About us
Passion and expertise in socially engaged research and life sciences
Our Value
We drive socially engaged research in life sciences
BETTER Life strives to enhance and embed Socially Engaged Research among selected Quadruple Helix actors and to promote the concept among Early Career Researchers through the development of new and innovative standards, toolkits and integrated Regional and National Digital Centres.
Vision
Socially Engaged Research supports social cohesion through a participatory approach to regional and societal challenges.
Mission
Establishing a Digital Centre of Excellence we are building up capacities for Socially Engaged Research in Life Science.
Background to the vision
Recent scientific studies show that there is dire need for enhanced communication and collaboration among all Quadruple Helix actors. Likewise, there is a growing interest in collaborative and interdisciplinary research for addressing many global challenges that societies all across the globe are facing. We believe that Early Career Researchers can and should play a key role in addressing these challenges and breaking the traditional barriers of academic research by aligning their research more with societal needs and wants. As such, our consortium is committed to addressing these challenges in life sciences, which is the key field of strength across the institutions, by engaging relevant partners in each of the project’s partner regions and with them, create the necessary support structures to build individual, intra-institutional, and inter-institutional capacities, engaging with the surrounding ecosystem, and constructing in international framing guidelines.
Background to the mission
The mission of the BETTER Life project is to establish EU Digital Centres of Excellence for Socially Engaged Research in Life Sciences in each of the partner countries. The Centres will provide an inter-institutional support structure for developing capacities of early career researchers (PhD students and researchers not yet fully independent) aiming to foster socially engaged research to tackle societal challenges in their surrounding ecosystems while consolidating the EU BETTER Life Centre as a world reference in planning, supporting, and implementing SER in life sciences. The EU BETTER Life Digital Centres address the issue of research engagement and collaboration as a key element to generate widespread and meaningful impact among the surrounding ecosystems and diverse stakeholders.
