Science ♥ society
María MenéndezJean-François Clervoy Marc MoutinAna NoronhaTina Ibsen
International Cooperation is a key for space: from the study of the Universe to the first permanently inhabited, international outpost in Earth orbit - the International Space Station (ISS). In this session, we will invite experts from the...
Explainers & visitor services
Paula BäckmanWencke MaderbacherBenedicte WolffKaterina TechlovaChristian Sandberg
We all know stressed-out teachers hanging on the phone, all trying to reach our call centre in the same five minutes of their school break. Or endless conversations with parents to find a birthday party date. Finally, when everything is booked,...
Learning
Friso VisserMarcus HeiderSofia LourençoStephen RobertsPaula Bäckman
Most museums have more than one target group: young children, teenagers, school groups, families... Problems arise when audience segments with conflicting needs compete for the use of our spaces and experiences: young children vs. teenagers,...
Research, theory & evaluation
Frans de Waal
Dr. Frans de Waal is a Dutch-American biologist and primatologist known for his work on the behaviour and social cognition of primates. Speech title: Prosocial Primates: The Cooperative Background of Our Species
In my work with monkeys,...
Strategy & vision
Claudia GoebelKatrin VohlandAmparo Leyman PinoFermín Serrano SanzPia Viviani
This session will explore how the Ecsite community can do more quality Citizen Science (CS) through co-operation. It is linked to the pre-conference workshop “Partnering up for Citizen Science” and aims at discussing the results of the workshop...
Equity & Inclusion
Luis Azevedo RodriguesSara MiraIvone FachadaHanaa Hosny Ewa Janowska
Developing science programmes for adults is a true challenge for most of science centres and museums.They think they know almost everything, they will come only as accompaniers, and they think they're too old to have fun!
It is a priority...
Strategy & vision
Bart Van de LaarMonique MouritsMikko MyllykoskiIan BrunswickHerbert MuenderPhil WinfieldLAURENT CHICOINEAUAnnette KlinkertAntti LahertoJan ApothekerPaul HixLucy AvraamidouMalvina ArtheauThierry Brassacmichael van der meer
A growing number of science centres aim to invite the public to be part of science itself. This requires science centres to rethink their relations with universities - real love or marriage of convenience? Academia can be a notoriously reluctant...
Learning
María MenéndezMarc MoutinAna NoronhaJose Antonio Gordillo Martorell
All detailed information about this workshop can be found here.
Strategy & vision
Andrea BandelliMarta BiarnesJane Chadwick
Some of our science museums have opened their floors to real scientific research and encourage visitors to advance science by participating as experimental subjects.
At the Science Gallery Dublin, visitors smelt worn t-shirts and rated...
Strategy & vision
Jane ChadwickAndrea BandelliLynn ScarffBronwyn Bevan
Evaluation is viewed by many as a necessary chore marginal to the work of museums. We spend time and money, often not enough, on evaluation to satisfy funders and for use in advocacy, but do we really learn, and does that learning instigate...
Learning
Jochen HungerAgnes Bauer
Not everyone is a maker*, yet everyone “makes” him- or herself through a process of learning. We acquire knowledge from different fields through different channels, in distinct places, with selected people and at certain times. However, some of...
Learning
Paul HixSherman RosenfeldLorenz KampschultePedro ReisGiulia Tasquier
Exhibitions provide great insights into scientific topics. But doesn’t being involved in the development of an exhibition provide an even deeper understanding of a question? Shouldn’t we make this experience accessible to young people, thus...