Report

Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - R4H1819 (Researchers for Humanity 2018-2019)

Teaser

European Researchers Night -R4H- 2018 continued the series of events already organized in Romania from 2007. The event builded a strong link between public and research through this important message of relevance: what science and researchers do are useful for daily life...

Summary

European Researchers Night -R4H- 2018 continued the series of events already organized in Romania from 2007.
The event builded a strong link between public and research through this important message of relevance: what science and researchers do are useful for daily life, and their life is as everyone’s else.
Important players from science and education joined forces in creating the most important national wide project. The public was invited to come, play, talk and learn about researchers and to understand how science can be used in the benefit of humanity.
Based on the outstanding awareness of the European dimension of the event that was created throughout the years, Researchers Night 2018 confirmed as being one of the most important communication event for research and education institutions.
The national platform growed, and new cities joined. The researcheres, teachers and students got involved and promoted in their area the work that they performed.
Over 47.600 visitors took part in the activities offered in 2018, over 348 researchers got involved in the activities offered and over 700.000 people were made aware of the European Researchers\' Night and its objectives. Partnerships were continued at national and local level.
The event itself was organized in 21 cities from Romania.

The project has reached its objctives and proved to be succesful

Work performed

\"Awareness campaign
Conception, production and display of promotional material
Public advertising , indoor and outdoor media (4-5 billboards and banners in every city and on large LCD screens in big cities main squares;
Publication of press releases;
Organisation of an official press conference, displaying a mesh in the city centre of each 21 participating cities 2 weeks before the event
Publication of articles, interviews, announcements in science magazines (Stiinta si tehnica, Anticipatia), business magazines (BIZ, Economica), national and local newspapers (Adevarul, Evenimentul Zilei, Jurnalul National, Observator, Telegraf etc);
Airing of promotional spots, interviews on TV (Digi TV, Realitatea, Antena, TVR, Neptun TV, Alpha TV), radio contests and interviews (Radio Romania, Europa FM, Rock FM, Kiss FM, Pro FM);
Pre-events:
Promotion during other public events;
Promotion towards the public national authorities (ministry of education and research, national authority for research);
Teasers in the public spaces (subway, airports, fast foods, shopping malls) through BlitzTV
Revamping, constant updating of project website www.noapteacercetatorilor.eu
Revamping, constant updating of social networks profiles ( Facebook (“Noaptea Cercetatorilor Europeni - Romania”) with relevant posts and photos of the activity, Instagram account, promoting the #ERN #NCE2018, #NCE2019, YouTube account with videos evolution about the Romanian events of European Researchers Night, Twitter account;
Posting of announcements and articles on internet blogs, Vlog chanel;
Posting of press release online



Activities during the Night
Main concept: RESEARCHERS FOR HUMANITY, a special designed space with main areas that will invite visitors in various activities;
Topics: earth sciences, human performance, with sport and medicine researchers, social sciences with linguists, historians and any other researchers in socio-humanistic sciences, robotics and technical sciences;
o Offer of the activities as planned in the Annex I part B to the Grant Agreement, organised around the following topics:
o Earth Sciences;
o Human Performance: sport and medicine researchers;
o Social Sciences: linguists, historians and any other researcher in socio-humanistic sciences;
o Robotics and Technical sciences;
o Art

Active involvement of 535 researchers, of whom:
6 having benefitted from MSC schemes;
1 having benefitted from another EU support (FP 7-HORIZON 2020);
Organisation of EU corners in each main venues (17), with 6 Europe Direct stands and the intervention of 7 HORIZON 2020-funded researchers (amongst whom MSC fellows);

47.600 visitors having taken part in the activities offered.
 
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Final results

\"Collection and processing 4355 feedbacks, through:
Offline survey (19 questions, displayed during the event, at national level), randomly selected, mostly composed of students, teachers and parents;
Focus group organised with students and researchers;
Main conclusions:
Typology of visitors: the age of the responders concluded in 54.6% between 15-24 years, 23.3 % (25-39 years), 19.8 % (over 40 years); The most responders were women 50 % and 46 % men. The educational background of the responders was various: over 37% graduated from a secondary school, over 27% from High school, while 32% graduated university studies (license, master, PhD and Post PhD studies)
Knowledge about the event: public advertising, vlog and blog, on line announcements;
Overall positive feedback regarding locations and venues, concrete organisation, scheduling, activities proposed, contacts with researchers;
Combination of entertainment and science, interferences with young researchers holding an accessible language to the audience;
Increased interest for the event expressed by both public and mass media compared to previous edition;
Increased interest for scientific careers expressed by young people attending, notably through the \"\"5highSchools, 5Sciences\"\" activity (elaboration of research projects by students and researchers, presented during the events), with the wish expressed by over 73 young people to get involved in educational projects;
Specific feedback from students from focus group:
Accessibility of researchers involved: language, clear explanations, young and committed;
Novelty to be discovered everywhere: stands, technology, projects, breakthroughs, and consequently increased knowledge after having participated in the event;
Clear awareness of research contribution to facing daily challenges, research being the way a better and evolved world.
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Website & more info

More info: http://www.noapteacercetatorilor.eu.