Swedish advocacy platform for SwafS in H2020

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Published on Tuesday, 06 September 2016 06:21

Written by Paula Wennberg

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The Swedish advocacy platform for Science with and for Society (SwafS) in Horizon 2020 discussing strategy and planning for future activities. Paula Wennberg is one of  twelve platform members who participate in the meeting on the premises of the Swedish Research Council in Stockholm on September 5, 2016.

The aim of the SwafS programme is to promote effective cooperation between science and society, to recruit new talents for science and pair scientific excellence with social awareness and responsibility.

VA Public and Science https://v-a.se/ is the coordinator of the Swedish advocacy platform gathering together fifty Swedish actors to increase the Swedish participation in SwafS. SwafS operates in following areas: Gender equality, RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation) Governance, Public engagement, Science education, Open Science andEthics.