Living Knowledge Network
Overview:
CURL is a primary U.S. partner working with a group of more than 15 university-based and independent "science shops" in ten European countries promoting communications and connections among collaborative researcher:community activist partnerships. Science shops are organizations created as mediators between citizen groups (trade unions, pressure groups, non-profit organizations, social groups, environmentalists, consumers, residents association, etc.) and researchers. Outcomes will include greater international cooperation on citizen oriented research projects, a newsletter, an international conference. The project has been partially funded by the European Commission. An international conference, bringing together researcher and activist participants has been held every two years. The most recent conference was held in Paris in August 2007. The next conference will be held in Belfast, Northern Ireland in August 2009. More information on Living Knowledge and the conferences is available at: http://www.scienceshops.org/.