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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

Practical guide or toolkit
Pop Up Science: A practical Guide
Spokes resource
September 2017 - Pop Up Science is a 2017 practical guide to transforming empty shops into creative spaces for science engagement.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
scicomm, science engagement, practical guide, science shop
Book or article
Book: The Making of MONA
Spokes resource
September 2017 - "One of the best books to understand how to bring an institution to life and create a museum for everyone". Read this book review by Andrea Bandelli.
Keywords:
good read, museum, scicomm
Book or article
Museum professionals at the 2017 London Pride. Photo by Dan Vo (Twitter: @DanNouveau)
August 2017 - Interviews published in Spokes #32, August 2017
Towards active LGBTQ+ representation and inclusion in our science centres and museums | Estimated reading time: 20 minutes (3-4 min per interview)
Keywords:
LGBTQ, representations, role models, sexual identity, gender, lesbians, gays, transgender, queers, bisexuals, Spokes
Book or article
The audience attending a show at the Einstein’s Island – Isola Polvese, Trasimeno Lake Italy. Photographer: Marco Giugliarelli
August 2017 - Feature article by Leonardo Alfonsi published in Spokes #32, August 2017
Roving reflections on the future of science events | Estimated reading time: 18 minutes
Keywords:
festivals, Events, science engagement, Spokes
Report
The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 2017 - Cover
Spokes resource
July 2017 - By the European Commission. This first edition of the Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor shows how well 168 selected cities in 30 European countries perform on a range of measures describing the ‘Cultural Vibrancy’, the ‘Creative Economy’ and the ‘Enabling Environment’ of a city.
Category:
EU and governance
Keywords:
cities, indicator, european commission, cultural policy
Report
LAB-FAB-APP_report
Spokes resource
July 2017 - A 2017 report published by the European CommissionIt highlights 11 recommendations, including one on citizens' involvement with research and innovation.
Category:
EU and governance
Keywords:
science & society, european commission, research and innovation, report
Practical guide or toolkit
Just_Add_Imagination_Oxford
Spokes resource
July 2017 - “Just Add Imagination” is a digital guide encouraging parents and children to explore the opportunities offered by a STEM career. It includes fun and easy science activities to do at home.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
STEM, activities, Children, home, parents
Website
Synenergene Workshop, Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, 1-4 September 2016 Credit: Wojciech Surdziel/Copernicus Science Center
Spokes resource
June 2017 - The Learning Platform contains materials about synthetic biology and its socio-scientific issues for teachers and science communication professionals who want to facilitate and support their publics in an open dialogue about this emerging science.
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
#syntheticbiology #synbio #synenergene
Material for workshops and exhibitions
Genes and Machines
Spokes resource
June 2017 - The brochure was co-produced by iGEM Team Warsaw (Aleksandra Bartosik, Marcin Ziemniak, Jakub Piatkowski) and the biological laboratory of the Copernicus Science Center
(Elżbieta Turek, Stanisław Łoboziak), within the SYNENERGENE program – Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in Synthetic Biology, This publication aims to popularize the knowledge about synthetic biology. This is a new fast-growing scientific discipline that was inspired by the idea of designing and creating artificial biological systems. They can be modeled on systems that occur in nature or built from the scratch using genetic engineering.
Category:
Topics in science
Keywords:
#synbio #syntheticbiology #h2020
Practical guide or toolkit
Synenergene
Spokes resource
June 2017 - The toolkit aims at giving basic information, tips, and feedbacks about synthetic biology as a socio scientific issue and experiences held in the field of public engagement. At the end of the Synenergene project,the toolkit will synthesize and relate some ofthe experiences of science centres and museums involved in the organization of public activities on synthetic biology within the project.
Category:
Topics in science
Keywords:
#synbio #syntheticbiology #h2020
Science centre network representatives at the signature of the Tokyo Protocol in June 2017 (in Porto, Portugal)
Spokes resource
June 2017 - On the Role of Science Centres and Science Museums Worldwide In Support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Signed in June 2017 by representatives of science centre networks from around the world.
Category:
EU and governance
Keywords:
Tokyo Protocol, scws2017, SDGs
Book or article
In “Wonderlab: the Statoil gallery”, captions systematically make a link between exhibits and people’s everyday lives, with carefully picked examples. Science Museum, London, United Kingdom.
June 2017 - Interviews published in Spokes #31, June 2017
Hear from four teams and organisations bridging theory and practice | Estimated reading time: 14 minutes (2-5 min per interview)
Category:
Education & learning
Keywords:
science capital, Spokes

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