Exhibitions, debates and competitions with citizens dominate annual initiative to boost research visibility
Germany’s Year of Science, an annual initiative that aims to shine a spotlight on particular scientific disciplines, will focus on citizen participation in 2022, according to the country’s science ministry.
Instead of highlighting ground-breaking scientific work in a given subject, this year’s edition will focus on how citizens can inform themselves about science and contribute their perspectives to research, the ministry said. The goal is to create an “open dialogue” with researchers, from which both sides benefit, it added.