The Living Knowledge network is an umbrella organisation where the different science shops handle different parts of the administration and monthly activities, as the Living Knowledge network has no employees, physical offices or funds. The primary function of the network is to facilitate communication, serve as an archive, build awareness and respect around and between science shops, and serve as a framework for international project collaboration. The only permanent structural artefact of the network is the webpage, which acts as a contact point, an archive of past projects and experiences, as well as a toolbox for actors interested in starting new initiatives. The members handle the various duties and functions of the network. Science Shop Bonn for instance is operating the contact point, and Science Shop Groningen was coordinator of the latest European project (PERARES). One of the interesting aspects of the Living Knowledge network is how such an entity can empower local initiatives, i.e. how it can help the science shop community start new science shops or empower science shops to support their colleagues in other countries. The focus of the case study in this report is on the two local initiatives Videnskabsbutikken at DTU, henceforth called Science Shop DTU, and the InterMEDIU network in Romania with a focus on InterMEDIU Iasi and InterMEDIU Bucharest.
Dorland, J. and Jørgensen, M. S. (2016) WP4 : case study report : living knowledge, TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1 Grant agreement no 613169.
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