The Team

Univerza na Primorskem (UP), Slovenia’s third largest public university, was established in 2003 as a centre of knowledge implementing European educational strategies. Its main objective is to carry out high quality study and research programmes, implementing and integrating them with the educational, intellectual and research potential in accordance with EU strategies. It satisfies regional demands and needs for quality higher educational programmes in the bilingual area, where Slovenian and Italian cultures are historically intertwined. It also aims to produce a beneficial co-existence and close collaboration with industry. UP provides an active, interdisciplinary research and study environment based on two fundamental pillars: mathematics, natural sciences and technology, and humanities and social sciences. By incorporating both pillars in research and study activities UP achieves improved interdisciplinary collaboration and improved international co-operation with the world’s leading institutions and researchers.

UP is the lead project partner responsible for project management and coordination. UP is also responsible for the implementation of the CSI on wildlife conservation in Slovenia.

The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is based at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and run in partnership with the University of Oxford. The Oxford BRC undertakes translational research, which means taking laboratory research into a clinical setting. This kind of research is about first-time studies of medical innovations in patients, which are intended to improve healthcare delivery for the benefit of all patients. Oxford BRC is divided into 20 themes and four Clusters: Precision Medicine, Technology and Big Data, Immunity and Infection, and Chronic Diseases.

Oxford BRC is the leading partner responsible for the implementation of the CSI on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the United Kingdom.

EUSEA is an international community of public engagement professionals, science festival and science event organizers. The association comprises about 120 members, including universities and scientific institutions, science festival organisations, science centres and museums, municipalities and NGOs. The network has developed from a knowledge-sharing platform for European science festivals to a collaborative community of public engagement professionals, developing and testing new formats of science communication, building relationships with researchers, policy-makers and stakeholders from scientific institutions, higher education institutions, municipalities and regions. EUSEA is the initiator of the European Science Engagement Platform, a resource of recommendations, best practices and innovative event formats for practitioners working in the field of science-society dialogues.

EUSEA is the leading partner responsible for Communications and Dissemination activities.

The European Citizen Science Association is a non-profit organization set up to support citizen science as a recognized and well-established approach in Europe and beyond. ECSA advocates for enhancing the participation of the general public in scientific processes as a way to advance science while increasing the social relevance and sustainable impact of research. Through the initiation and support of citizen science projects and the performance of research on citizen science, ECSA fosters scientific literacy and contributes to the democratization of science.

As part of STEP CHANGE, ECSA will conduct a stocktaking process to leverage the knowledge and lessons learned from the implementation of the five CSIs. This information will set the basis for a Citizen Science Navigator to guide researchers in different fields wanting to apply a citizen science approach.

ARUWE is a gender focused organization that strengthens women’s leadership so that collectively they can break the chains of poverty, patriarchy, class and sexual repression. We do this through advocating for rural women’s economic justice, sexual and reproductive health and rights, promoting education and lifelong learning, enabling communities to adapt to climate change and challenging the negative impact of rigid and oppressive gender stereotypes.
ARUWE is a non-profit, non-government organization working with marginalized groups of people, especially women and girls in Uganda. ARUWE was established in 2003 as a community-based organization and later registered as an NGO in 2008. The organization started its operations in Wakiso district supporting women to increase agricultural production for household food security and income generation. Currently, ARUWE operates in the central and north-eastern regions of Uganda focusing on socio-economic empowerment of women and girls. We envision seeing a world in which women and girls realize their full social potential. We empower women to initiate and manage their socio-economic development processes through strengthening community participation, advocacy and service delivery.

ARUWE will lead the work on the implementation of the CSI on off-grid renewable energy in rural Uganda.