Projects

Through Ecsite, members have the opportunity to participate in collaborative projects shaping the future of science engagement. Ecsite runs projects funded by the European Commission as well as initiatives in partnership with other organisations. These projects often allow the development of resources like toolkits or guides available to all.

Ecsite member Science LinX in Groningen, The Netherlands, received a copy of “Beyond the Lab”, the Sparks exhibition, after the end of its European tour.

ERC=Science2 action, Lõunakeskus Shopping Centre, Tartu (Estonia)

60+ European leaders took part in the industry workshop organised by Ecsite as part of the Hypatia project on 2016 in Brussels

Participants at the science-themed Sea Change youth science camp organised by AHHAA learn rescue skills from the Estonian Maritime Rescue Organisation in the icy waters of Lake Peipus (Estonia), 24 April 2017

Synenergene workshop, Copernicus Science Centre

Co-creation lab exchange meeting in Milan, Italy, as part of the Siscode project, February 2019

Participants at the NANO2ALL Multi-stakeholder Dialogue held in Trollhattan (Sweden) by Innovatum Science Center take on different roles during a Scenario Exploration System session on the use of nanotechnology in medicine, 23 November 2017.

Sea for Society mobilisation action organised in A Coruña (Spain) by Casa Ciencias - Museos Científicos Coruñeses.

econd HEIRRI Conference “Education towards a responsible society, transforming universities through RRI”, Vienna, Austria, 27 April 2018

PLACES participant reading Local Action Plan (LAP) posters, Turin, 2013

Laser cut dress made at MUSE (Trento, Italy) as part of the KiiCS project, 2014

ENGINEER session at the Deutsches Museum (Munich, Germany) © Deutsches Museum - Eleni Wittbrodt, 2013

INPROFOOD PlayDecide session in Paris, France, 2013 © Meriem Fresson, TRACES-ESPGG

The NanOpinion mobile monitoring station at a Food Festival in Aarhus, Denmark, 2013

ECSITE IS CURRENTLY INVOLVING

23 MEMBERS IN 9 PROJECTS

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Current projects

2023 - 2026

CLEVERFOOD

CLEVERFOOD aims to mobilise European citizens, including children and youth, farmers, entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, educators, knowledge brokers and policymakers to transform the European food system towards a more regenerative, resilient and plant-based food system.

2023 - 2025

STEAM Learning Ecologies - SLEs

STEAM Learning Ecologies (SLEs) is an EU-funded project (Horizon Europe) developing engaging open schooling-enabled science learning paths for all in learning continuums of formal and informal learning environments that are also focusing on inclusiveness.

The project will highlight the necessary conditions for bringing together all, rather than some, of the actors: formal, non-formal and informal education providers, as well as enterprises and the civil society – and giving all actors space and motivation to take initiative and central roles.

2022 - 2025

Road-STEAMer

The overall aim of the project is to develop a STEAM roadmap for science education in Horizon Europe, i.e. a plan of action that will provide guidance to EU's key funding programme for research and innovation on how to encourage more interest in STEM through the use of artistic approaches, involving creative thinking and applied arts (the “A” in ‘STEAM’).

2020 - 2024

WATER-MINING

The main objective of WATER-MINING project is to contribute to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive and the Circular Economy packages by showcasing and validating innovative water resources solutions. The project has selected a number of innovative technologies that reached proof of concept levels under previous EU project. The demonstration case studies are to be first implemented in five EU countries (The Netherlands, Spain, Cyprus, Portugal and Italy) where prior successful technical and social steps have already been accomplished.

2021 - 2023

TechEthos

New and emerging technologies bring with them new ethical challenges and societal consequences. TechEthos will develop guidance to ensure the highest ethical standards are adopted at the EU and international levels. In this endeavour, Ecsite members play a crucial role in understanding and further developing societal perspectives through a programme of public engagement events, in-depth dialogues, exhibitions and analyses.

2020 - 2023

Make it Open

Led by Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem, and with 7 Ecsite members as part of the Consortium, Make it Open supports schools in becoming agents of community well-being. The project will help schools collaborate with enterprises and civil society organisations in order to run activities where children solve challenges in and with the community, using tools and approaches from the maker movement.

2020 - 2023

SocKETs

SocKETs brings together six European partners with the aim to test and develop methods and tools to align the development of Key Enabling Technologies with societal values and needs. SocKETs will facilitate co-creation between industry representatives, researchers, policymakers, end-users, civil society representatives and citizens, and will develop tools for societal engagement in innovative technologies.

2021 - 2023

DOORS

DOORS (Digital incubator fOR muSeums) focuses on digital maturity of small and medium-size institutions and the empowerment of their teams. The central question is how the museum sector can develop digital strategies and values to adapt and reinvent themselves to strengthen their performance, reach their audiences and develop new ones, and ensure financial recovery and sustainability.