From Knowledge Production to Societal Relevance in Earth Sciences

The purpose of this report is to provide a compilation of the communication and dissemination activities in EuroSea. It also proposes, as a guide, some guidelines and considerations to be included in the Communication and Dissemination Strategy in European projects. Dissemination and communication activities are essential for the success of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation Programme, and the EuroSea project is no exception. The project has focused on improving ocean observing and forecasting for a sustainable ocean, and effective communication has been a crucial element in bringing together the interest groups, ensuring all stakeholders are to work towards the common goal of sustainable, science-based ocean management, as well as promoting and fostering public understanding of the importance and value of the ocean and its crucial role in climate change. This document offers a summary of the consortium's activities carried out during the whole life of the project (November 2019 - October 2023) related to all EuroSea communication and dissemination tools (official website, social media, newsletter, press release), as well as materials generated for the project (visual identity, printed and audiovisual materials) and the events-based dissemination. Key considerations in planning and strategy include defining project objectives, identifying target audiences, crafting effective messages, and selecting appropriate communication channels and tools. Evaluation and adjustment are also vital to measure the effectiveness of communication and dissemination activities. Overall, this guide could serve as a resource for any team involved in communication and dissemination activities in projects from Horizon 2020. This information will be instrumental in enhancing future efforts, maximizing the impact of the activities and ensuring the success of the project. (EuroSea Deliverable, D8.10)

Research Article| January 02, 2003 Historical Development of Zircon Geochronology Donald W. Davis; Donald W. Davis Earth Sciences Department, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6, dond@rom.on.catomk@rom.on.ca Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Thomas E. Krogh; Thomas E. Krogh Earth Sciences Department, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6, dond@rom.on.catomk@rom.on.ca Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Ian S. Williams Ian S. Williams Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, ian.williams@anu.edu.au Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Donald W. Davis Earth Sciences Department, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6, dond@rom.on.catomk@rom.on.ca Thomas E. Krogh Earth Sciences Department, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6, dond@rom.on.catomk@rom.on.ca Ian S. Williams Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, ian.williams@anu.edu.au Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 03 Mar 2017 © The Mineralogical Society Of America Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2003) 53 (1): 145–181. https://doi.org/10.2113/0530145 Article history First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Donald W. Davis, Thomas E. Krogh, Ian S. Williams; Historical Development of Zircon Geochronology. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 2003;; 53 (1): 145–181. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/0530145 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyReviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Search Advanced Search An exact knowledge of rock formation ages is perhaps the single most important tool needed for assembling the geologic record into a coherent history. Moreover, the age of Earth and the time scale of pre-human events are central to a civilization’s sense of origin and purpose. Therefore, the quest for precise and reliable geochronometers has had a scientific and a cultural importance that few other enterprises can match. Since the beginning of the last century it has been recognized that long-lived radioactive decay systems provide the only valid means of quantifying geologic time. The uranium-lead decay system has always played... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.

Macro-Energy Systems: Toward a New Discipline

This paper presents a comparative analysis of two high schools, one in the Arab Education system in Israel and the other in the English Education system in Europe. The comparative analysis focuses on two principals’ perspectives of how they led their schools, in partnership with the authors from Higher Education Institutions, by implementing a distinctive mark of distributed leadership by an whole school inquiry led inter-cultural change. The change facilitated knowledge exchange, mobilisation, and dissemination activities that empowered staff and young people to become societal innovators for equity and renewal which raised student outcomes between – 17% and 27% The research reveals that shared aims, themes and methods through a distinctive mark of distributed leadership by whole school inquiry develops new inter-cultural understandings and builds respect, trust, and local research priorities and practices in communities of diverse race, ethnicity, cultural, religious, and citizen or refugee status. Members of diverse communities were able to hold each other to account, and became more autonomous in their plans for the future in a context of gaps in status in both contexts.

BackgroundAs research teams, networks, and institutes, and health, medical, and scientific communities begin to build consensus on the benefits of patient engagement in cancer research, research funders are increasingly looking to meaningfully incorporate patient partnership within funding processes and research requirements. The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), the largest non-profit cancer research funder in Canada, set out to co-create a patient engagement in cancer research strategy with patients, survivors, caregivers and researchers. The goal of this strategy was to meaningfully and systematically engage with patients in research funding and research activities.MethodsA team of four patient partners with diverse cancer and personal experiences, and two researchers at different career stages agreed to participate as members of the strategy team. Ten staff members participated in supportive roles and to give context regarding different departments of CCS. The strategy was co-developed in 2021/2022 over a series of 7 workshops using facilitation strategies such as ground rules and consensus building, and methods such as Design Thinking. The strategy was subjected to 3 rounds of validation.ResultsThe co-creation and validation process resulted in a multi-faceted strategy with actionable sections, including vision, guiding principles, engagement methods, 13 prioritized engagement activities spanning the spectrum of research funding, and an evaluation framework. The experience of co-creating the strategy was captured using the Patient and Public Engagement Evaluation Tool and revealed a positive, supportive experience.ConclusionsLessons learned included the value of an emphasis on a co-creation process from day one, the utility of facilitation techniques such as ground rules for dialogue, consensus building and Design Thinking, and the importance (and challenge) of designing for and incorporating equity when drafting the strategy. Future work will include implementation and evaluation of the strategy, as well as an examination of further ways to meaningfully and systematically engage diverse voices in research and research funding.

The use of Nature-based Solutions (NBS), designed and implemented with participatory approaches, is rapidly increasing. Much use is being made of the Living Lab (LL) concept to co-create innovative NBS with stakeholders in a certain societal and environmental, real-life context. Most of the current research revolves around urban LLs, thus overlooking specificities of rural areas. Furthermore, the influence of the context itself on co-creation processes is insufficiently recognised, leaving challenges associated with co-creation such as stakeholder engagement unresolved. By exploring the co-creation processes in the LLs of the OPERANDUM project, this study identifies eighteen contextual factors shaping the co-creation processes of NBS within rural territories and provides associated recommendations. In addition, based on lessons learnt in the OPERANDUM project, we discuss the value of a relational place-based approach in LLs, suggesting that the co-creation process should be approached as a dynamic confluence of many interconnected contextual factors. We conclude that acknowledging the interconnections in co-creation in the real-life context of rural territories may increase the success and impact of the LL approach, and ultimately, the benefits of NBS.

Determining the dissemination and communication plans and activities of research projects is an important part for transferring research outputs to the target audience. This paper presents the dissemination and communication plans and activities of the CrowdHEALTH project. Towards this end, the methodology and results are presented in this paper.

A new community centre in a district with a high amount of equity deserving populations in Halle (Saale), Germany provides a space to design and implement health-related services that reflect the needs and priorities of local residents. Health information often fails to meet existing quality standards. Therefore, strengthening critical health literacy is essential. Co-creation is a participatory approach that addresses needs by involving community members as equal partners in the joint development of ideas, concepts and interventions. The study aims to co-create interventions with residents of the community to promote critical health literacy. The study will be conducted as an iterative co-creation process and feasibility study using both qualitative and quantitative methods, based on the PRODUCES+ framework and guided by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions. In phase I, co-creators engage in a multi-step co-creation process involving participatory workshops and focus group interviews to explore community health needs, information behaviours and to co-develop tailored interventions. Interest-holders representing local institutions are continuously involved to ensure contextual relevance and sustainability. The co-creation process will be evaluated using the PROSECO framework. In phase II, the developed interventions will undergo feasibility testing and pilot implementation within the newly established community centre, using qualitative and quantitative methods such as think-aloud, observations, interviews and questionnaires. The study is expected to develop interventions that will strengthen critical health literacy and empower residents to make informed health decisions. It will also provide insights into mechanisms and success factors of co-creation.

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Public partnerships, engagement, and outreach are essential for meaningful knowledge dissemination and exchange activities in public settings. In 2024, we formed the Atlantic Cancer Consortium Patient Advisory Committee (ACC PAC). In March 2025, the ACC PAC delivered a successful public conference on precision medicine and cancer. Our primary objective is to share the perspectives gained, lessons learnt, impact of the event, and recommendations for future public conferences and engagement. Conference topics were identified by the ACC PAC. Speaker selection and conference promotion were done using various approaches and/or tools. The WebEx virtual platform was used to deliver the conference. This conference was open to all members of the public. A participant satisfaction survey was created using Qualtrics and distributed to registrants during and after the conference. Survey responses were summarized using descriptive statistics when appropriate. ACC PAC members who participated in the conference were encouraged to reflect on their experience. The ACC PAC patient advisors were involved in all key aspects of this conference's organization and delivery. A total of 24 speakers spoke during the conference on various cancer and patient-centered topics. Comments received and self-reflection exercise responses indicated a high level of impact and satisfaction associated with the content and delivery of the conference. Issues experienced, opportunities realized, and good practices implemented, as well as the feedback received helped us develop recommendations for improved delivery of future public conferences and better public engagement activities. In this Case Report, we discuss our learnings from a public conference that was designed and delivered by a public-scientist partnership. Overall, we were able to organize and deliver a successful public conference on precision medicine and cancer, yet there is still room for improvement in practical and technical areas. Our experience, self-reflection, and participant feedback that are described in this manuscript can help inform future public engagement and conference activities in Canada and beyond. Last, we ask decision-makers, such as governments, to provide sustained support for public partnerships and engagement in oncology.Public SummaryThe Atlantic Cancer Consortium Patient Advisory Committee (ACC PAC) is a patient - scientist partnership in Atlantic Canada focusing on precision medicine and cancer, advising the ACC researchers in research and public engagement activities, and actively working to engage with Atlantic Canadians in knowledge dissemination.This group organized and delivered a one-day public conference on March 15, 2025. Topics included patient and family perspectives, precision medicine, cancer risk factors and screening programs, support services offered to cancer-affected individuals, clinical trials, and advocacy. The conference was open to all members of the public. Overall, this was an impactful event centred on patient and family priorities, experiences, as well as on information and support needs.During and after the organization and delivery of this public event, we learnt by experience and from speaker and participant feedback. In this Case Report, we discuss these perspectives, lessons learnt, impact of the event, and recommendations for future public conferences. We also ask for sustained support and emphasis on public partnerships and engagement on cancer from decision-makers.

This article analyzes the process of recording and digitizing the collections of the Museum of Veterinary Anatomy at FMVZ USP, their availability for consultation and use by the Wikipedia platform, among the ten most accessed in the world, and their influence on the planning of communication actions at the Museum and in redefining its audience, now in an expanded virtual environment. With the objective of studying some impacts of the insertion of this Museum in the digital universe, this article also presents and discusses the MAV's participation in the constitution of the Brazilian Network of University Collections and Museums, as an articulator of the digital platform and its databases. In the search for influential marks of these two processes in the planning and management of the Museum's scientific communication and dissemination actions, it was possible to detail and analyze specific and similar aspects of planning a digital collections policy for a cultural institution and, at the same time, identify some gaps in the analyzed processes, as well as some steps that were outstandingly important for the realization of the two projects. In its final considerations, by analyzing the two cases with a view to implementing an institutional policy for digital collections that will last, possibly in the form of a program with continuity, the article seeks to problematize the process, highlighting its relevant and challenging aspects based on the experiences described. However, it reaffirms the need for museums to adopt as soon as possible a strategy of insertion in the digital universe, especially in the university environment and in the context of the pandemic, in order to remain close and in constant dialogue with its wide community of visitors, whether face-to-face or virtual, given their heterogeneity.

<p>Public funded research and development (R&D) institutes need to play a more active role in maximizing the utilization of their innovation/research results. One of the benefits of R&D innovation result is in the form of economic, social, environmental and cultural benefits for the improvement of human quality of life. Drawing from evidence of the case studies of R&D projects at Public Research Institute ‘A’ in Indonesia, we examined the technology transfer mechanisms into practical applications of the community. The mixed-method with good blend of qualitative and quantitative analysis is used in the case study. The case study demonstrates that there are five types of mechanisms for the technology transfer in this institution namely: direct transfer, through cooperation and interaction with multi stakeholders, patent and licensing, document transfer, and dissemination activities. The success of technology transfer to community were demonstrated by the increased ability of SMEs and farmers to replicate the technologies, increased their production, enlarge their market as well as increased new knowledge, skills, productivity, fertility of their rice fields, and decreased the use of chemical fertilizers by 40% and increased their household’s income by average about 30%.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: technology transfer, public research institutes, communities, innovation</p>

"The study is focused on the exploitation and dissemination activities for the sustainability of the MSc program on Smart Maritime & Surveying Systems within the Surveying & MARiTime internet of thingS EducAtion (SMARTSEA) project. A key factor for success is to ensure that the results and achievements of the project are made widely available to its target audience comprised of students, industrial partners, academic & market business and scientific community. As a unique European pilot-project funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme Knowledge Alliances, SMARTSEA aimed to develop an advanced interactive certified MSc course related to Maritime & Surveyor IoT applications that will train individuals with the necessary skills & knowledge to work in the rising “Smart Maritime & Surveying” industry. To reach its target audiences according to its expected impacts, an effective communication strategy was developed, based on project-specific dissemination and communication activities. This approach will provide an overview of the resources needed to accomplish the exploitation and dissemination objectives throughout the project lifecycle, while creating guidelines for future development and exploitation."

Background: Violence against children (VAC) in Uganda is recognized as an urgent dilemma; however, most research has been quantitatively oriented and has seldom involved children in the research process. Objective: We discuss what we learned about child participation in the research process as a means of informing ethical praxis in future child- and youth-led research initiatives. As an overarching aim of this paper, we utilize our engagement with YPAR as a springboard to reflect on methodological best practices for VAC research that involve children themselves as part of a movement to democratize the research process. Participants and Setting: The study includes street-connected children (40), sexually exploited children (19) and domestic workers (34) in Kampala. Methods: The YPAR team led participant observation, 52 semi-structured life history interviews, 31 auto-photographic exercises, and 4 focus groups. All data collection, analysis and dissemination activities were led by the YPAR team including four Ugandan street-connected youth between the ages of 16–25 and two Ugandan university-trained youth researchers. Results: The results are framed as a methodological reflection regarding the complexities and transformative potential of including children as researchers in the framework of YPAR. Conclusions: We urge scholars to create spaces for sustainable YPAR movements, both in academic and policy arenas, and to design participatory initiatives that prioritize knowledge produced by and for the improvement of children’s lives globally. We encourage challenging traditional, extractive research practices through participatory approaches that carve out spaces for child participation in research.

AimThis methodological paper outlines a participatory and reflexive research approach in the context of in‐depth, small‐scale and preliminary qualitative research conversations with a vulnerable population.Developing a participatory and reflexive methodologyThe project involved developing in‐depth research conversations with three mothers and their children who had experienced domestic violence. Underpinned by poststructural feminism and relational ethics, a participatory approach to facilitate informal, nondefensive, participant‐centred conversational spaces for the women and children was developed. Creating both the relational medium and the dialogical processes through which to engage with the women and children prompted multiple and complex challenges for the research team. Some members of the research team had prior experience of domestic violence, generating implications for ethical and reflexive research practice.Implications for research practiceThe study highlights the complexities and challenges of developing a participatory approach with vulnerable populations including the quandaries faced, the importance of critical reflexivity during in‐depth qualitative inquiry and the value of utilising a project steering group to support research governance. All members of the research team were emotionally impacted by the research work and the relational engagement with participants. A collaborative, peer‐supervisory approach to support the researchers, the research processes – and, ultimately, the participants – was essential. Two case vignettes are included to exemplify researcher experiences.