DANDELION Thematic Workshop at the SSH2016 Conference "Social Sciences and Humanities: A New Agenda for Europe's Challenges"

Thank you to all participants for a successful Thematic Workshop in Bratislava. 

On November 14th, DANDELION organised its Thematic Workshop in Bratislava as a side event of the SSH2016 Conference "SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES: A NEW AGENDA FOR EUROPE'S CHALLENGES" organised during the SK PRES 2016, on the 15-16 November 2016, at the Hotel Saffron, Bratislava.

The DANDELION Thematic Workshop aimed to explore research conducted under three areas of Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies (IIRS) projects (see below) as part of the DANDELION’s goal to develop strategies to increase their uptake and valorisation by citizens, policy makers, businesses and civil society.

- Migration & Refugee integration in the EU
- EU identities, extremism and radicalization
- Social Innovation and reform of EU Public Services

AGENDA 13:00 - 13:15 Welcoming participants and registration (Coffee) 13:15 - 13:30 Welcome & Introduction to Dandelion and division of participants into three groups: Table 1 Migration & Refugee integration in the EU Table 2 EU identities, extremism and radicalization Table 3 Social Innovation and reform of EU Public Services 13:30 - 14:00 Round 1 Barriers, bottlenecks and lost knowledge from projects untapped potential of SSH projects to reach policy and society 14:00 - 14:30 Round 2 What has worked well so far: Success stories and best practices which have reached policy, society, the market 14:30 - 15:00 Round 3 How to communicate in an effective, target-sensitive manner in order to mobilise stakeholders and valorise research? 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break 15:30 - 16:00 Conclusions: Presentation of main results and plenary discussion

Access to the programme at www.ssh2016.eu/programme

In addition, on the 15th of November, from 18.30 to 19.30, DANDELION hosted a Networking Event, where informal discussion on relevant issues related to the uptake and valorisation of IIRS research results will take place. 

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