Equity & Inclusion
Vanessa MignanDavid JonesAntonia CaolaAlberta GiovanniniSilvio WeySanne den AdelHeidrun Schulze
Are you or your organisation experiencing challenges when it comes to diversity and inclusion? Are you aware that these are important systemic issues, yet are not sure where to start to dismantle unjust infrastructures to combat your institution´...
Science ♥ society
Maria ZоlоtоnоsаMarzia MazzonettoMélanie MarcelRyan Titley
Co-design, co-creation, citizen science, open innovation: some of the buzzwords you might have been hearing a lot recently. But what exactly are they all about? These approaches can be used to achieve societal engagement in...
Science ♥ society
Erik StenglerSadie BowmanRichard Coates
Science is full of stories and telling them well is an art form! In this interactive, playful workshop, participants will approach abstract science concepts through a series of theatre games and exercises to distil these concepts into immediate,...
Strategy & vision
Caitlin SouthwickChristopher GartheChristian SichauMaria João FonsecaRoddy Skinner
The UNESCO Roadmap for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD for 2030) developed the whole-institution approach and identifies corresponding actions to implement sustainability in extracurricular learning institutions. This session will look...
Strategy & vision
Matteo MerzagoraMichael John GormanKen ArnoldMatteo MerzagoraAsma SteinhausserCamille Zamant
The session will push forward the topics raised in the February issue of Spokes in the article "...
Science ♥ society
Catherine OualianDorothée VatinelNathanael Jeune
Participants will imagine concrete ways to implement the research recommendation to develop visitors’ critical thinking skills. For example, research has identified the conditions for a constructive debate, the risks linked to a simple awareness...
Research, theory & evaluation
Erik StenglerMiruna AmzaJavier Hidalgo Gil
These last two years of pandemic have led to an exponential increase of online modes of engagement. This has in turn reinforced the need for evaluation of digital projects in science centres and museums, not only as summative assessment but also...
Research, theory & evaluation
Angelos AlexopoulosHannie GijlersLuigi CerriMichail Giannakos
Science learning ecologies are the contexts that contain a wide variety of experiences, across a range of institutions and places both in—and more increasingly—outside school, allowing youth different and multiple ways to engage with science....
The whole experimenta team is looking forward to welcoming all participants at the Nocturne in our science centre. Labs, a spectacular Science Dome, a rooftop-observatory, exhibitions: there is so much to explore! Have a glass of wine and enjoy...
Strategy & vision
Marianne BenningAmparo Leyman PinoFrank KupperMenno TummersAnna Schaefers
Enter our space where you cannot see the others around you. Anonymised seating. Eye masks. Music playing in the background. Voices speak up to confess personal professional sins; doubts about their institutions and dubious things we do as a...
Equity & Inclusion
Tapio KoivuMartin AggerbeckTorhild SkåtunKirsi PulkkinenCecilia Ekstrand
Science capital research has established itself worldwide, but to implement the findings of the research it needs to be processed and adapted into each country's social structure and culture context. Several Nordic countries have already...
Learning
Antonia CaolaLuisa MassaraniSabrina Vitting-Seerup
Emotions are central components of the learning process and are at the heart of (formal and informal) education and communication. Emotions shape cognition, memory, motivation, interest, engagement, attitudes, and decision-making in relation to...