Research, theory & evaluation
Marianne AchiamMarianne AchiamYuri MattemanHenrike WelpinghusJustin Dillon
The educational efforts of science centres, museums, zoos and aquaria are often challenged by the fuzziness and complexity of the notion of sustainability. This means that educational initiatives may be governed as much by serendipity and local...
Learning
Mikko MyllykoskiJohn Falk
John Falk will answer all questions from his keynote speech in an engaging conversation with Mikko Myllykoski, Director of Heureka (Vantaa, Finland) and Ecsite Conference Committee Chairperson.
A selection of demonstrations and highlights from some of our member institutions, including Heureka's 'Moments of the Week' and NEMO'S online science demo on making paper whistles and eggs-periments.
Equity & Inclusion
Shaaron LevermentYuri MattemanJen DeWittKatia FranzosoInka de PijperAmanda Colbourne
Commitment: Equity & inclusion
Science centres across Europe are pushing for the role of equity and partnership for diverse participation, with an aim to include and involve families who may not currently walk...
Alexandre QuintanilhaSharon Ament
Conference hosts Brad Irwin and Dorothée Vatinel are here to welcome you to day two of the 2021 Ecsite Online Conference. In today's welcome, they'll be joined by two very special guests; Alexandre Quintanilha and Sharon Ament. Alexandre will...
Equity & Inclusion
Anna SchaefersAmparo Leyman PinoElizabeth RasekoalaGabriele ZipfMariam BachichRilando June LamadjidoGeorgina YoungAlexandra AlberdaCraig RitchieTibisay Sankatsing NavaCaroline TurreDevina LobineMicah ParzenEva Trujillo
Commitment: Equity & inclusion
After a first session on decolonising museums at the 2019 Ecsite Conference 2019 in Copenhagen and a webinar for Ecsite Online in 2020, we would like to continue the discussion:...
Research, theory & evaluation
Bernadette DecristoforoJana HawigRick Martin SpringerBernadette SchrandtJuliana Restrepo
Conservation of nature, working with death, the time span of the evolution of man and capturing the ‘genius loci’ of a site - four different exhibition topics with one similarity: they are hard to display. The choice of exhibition techniques can...
Research, theory & evaluation
Christina ClassenClaudia GorrVesa LepistöClayton Cutajar
The idea for this session is to talk about data that render practical changes in our science centres or museums. To be precise, it's about evaluation data – mostly quantitative but to a certain extent also qualitative. The sticking point is to...
Get ready for an exciting selection of events. Make sure you’re here at 17.15 CEST to start the evening’s Not-so-Nocturne, where you'll get a glimpse of what is to follow (and how to get there).
Get active with scientific baking, enjoy a...
Equity & Inclusion
Vanessa MignanAmparo Leyman PinoHeidrun Schulze
Commitment: Equity & inclusion
It’s something of an understatement to say that we are not fans of women’s magazines, but we’ve all done an absurd quiz and/or read silly articles when we’ve had a few minutes to spare...
Learning
Robert FirmhoferZuzanna MichalskaNato SamkharadzeOlena PavlyukBarbara Szymańska-MarkowskaElżbieta Miterka
Commitment: 21st century skills
In a constantly changing, interconnected world the formal education systems, based in most countries on factory production principles, cannot help educate the next generation for the...
Research, theory & evaluation
Lizzy MoriartyAnne-Sophie GresleGiovanna PaciniBálint Balázs Daria Dvorzhitskaia
This session explores evaluation as a self-reflection tool and how it can be used for quality assurance and stakeholder engagement. Our panel will cover current aspects of evaluation tools based on adaptations due to Covid-19 with examples from...