VA's goals are to:
• Promote and encourage contact and the exchange of ideas between the public and researchers
• Increase society’s knowledge about:
- research processes and results
- the public’s view of research
- ways to better communicate and promote dialogue about science and research
• Give researchers insights and inspiration on how to relate their research to topical issues facing society
• Build networks for the exchange of ideas, meetings and collaborations.
Our main mission:
RESEARCHING
• the public’s view of science and research
• how opinion-forming groups in society view and use research
• how researchers interact with the society
• methods for dialogue on science and research
CREATING DIALOGUE
• new forms of dialogue in unconventional arenas on themes that
engage people
COMMUNICATING
• knowledge and experiences, through our website www.v-a.se,
the VA blog, newsletters and seminars
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