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In this section you will find useful documents and information on science engagement in general, and Ecsite activities in particular. Browse through articles, toolkits, reports, websites...

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Resources

Book or article
Arts Catalyst’s Centre for Art, Science & Technology (Kings Cross, London). 2016 by James Ravinet
Match makers - artistic residencies at research facilities
March 2016 - Interviews published in Spokes #17, March 2016
Hosts, guests and art commissionners share the ingredients of a successful programme | Estimated reading time: 10 minutes (2-3 min per interview)
Keywords:
residency, art&science, #sciart, artist, Spokes
Book or article
Liberate Tate stages a protest at Tate Britain (2011). The group aimed to end the Tate’s corporate sponsorship with British Petroleum. Tate and BP have since parted.
The end of neutrality: A modest manifesto
March 2016 - Feature article by Robert R. Janes published in Spokes #17, March 2016
Museum scholar-practitioner Robert Janes urges museums to take a stance on climate change | Estimated reading time: 19 minutes
Category:
EU and governance
Keywords:
climate change, neutrality, taking a stance, sponsorship, oil companies, manifesto, Spokes
Website
Science snacks banner from www.exploratorium.edu/snacks
Spokes resource
Science snacks
March 2016 - Bite‐sized, hands‐on activities that are scientifically accurate, teacher‐tested, and easily explorable, develope by the Exploratorium's Teacher Institute.
Category:
Topics in science
Keywords:
science snacks, hands-on activities, STEM, Exploratorium
Practical guide or toolkit
Spokes resource
A Learning Research Agenda for Natural History Institutions
February 2016 - Natural history institutions are increasingly called on to play a critical role in preparing citizens for an uncertain future and face a series of ‘wicked problems’. This learning research agenda is the result of six seminars held in 2014 and 2015 at the Natural History Museum (London, UK).
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
agenda, nhm, natural history, learning, research, practice, wicked problems
Report
Spokes resource
She figures 2015
February 2016 - The 'go-to' document for anyone interested in the state of gender equality in research and innovation in the EU - 2015 edition. Published by the European Commission.
Category:
EU and governance
Keywords:
gender, gender equality, european commission, women in science
Book or article
Phil Bell-Young presenting the University of Hull Science Show ‘Battle of the Slime’ to a public audience at the Hull Freedom Festival.
I used to be a scientist and then...
February 2016 - Interviews published in Spokes #16, February 2016
So you want to stop doing actual science and go spend your time talking about it?! Five (real) stories of quitting research for science engagement | Estimated reading time: 15 minutes (2-3 min per interview)
Keywords:
science engagement, career change, ex-scientist, Spokes
Book or article
Justin Dillon at the conference A Learning Research Agenda for Natural History Institutions
Unfathomable, Unsolvable, Unstoppable?
February 2016 - Feature article by Esther Hamstra published in Spokes #16, February 2016
Improving learning in the museum - A report from the launch event of ‘A Learning Research Agenda for Natural History Institutions’ | Estimated reading time: 13 minutes
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
learning agenda, natural history museum, nhm, wicked problems, Spokes
Report
Hypatia
Spokes resource
Good Practices on Gender Inclusion in STEM Communication
January 2016 - The report Good Practices on Gender Inclusion in STEM Communication concerns a number of gender-inclusive science education activities designed by European science centres, museums, research institutions, industrial institutions, and other science education institutions.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
#Hypatia #expecteverything #gender #innovation #Genderinclusion, #STEM #GirlsinSTEM
Book or article
Copernicus (Warsaw, Poland), developed a new membership scheme in 2015
The rise of individual giving
January 2016 - Interviews published in Spokes #15, January 2016
We are under pressure to diversify income sources. Individual donors are a new ingredient for a healthy fundraising mix | Estimated reading time: 10 minutes (2-4 min per interview)
Keywords:
fundraising, donors, giving, crowdfunding, philanthropy, membership scheme, Spokes
Book or article
One of the analysed sessions was “After Exploratorium: The shifting identities of science centres”. Here: The Exploratorium’s Outdoor Gallery during a summertime After Dark © Exploratorium, All rights reserved
Practices of today and visions of tomorrow: New directions for science centres and museums
January 2016 - Feature article by Marianne Achiam, PhD - Jan Sølberg, PhD published in Spokes #15, January 2016
Practices of today and visions of tomorrow. Two academics put Ecsite conference sessions under a magnifying glass - and found some new museum functions at work | Estimated reading time: 12 minutes
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
role of science centres, museum functions, paradigm, trends, Spokes
Report
Spokes resource
Sparks Inception Report
January 2016 - The goal of this report is to offer to all the partners of Sparks a common understanding of the technological shifts that are influencing the fields of health and medicine and of how RRI can be identified, discussed, and modelled in the activities that will be developed for Sparks. The report provides an overview of current and future trends at the intersection of technology, health, and medicine. These trends are contextualized in the practice of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).
Category:
Education & learning
Book or article
Laying the foundations of Heureka's new building - Photo by Jussi Helo
Idea share – a white paper on the changing role of science centres
December 2015 - Feature article by Tapio Koivu - Mikko Myllykoski published in Spokes #14, December 2015
Can Heureka’s vision help your own organisation further? | Estimated reading time: 15 minutes
Category:
EU and governance
Keywords:
white paper, role of science centres, Heureka, innovation, trends, Spokes

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