Engaging with the European Science Service for Biodiversity
The Science Service for Biodiversity is the European Union’s biodiversity-related science-policy-society interface – a platform where science, society and policy making meet and exchange in order to create robust and well-informed policy solutions for biodiversity. This course was designed to give a detailed overview of how the Science Service works – what are its main functions, which principles drive its day-to-day work, and who participates in which capacities. Our main objective is to enable interested experts, policy decision makers, and practitioners to effectively participate in the Science Service and to create a common understanding of its internal procedures.
This course is for you, if you intend to participate in the Science Service as a scientific expert or practitioner wanting to share their knowledge, a policy maker seeking advice, or an early-career researcher hoping to gain policy-relevant experience.
By the end of this course you will…
- be able to operate competently and independently in the Science Service as an expert, a focal point, or a requester,
- understand the purpose, principles, structure, actors and operation of the Science Service,
- have a clear notion on different actors’ responsibilities, the interactions they will be involved in, the support they will recieve through the Science Service,
- acquire basic skills needed to operate in the Science Service.
The course contains 12 lessons, each requiring 20-30 minutes to complete. Lessons combine different learning materials, such as written explanations, images, short videos and presentations, quizzes, and recommended literature. Once signed in, you get access to all course materials, so you can follow your own pace and progress with the course flexibly.
Since this is still a test version of the course, we would appreciate any written feedback once you went through the lessons. Please use the comment box at the end of every lesson to give us feedback on what did you like and what you would prefer to get modified. Thank you!
Course Features
- Lectures 12
- Quizzes 12
- Duration 5 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 9
- Certificate No
- Assessments Yes
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Unit 1: Introduction
The first unit of this course briefly introduces the science-policy sphere and gives a general overview of the Science Service for Biodiversity.
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Unit 2: Guidelines and principles
The second unit of this course leads you through the main guidelines and principles which drive the operations of the Science Service.
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Unit 3: Operation
This unit explains the operational aspects of the Science Service, including a step-by-step explanation of the answering request process.
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Unit 4: Inclusion how-to
This unit equips you with relevant approaches, tools and methods which are used provide meaningful opportunities for active engagement with the Science Service.
