This free in-person event will explore how communities and academia can work together to make research more socially impactful.

Join us on 8 September at the Academy Plaza Hotel, Dublin, for a morning conference marking the culmination of RISE: Engaged Research in the Social Economy - an Erasmus+ funded initiative bringing together the social economy and the research sector to enable more impactful, community-centred research.

The event will bring together key stakeholders and experts from across the research, policy, and social economy sectors to reflect on the findings of RISE, hear from those who took part in the pilot training programme, and look ahead to what a sustained engaged research support offer for the sector could look like.

What you can expect:

Panel discussions with speakers from across the research, policy, and social economy sectors

Reflections from participants of the RISE pilot training programme and key findings of the project

Your chance to shape what support for engaged research should look like in future

A networking lunch will conclude the event.

Whether you work in research, funding, policy, or on the frontline of community and voluntary organisations, this event is for you.

This event is free to attend and open to all, just make sure to register!

Please email aine@wheel.ie if you have any special requirements or accessibility needs.

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