Catalyst

CITIZENS TRANSFORMING SOCIETY: TOOLS FOR CHANGE!

Events

 

Catalyst Research Seminar - Situating Social Innovation

18/06/2013 - 14:00 to 17:00

Lancaster University Management School, Lecture Theatre 2.

A conversation with Prof. Anne Balsamo (New School for Public Engagement, NYC, U.S.) and Prof. Per-Anders Hillgren (MEDEA, Malmö University, Sweden) chaired by Prof. Lucy Suchman.

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Ecohome -Open energy May Lab Session

30/05/2013 - 18:00 to 21:00

Venue: Madlab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester

We are focusing on home energy and environment monitoring using Arduino hardware from the brilliant OpenEnergyMonitor project. Our first monthly session will be a skill share for troubleshooting issues, creating a better dashboard for your home and adding more sensors to monitor more stuff.

Register for the event here: http://meetu.ps/Sy7gs

 

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Catalyst campus cafe pop-up hour

21/05/2013 - 10:00 to 11:00

Refuel Cafe, County South, Lancaster University

The hour will be a short and sweet opportunity to find out about new research opportunities through Catalyst. We are calling out for 'citizens' to come forward with research project ideas, to be funded through our final 'Sprint' and series of 'Launchpad' projects. The deadline for Sprint applications is 24th June.

 

Catalyst funded research projects investigate grand societal challenges, involve partnerships between Lancaster academics and the community, and develop a new digital prototype.

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