Research, theory & evaluation
Marianne AchiamTessa van SchijndelAmy SeakinsAlexander Moss
“Interest” is a key concept in the field of science education and engagement. Science centres, museum exhibitions, programmes and interventions are designed to stimulate the interest of visitors. But what exactly is interest and how does it...
Penny FidlerLeonardo AlfonsiBarbara StreicherRosalia VargasRobert Firmhofer
Many science communication practitioners engage in regional networks, using the multiplier effect for broader reach. The idea is to engage more people with science and technology more locally and more effectively. How can we set up such networks...
Explainers & visitor services
Emily Dawson
This session looks at the concept of ‘science capital’ – science-related qualifications, knowledge, literacy and social contacts, which were developed in the ASPIRES project to help understand patterns in young people’s science aspirations...
Explainers & visitor services
Robert WestMikko MyllykoskiIan SimmonsDorothée VatinelMike Bruton
Why and how do science museums engage with sensitive and/or controversial topics in exhibitions and public programmes? Museum locations, governmental relationships, funding sources, political, social and religious environments, and local events...
Research, theory & evaluation
Gène BertrandIan BrunswickBjörn KällströmAna GarciaDick van DijkHugo Vrijdag
A living lab is a research concept. A living lab is a user-centered, open-innovation ecosystem, integrating research and innovation processes within a public-private-people partnership. The concept is based on a systematic user co-creation...
Exhibit development
Megumi OkuyaMalvina ArtheauMicol MolinariMarc JamousMegumi OkuyaPaweł Barczyńskivincent jouanneau
In the past few years, science centres have been trying to develop their exhibits by taking hints from “gamification”. By doing so, we can reach visitors emotionally and personally so that the messages we want to convey get imprinted in them...
Marketing & communication
Ilona Iłowiecka-TańskaKatarzyna ModrakElisabetta Tola
Image and public recognition are benefits of good media relations. However, hard data from media monitoring show that journalists have their own logic to evaluate attractiveness of news proposed by science centres. Media love events – even those...
Collections
Lucy SchweingruberMaria XanthoudakiCamille PisaniMikko Myllykoski
In this panel you will get insight about what is happening behind the scenes of the Annual conference Programme Committee (ACPC). Representatives of Ecsite and the ACPC will guide you in how to create a successful session for any future Ecsite...
Research, theory & evaluation
Erik RoupeJoachim LerchHugo VrijdagHans GubbelsMichael Bradke
Science centres and museums play a major role in getting people involved in science and technology. In this session we explore new and different ways of bringing science and technology to “the unusual suspects”: Science and technology...
Collections
Kinga Grege
Travelling exhibitions require important decisions regarding collections and design. All of the aspects easily managed in the home museum are difficult to control when an exhibition travels. Decisions on the selection of collections require close...
Marketing & communication
Michał BuławaJelena Filipaj
How should a science centre fit into the centre of a city? How should it cooperate with municipal authorities and local communities? And how should it use the surrounding public spaces? Jelena Filipaj will try to answer these questions from the...
Explainers & visitor services
We are in the midst of a new era in communication. How should museums react to virtual reality, for example? Are there new opportunities to captivate audiences and extend museum activities? How could a museum website be a tool to meet unusual and...