Young Academy Leiden believes that scientific findings should contribute to society wherever possible. Our goal is therefore to stimulate interaction between researchers and society.

Our goal is therefore to stimulate interaction between researchers and society. To do so, our focus is threefold.

We participate in existing initiatives (e.g., Night of Discoveries) and organise events ourselves to enable (young) researchers to translate and communicate findings to the general public.

We connect young researchers to existing initiatives and expertise on outreach at Leiden University. We do so by providing an overview of the existing initiatives which could serve as a source of inspiration for researchers. Moreover, this overview also highlights gaps (e.g., the need for a specific course) that serve as input for our workgroup’s initiatives. We act as a broker between young researchers and outreach initiatives and trainings.

In collaboration with the policy workgroup, we discuss how we make sure that knowledge utilisation and science communication is valued as much as the more traditional scientific output such as academic articles.

Coordinator: Anouk Goemans