests, on what are they based and how are they used?; what role is played by terms as ‘intrinsic value’ and are these terms helpful?) Same NGO wants to know f or which biomedical research they make use of primates. Utrecht enlarged the question to look for alternatives. Dune preservation NGO wants to know what are the effects of climate change on dune eco system. Utrecht students looked into which ecological development in population of species in the Dutch dunes has occurred because of temperature change. They discussed what physical changes are to be expected in the dunes, what are the expected changes in spreading of species, and how does the distribution among species change, and what are current trends? Finally, they discussed which of these developments can be related to temperature change. On the molecular side, there was a question from an MS Patients Association to do research into effectiveness and mechanism of means to remove heavy metals from MS patients (such as Detoxamin, DMPS) Students started to first test the underlying presumption that there is a relation between heavy metals and MS, and then investigated what is known about mechanism and effectiveness of chelating therapy. Only after these steps, there can be research into effectiveness for MS patients and potential risks of chelating therapy (especially for MS patients) A study into Biological mechanisms behind Legionella control produced an overview was made for LegioFreeWaterSystems Inc. The bacterium Legionella pneumophila is the source of the disease ‘Legionellosis’, better know as Legionnaire’s disease. Although the illness can be treated with the right antibiotics, Legionella has led to a good number of deaths in the Netherlands alone. Legionella thrives in water of 20 to 50° Celsius, and therefore occurs in all sorts of (warm) water systems and water installations. In order to prevent Legionella contamination, several methods have been developed with which the bacteria can be killed in (tap) water. These have been evaluated.