The stimulation and measurement of the societal impact of science is in the spotlight. The conviction has grown that scientific Impact and societal Impact are both important. The Netherlands has taken pioneering initiatives, and in Flanders too notable successes have been achieved. In order to achieve more impact and innovation from science. Yet the distance between science and practice remains large. Both in the Netherlands and Flanders, parameters are being sought to better measure and stimulate the social return on science, for both universities and colleges. This conference will bring together and discuss the latest initiatives.
Also on this day, the results of the "Impactranking universities", which is published every two years by ScienceWorks, will be presented. It is a day for those in management and policy positions in Science and Technology in the Netherlands and Flanders, and for those within universities, technological institutes and universities of applied sciences who promote the impact of research within their own institutions.
The conference will be chaired by Koenraad Debackere (Council member AWTI, Professor at KU Leuven) and will address the following aspects
- Measuring the societal impact of science in the Netherlands, Flanders and beyond;
- The boundary between mission-driven and knowledge-driven scientific research;
- The contribution of science to entrepreneurship and scale-ups;
- The use of scientific knowledge in politics and policy;
- The importance of the citizen in the development of scientific research;
- The role of universities of applied sciences and applied research organisations in mission-driven research;
- The latest insights into the relationship between Open Science and societal impact.
The full programme can be found on the Science Work website.
Free for EUR employees
The full programme can be found on the Science Work website. (Conference will be held in Dutch)
