Spokes Collections

The Spokes Collections gather together Spokes articles from different years per special topic. 

Behind the Scenes Collection (2015-2021): What are the ingredients of a healthy organisation and optimal visitor experience? From business planning to personnel to ticketing, cafés or green roofs, articles in this Spokes Collection take you behind the scenes in the search for inspiring practice. Read this Collection here. 

Design and Exhibitions (2013-2021): This Spokes Collection brings together articles around design, exhibitions and architecture. Ultimately, all these articles are about stories: how we frame them, (co-)curate them, deploy them in physical or digital space and make sure they resonate with our audiences. Read this Collection here. 

Digital Media and Data (2013-2021): This Spokes Collection brings together articles on all things digital: strategies, interactives, data analysis, apps, webs. Read this Collection here.

Equity and Inclusion (2014-2021): How can science engagement be truly inclusive? This Spokes collection brings together articles exploring different paradigms of equity and inclusion, as well as pieces dealing with specific issues or audiences, from teenage girls to visually impaired people, LGBTQ+ STEM professionals to refugees. Read this Collection here. 

Face to Face (2016-2020): This Spokes Collection is home to articles exploring face to face interactions in science engagement: festivals, science shows, explainers, dialogue events etc. Read this Collection here. 

Learning Theory (2016-2022): This Spokes Collection brings together articles exploring learning concepts or paradigms relevant to science engagement. Read this Collection here. 

Marketing and Partnerships (2015-2020): This Spokes Collection brings together articles on branding, marketing, corporate partnerships and sponsorships. Read this Collection here. 

Participation and Co-Creation (2013-2019): This Spokes Collection brings together articles on a wide spectrum of participatory theories, practices and places, ranging from co-curated exhibitions to citizen-led research agendas, RRI, user-led innovation, citizen labs, hackathons or science cafés. Read this Collection here.

Policy and Advocacy (2016-2019): This Spokes Collection brings together articles about science policy and the goverannce of scientific research as well as pieces interrogating the role of science engagement in policymaking and public affairs. Read this Collection here. 

Post-truth and Misinformation (2017-2020): Post-truth, misinformation, anti-science, fake news or fabricated 'controversies'... what do these trends mean for science engagement? This is what the articles gathered in this Spokes collection explore, often questioning the very nature of science itself. Read this Collection here. 

The Power and Politics of Objects in Science engagement (2016-2020): What are the powers and the politics of objects in science engagement? This is what the articles gathered in this Spokes collection are exploring. Read this Collection here. 

Science Centres and Museums: past-present-future: What makes the specificity of science centres and museums? What is their role and mission, and where are they headed to? Articles gathered in this Spokes Collection unpack the history, identity and role of science centres and museums and look ahead. Read this Collection here.

Sustainability: This Spokes collection brings together articles exploring the intersection of sustainability and science engagement. 
Read this Collection here. 

Lessons learned from the pandemic: The challenges and opportunities of lockdown and the new normal by M. Xanthoudaki & W. Gajewski ft. M. Honey, B. Marquet, J. Pagel, E. Rodley, M. Ito, M. Myllykoski & J. Schnepp. Read the article here. 

2019

Tinkering and Making: from practising to reflecting. Mindsets for inclusive creativity and transformative learning by M. Xanthoudaki ft. K. Wilkinson, A. Blanton, S. Buratti, P. Blikstein, M. Winterbottom & E. Harris. Read the article here. 

Gone with the wind?: Ingredients for securing project legacies by C. Fenollosa, C. Paca, D. Daras & S. F. Martins ft. M. Halevy, M. Zolotonosa, A. Touwslager & B. Kieslinger. Read the article here. 

2018

Five faces of Russian science communication: A tour of the contrated Russian science communication landscape and the people shaping its future by A. Borissova & D. Malkov. Read the article here. 

Echoes from #Ecsite2018: Highlights from the 2018 Ecsite Conference that brought 1,182 science engagement professionals to Geneva on 7-9 June by M. J. Fonseca, M. Myllykoski, A. Giannakopoulou, B. Streicher, I. Brunswick, C. C. Alves. Read the article here. 

Crafting Stories of Technology and Progress: Five Considerations. A healthy step back for anyone engaging audiences with narratives of technology and progress by C. O' Donovan & J. Schot. Read the article here. 

Citizen labs, basis for universal innovations ecosystems. Will science engagement organisations join the fourth helix model? by A. Serra. Read the article here. 

2017

Bio hacking basics by. A. Khodzhaeva & D. Daras ft. B. Wolfenden, R. Trojok & J. Willet. Read the article here. 

Under 3s: meaningful offers for natural scientists by J. Becker ft. J. Alexander, S. Caliari, L. Dei Tos, B. Kipling & L. Klocker. Read the article here. 

Take off with space. Invite your audiences on a space journey - why & how by C. Paca ft. N. Grzywacz- Leszkowska, P. Kortas, R. Timmermans, M. Trovatello, M. Amaral. Read the article here. 

Lost in adaptation? The pan-European projects have found their path by S. F. Martins, C. Paca ft. S. Laursen, S. Leverment, N. Steinhaus, L. Steinhaus, C. Deaubeuf & M. Myllykoski. Read the article here. 

New opportunities for old schoolers. Senior citizens as a target audience: case studies and lessons learnt by L. Azevedo Rodrigues & S. Mira. Read the article here. 

Echoes from the World Summit. Seven stories from the Science Centre World Summit that took place in Japan last month by J. Becker ft. B. Tigabu, Dr. Y. Ikebe, Dr. T. Fukui, L. Massarani, S. Mkansi, A. Tolmasquim & S. Singer. Read the article here. 

2016

Improving learning in the museum - A report from the launch event of ‘A Learning Research Agenda for Natural History Institutions' by E. Hamsta. Read the article here. 

I used to be a scientist and then... by J. Becker ft. Aleksandra Wójcik- Głodowska, P. Bell-Young, R. Da Cunha, T. Brassac & J. Lobo Antunes. Read the article here. 

Artistic residencies at research facilities by J. Becker ft. R. Landua, M. Bello, C. Lastra & Z. Vamvakousis. Read the article here.

Attracting girls to science - calling for a new approach by H. Tolstrup Holmegaard. Read the article here. 

Triggers- The power of games by J. Becker & L. Tedeshvili. Read the article here. 

Where citizens go to become scientific citizens by A. Bandelli. Read the article here.

#Ecsite2016 yield- Five interviewees look back on the 2016 Ecsite Annual Conference and take readers "off the beaten conference track" by J. Becker ft. A. Bauer, S. Kishchenko, P. Hough, A. Lloyd, A. Mennella. Read the article here. 

The era of the next door astronaut by C. Fenollosa. Read the article here.

Finding Common Ground between Designers and Museum Practitioners by M. Hobson & N. P. Hauan ft. H. Kilkson & G. Joryd. Read the article here. 

Ideas for your session at #Ecsite2017 by A. Bandelli ft. M. Myllykoski, J. Chadwick, J. Dillon, I. V. Zeeland. Read the article here. 

The researcher as communicator: A competitor or an ally? by S. Calcagnini & M. Xanthoudaki. Read the article here. 

2015

Strategies from science engagement professionals in small or tiny organisations by J. Becker ft. B. Nagel, M. Bradke, M. Doneda & P. Irbins. Read the article here. 

Celebrating excellence in science engagement by J. Becker & R. Da Cunha. Read the article here. 

Are you ready for citizen science? by R. Da Cunha. Read the article here. 

Paradigm Shift, Soft Power & Creativity by M. Okkersen. Read the article here. 

2014

Mapping European science engagement networks: What are visitors looking when they visit museum websites by R. Guerra. Read the article here.  

Evidence of Impact: Results from the International Science Center Impact Study by J. H. Falk, L. D. Dierking, M. Needham & L. Prendergast. Read the article here. 

2013

A wild and fertile ground by M. Amza & I.Opris. Read the article here. 

Proving it. A beginner’s guide to measuring the impact of our institutions by A. Suldova. Read the article here. 

Maker Culture in the Science Centre by A. Lloyd. Read the article here. 

Science Communication for the 21st century conversation by A. Glover. Read the article here. 

Ushering in a new era for science centers and policy making by A. Bandelli. Read the article here.