Publications | Engage2020

Results and findings

Engage2020 contains a series of deliveries presenting findings and results from the project in different media

Action catalogue – an online method tool that lets you find the exact method you are searching for
The Engage2020 Action Catalogue is an online decision support tool that is intended to enable researchers, policy-makers and others wanting to engage society in research and innovation, to find the method that is best suited for their specific project needs. The Action Catalogue includes 57 methods, and is publicly available so that anyone can search the methods, read thorough descriptions of what the methods do, strengths and weaknesses of each, what societal challenges they can be used to address, and examples of what they have been used for previously and much more. The action catalogue is available here.

Science, Society and Engagement – An e-Anthology
This interactive document provides the perfect entry point into the Engage2020 project. The Anthology contains chapters by leading engagement practitioners in Europe and also provides summaries and links to relevant documents and tools, including Engage2020’s Action Catalogue.

The Anthology is available in two formats:

ePub is an ebook format which provides the reader with the ability to customise the reading experience to different formats and devices. You will need suitable e-reader software to make use of this file. Download the ePub here.
The ePub document requires Adobe Digital Edition version 4.0.3 or higher, or other e-reader software which supports ePub3 and embedded video and interactivity.

The PDF version is widely supported on most platforms and provides a consistent reading experience across platforms. Download the PDF version here.

Report: Public Engagement Methods and Tools

This report gives a brief overview of 57 methods that can be used for engaging society in research and innovation and detailed factsheets on all the collected methods, providing information such as objectives, background, different level of research and innovation activity, and examples of use.

Public Engagement Methods and Tools

Report: Report on Current Praxis of Policies and Activities Supporting Societal Engagement in Research and Innovation

This report includes results of the scanning process on current praxis of policies and activities that support societal engagement in research and innovation in Europe and beyond.

Current Praxis of Policies and Activities

Report: Promises, demands and fields of practice
The report gives an overview of the scope of public engagement activities with a relation to research and innovation based on the scientific literature available

Public Engagement – Promises, demands and fields of practice

Report: Policy options for engagement in science and innovation within the frame of Horizon2020

Policy options for engagement in science and innovation

Report: What the Future Holds for Societal Engagement – Future Engagement Report

What the Future Holds for Societal Engagement – Future Engagement Report

Policy briefs

Policy brief 1: Policies and Activities Supporting Societal Engagement in Research and Innovation
The first out of six policy briefs will provide an overview of the key assumptions about public engagement and its policy relevance shared by the project consortium, and introduces the key levels of the research and innovation processes where we believe policy attention should be concentrated, as well as the most prominent forms of policy and activity support upon which we base our recommendations.

Policy Brief 1: Policies and Acitivities Supporting Societal Engagement in R&I

Policy brief 2: Public Engagement in R&I Processes – Promises and Demands
The second policy brief discusses the ways the society can be engaged in R&I practices as well as R&I policies, it presents the roles the public can play on the different levels of R&I processes and summarises the most important motives and achievements of public engagement.

Policy brief 2: Public Engagement in R&I Processes – Promises and Demands

Policy brief 3: Current Praxis of Policies and Activities Supporting
Engagement in R&I – Trends, Needs and Barriers
The third policy brief discusses measures that can be introduced, strengthened or further developed to achieve good-quality outcomes of engaging society in the R&I process, as well as barriers that could hamper societal engagement.

Policy brief 3: Current Praxis of Policies and Activities Supporting Engagement in R&I – Trends, Needs and Barriers

Policy brief 4: Policy options to increase public engagement in science and innovation within the frame of Horizon2020

The fourth policy brief looks at policy options for stimulating public engagement in research and innovation processes (policy formation, programme development, project definition and research and innovation activities) through the lens of different dimensions of policy intervention, namely rules and regulation, infrastructures and institutions, funding and incentives, communication and promotion, capacity building, and research. It also discusses possible measures for promoting public engagement within the European Research Area (ERA

Policy brief 4: Policy options to increase public engagement in science and innovation within the frame of Horizon2020

Policy brief 5: Societal Engagement – Policy and Practice in the Future

This is the fifth policy brief out of the six that will be published during the Engage2020 project. It presents several current and emerging trends in practices for societal engagement in research and innovation and lists a number of policy options targeting policy makers at the European and national level, as well as research funders, academic and higher education institutions.

Policy breif 5: Societal Engagement – Policy and Practice in the Future

Policy brief 6: Public Engagement –What’s next?

This is the sixth and final policy brief from the Engage2020 project. It presents the key findings about future engagement practices, and recommends measures to deepen and broaden public engagement within the European research and innovation landscape.

Policy brief 6: Public Engagement –What’s next?