🧠 How Hackathons Build Better #ClimateResearch Communities – A New #PolicyBrief
Our final #nextGEMS Policy Brief is here—and it brings a fresh perspective: “Building User Communities around Next-Generation Earth System Models.”
While our first brief focused on bridging science and society, this one looks inward: How do we design research projects that foster #collaboration, creativity, and real-world #impact
Drawing on experiences from the series of nextGEMS #hackathons, the brief shows how these spaces:
- Enable peer learning across disciplines and expertise levels
- Spark new scientific collaborations and networks
- Offer #CoCreation formats that build trust and shared ownership of climate model development
🏛️ Aimed at the EU’s research and innovation community—especially those who design, fund, or manage large projects—this brief offers practical recommendations:
- Embed collaborative events into project design
- Create intentional structures that support long-term #community-building
- Focus on the societal relevance of scientific outputs from day one
These insights go beyond nextGEMS: they speak to the future of climate research itself.
📥 Read and download both briefs from the media library now.
#SciencePolicy #ResearchInnovation #ClimateAction #CommunityScience #H2020 #Cinea
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