USERN 2020 Consensus

On November 10^th, at the closing ceremony of the 5^th International USERN Congress and Prize Awarding Festival, USERN 2020 declaration has been officially announced. Up to November 2020, forty-nine scientists from sixteen countries unanimously agreed on the USERN 2020 Consensus that aims to tackle the issue of the invisible border between different countries and institutes and to address the border between the scientific community and society.

USERN 2020 CONSENSUS

1. Committing to principles of conducting a fruitful scientific collaboration, such as effective and clear communication, competent management, and properly giving credit to each collaborator for their efforts in all collaborative works is an essential part of scientific collaboration.

2. Any bias based on race, nationality, gender, academic position should be avoided in all collaborative works.

3. Organizing programs making science enticing to the public and teaching young scientists how to explain science in a non-scientific language play a critical role in connecting science and society.

4. The USERN must facilitate mutual sharing of information and technology to support research and educational activities yielding mutual benefits, which can result in new collaborative scientific production.

5. The USERN must facilitate share of expertise and providing opportunities for education of young researchers and scientists in a format of providing opportunities for cooperation of senior and junior researchers in scientific projects, holding workshops and schools, and exchange of researchers and students.

6. The USERN must facilitate planning to translate the science to understandable materials for the public and make application of science to society.

More information about the USERN Congress 2020:

https://usern.tums.ac.ir/News/New?title=USERN%20Congress%202020:%20A%20Hybrid%20Event