About Us

Our goals

InfoGroup is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 2003. Our mission is to promote science and raise awareness of the importance of research and innovation for overall development. InfoGroup main goals are two-fold:

• enhancing public understanding of science and its role in society
• fostering science communication and public engagement both nationally and internationally.

Our strategies for achieving these goals

Science communication and public engagement

• stimulating dialogue between researchers and the public;
• providing knowledge about methods for science communication;
• communication and PR activities;
• producing innovative media to communicate science to different audiences;

Knowledge development 

• collecting and disseminating knowledge and experience gained by us and others;
• exploring Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) as a new framework for meaningful participation of civil society in research and innovation;
• actively promoting and putting into practice Open Science practices (e.g. Open Access, open scholarly communication);

Capacity building

• stimulating the interest of young people to study natural sciences and technology;
• enhancing digital skills of researchers;  
• equipping researchers with skills for Open Science practices, including increased research visibility and impact.