Meet our first guest, Bruno Ruganzu, a multimedia artist known for his work of transforming waste into interactive Art installations.

Programme for Week 4

Jen Wong (Guerilla Science) will present a case study of engaging the public with space science through the ‘Intergalactic Travel Bureau’ an immersive theatrical experience, staged as part of mainstream public festivals and events. The presentation of Intergalactic Travel Bureau will be followed by a moderated audience Q+A.

Programme for Week 3

Keynote speakers in Session 3 include Professor Henk Hoekstra (Leiden University), and artist Thijs Biersteker (Woven Studio), who will present a case study of their artist-scientist collaboration to develop an installation to represent the behaviour of the mysterious and elusive dark matter. This will be followed by a moderated audience Q+A.

Programme for Week 2

Programme for Week 1

Keynote speakers in Week 1 will represent both astronomy and the space and technology sector. Dr Kelly Blumenthal (Leiden University and the International Astronomical Union) will discuss strategic public engagement, and Dr Gaitee Hussein will discuss the European Space Agency’s upcoming missions and approaches to communicating cutting-edge space and technology research.

The Ecsite Space group will be meeting in presence, on 9 and 10 December 2021.

Join us for the pleasure of seeing each other in person and sharing information, passion, resources, ideas on space and its communication to the public ! Register here before 1 December 23:00 ! .

For almost three years now, Ecsite has worked alongside GRACE project partners to support the implementation of institutional change in six research performing and funding organisations, with a particular focus on public engagement and science education, two keys dimensions of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) as understood at the European level.

In this last session, participants will learn about existing funding opportunities for citizen science projects at European level.

An opportunity for participants to envision the impact their projects could make.

The first event in this Workroom will feature an inspiring keynote speaker, Anne Bowser, and stories from Citizen science projects that have made an impact.