Building on scientific literacy in evolution towards scientifically responsible Europeans, COST Action CA17127
Published April 13, 2018 | Version v1
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Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of the COST Action "Building on scientific literacy in evolution towards scientifically responsible Europeans" (EuroScitizen) CA17127

Creators

  • 1. Wageningen University, Laboratory of Genetics, Netherlands
  • 2. University of Bern, Switzerland
  • 3. University of Bath, United Kingdom
  • 4. Aix-Marseille Univ - IRD_190, France
  • 5. Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany
  • 6. Insttituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia - Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Portugal
  • 7. Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg - IBU - Fakultät V, Germany
  • 8. Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. - Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Germany
  • 9. Institute Polythecnic of Santarém / Higher School of Education, Portugal
  • 10. Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • 11. University of Bristol, United Kingdom
  • 12. Institute of Botany of the CAS, v. v. i., Czech Republic
  • 13. Institute of Environmental Sciences, Poland
  • 14. Cercle FSER, France
  • 15. University of Porto , Portugal
  • 16. Ministers of education - Zanneio experimental high school, Greece
  • 17. University of Tartu, Estonia
  • 18. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas - Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), Spain
  • 19. University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Science, Netherlands
  • 20. CNRS, France
  • 21. C. S. Lewis Bilingual High School, Science Department, Slovakia
  • 22. Flickering, United Kingdom
  • 23. Musée cantonal de zoologie, Switzerland
  • 24. BioQUEST, United States
  • 25. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
  • 26. University of Cyprus, Cyprus
  • 27. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
  • 28. National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
  • 29. Michigan State University, United States
  • 30. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la ville de Genève, Switzerland
  • 31. University of Debrecen, Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, Hungary
  • 32. University of Bucharest - Research Center in Systems Ecology and Sustainability, Romania
  • 33. cE3c Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Portugal
  • 34. Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland
  • 35. Inspection générale de l'education nationale, France
  • 36. Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
  • 37. University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • 38. University of Athens, Greece
  • 39. Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
  • 40. Croatian Natural History Museum, Croatia
  • 41. Associazione Scienza under 18 Isontina, Italy
  • 42. Lagos Ciência Viva Science Centre, Portugal
  • 43. Leibniz-Institute for Zoo- and Wildlife Research, Germany
  • 44. University of Aveiro - Research Centre in Didactics and Technology in teachers' training (CIDTFF), Portugal
  • 45. R.S. Research Solutions, Israel
  • 46. Babes - Bolyai University, Romania
  • 47. University of Ljubljana - Universiyt of Ljubljana Faculty of Education, Slovenia
  • 48. La Ciència Al Teu Món, Spain
  • 49. VWN, Netherlands
  • 50. Michigan State University - BEACON Center, United States
  • 51. Doğu Akdeniz Araştırma Derneği (Eastern Mediterrenean Research Association), Turkey
  • 52. Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
  • 53. CSIC - Donana Biological Station, Spain
  • 54. Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands

Description

Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of the COST Action “Building on scientific literacy in evolution towards scientifically responsible Europeans” (EuroScitizen) CA17127 

As citizens, we are confronted with a deluge of information and misinformation from the internet and the mass media. Scientific literacy, i.e. the ability to critically evaluate, apply and understand scientific knowledge and how it is produced, is therefore vital for responsible citizenship. It is a prerequisite for generating a knowledge-based society and for allowing citizens to make informed decisions. One of the most important fields of science is evolution, the foundation of modern biology. Evolutionary biology has great societal relevance and its findings have far-reaching implications for how we respond to climate change, drug resistance, issues of food security and controversies in modern medicine. However, it is frequently misunderstood or even rejected outright. This makes scientific literacy in evolution an ideal model to research approaches to improve the state of European scientific literacy. This Action will, for the first time, leverage the strengths of diverse stakeholders (evolutionary biologists, education researchers, educators, museum professionals and the media) to generate and analyse approaches used to improve public scientific literacy. Bridging differences in culture and education systems including participants from a wide range of countries and backgrounds is a source of innovation in itself. The expected result is to identify targeted strategies to raise levels of scientific literacy in Europe, thereby maximising Europe’s innovation potential. The Action will contribute to a culture of responsible, research and innovation (RRI) and will result in a more scientifically literate European citizenship, instrumental to implementing Europe 2020’s smart, sustainable and inclusive goals.

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