[PCST] Living Knowledge Conference - August 2009

[Henk Mulder]

Dear colleagues,

This conference may be relevant for a number of you. 
Best wishes, and apologies for any cross-postings, 
Henk Mulder

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From: Emma McKenna 
To: LIVINGKNOWLEDGE at NIC.SURFNET.NL 
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 5:33 PM
Subject: [LIVINGKNOWLEDGE] Living Knowledge Belfast 2009 - Open registration and call for abstracts


Dear Colleagues

Please find below a call for submission of abstracts for the Living Knowledge 2009 conference, August 27-29.  Please forward to your networks as appropriate.  Registration for the conference is now open on the conference website: 

http://www.livingknowledge2009.org/Registration/

Call for Submission of Abstracts for the Living Knowledge 2009 Conference


"Engaged Communities, Engaged Universities: Developing policy and practice in participatory research",
27 - 29 August 2009, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

This conference aims to influence international research policies and establish priorities for community based research.  It also aims to critically reflect on partnership working and to consider current practice and future developments in Science Shops.


The Programme Committee invites submissions from potential contributors to the conference.   
Abstract submissions are invited for: 


Workshops - These contributions will typically involve a short (10 minute) presentation to stimulate discussion, together with a list of issues or questions which the workshop will seek to explore.  

Poster presentations - These contributions will typically involve the delegate providing a short commentary on their work. This may include, for example, case studies, examples of practice and methodologies.
Abstract submissions should relate to one of the following themes:


  a.. Engaging students in community based research 
  b.. Planning for demographic change 
  c.. Science Shops, sustainable development and climate change  
  d.. Knowledge exchange, transfer or exploitation?     
  e.. Sustaining CBR practice through arts and cultural forms 
  f.. Critical reflections on community engagement in the natural sciences, technology and innovation 
Abstract Submission Requirements

Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words and should be submitted via the conference website www.livingknowledge2009.org by 20th April 2009.  Applicants will also be required to ensure that their submission clearly fits within a conference theme and to give contact details and short biographies as part of the application process.  Abstracts which do not follow the submission guidelines may not be considered.  

Following consideration by the Conference Committee, successful abstract contributors will be notified by 18th May 2009.

For further information please contact the conference organising team on livingknowledge2009 at qub.ac.uk 

Best wishes, Eileen Martin and Emma McKenna 
Conference organisers, Queen's University Belfast

forwarded by: 

Dr. Henk A.J. Mulder
Bèta Wetenschapswinkel (Science Shop) - Science and Society Group
and Masterprogram Science Education and Communication
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Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (University of Groningen)
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The Netherlands
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