Category Archives: Innovative ways of engaging people in science

Thinktank Planetarium, Facebook and how to inspire people

Welcome to the Thinktank Planetarium Facebook page! Here at the planetarium we have a pleasant task…how to make astronomy, science and fulldome (360-degree) video technology sexy? Our Facebook page attempts to achieve this, and promotes the work the planetarium team … Continue reading

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The New Optimists

The New Optimists is a book asking scientists the question: “What makes you optimistic?” Sue Beardsmore chaired a panel talking with Kate Cooper, the publisher of the book, and two professional scientists, Dr Juliet Coates (a young botanist from UoB) … Continue reading

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The New Optimists at CASC

Kate Cooper talks briefly to Dr Juliet Coates and Aston’s Professor Peter Lambert about what makes them optimistic and the New Optimists.

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Changing behaviours – creating a better quality of life for the future

The group of delegates who were involved in the Changing Behaviours work package includes Tim Caulton from Thinktannk, Anett Ruszanov (ERRIN), Dana Bekker Vejborna (South Moravian Centre for International Mobility), Pauline Lachappelle (Universite de Lyon) and Vladislava Pospisilova (Academy of … Continue reading

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Work Package Two – Tools for building a scientific culture

Participants of the Work Package were ARMuseos Cientificos Coruneses MC2; Asociata ProSal (PSM); Think Tank (TT);Universeum AB(UAB) and Birmingham City Council (BCC). The activities were: Study Visits 2 Pilot Actions with young people – Science in the News; Science in … Continue reading

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Changing Behaviours – small business and climate change. Work Package 4

Part of work package four concentrated on how to change the behaviour of small businesses in the way they understand and respond to climate change. There were three main areas of work which are described in much greater detail in … Continue reading

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Marcos Perez from Casa de las Ciencias on science communication and lessons learned from the CASC project

We’ve been finding out the thoughts and opinions of some of the Cities and Science Communication delegates ahead of this week’s final conference. Here, we find out from Marcos Perez of Casa de las Ciencias what his views are on … Continue reading

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Follow the CASC conference online

The CASC conference takes place Wednesday 26th to Friday 28th January 2011, at ThinkTank in Birmingham, UK. Conference delegates will have discussions about the work and activities they have seen during the course of the project and will come up … Continue reading

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Despina Tsikoudi from the European Office of Cyprus talks about science communication and science in education

Ahead of the final conference we asked a number of representatives from the CASC project partners to give us their thoughts on some of the key issues which will be discussed and developed further at the conference. Despina Tsikoudi from … Continue reading

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