Education, Outreach and Communication in the Europlanet 2024 RI project
- Author(s)
- Anita Heward, Federica Duras, Livia Giacomini, Luca Nardi, James McKevitt, Thibaut Roger, Seda Özdemir-Fritz, Lothar Kurtze
- Abstract
The Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI) project defined, at the time of proposal submission in 2019, an ambitious programme of education, outreach and media engagement activities designed to maximise the societal impact and engagement of European citizens with the project and with planetary science. After four and a half years, including an extension of six months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Europlanet 2024 RI project is coming to an end in July 2024.
Outreach and education programmes have been amongst the most affected within the Europlanet 2024 RI project by the pandemic, since the original plans were highly-dependent on face-to-face activities. Many programmes delivered at the end of the project are either completely new or significantly adapted for online delivery, compared to the original proposal. Innovations include a schools engagement programme linked to Europlanet’s annual meeting, a Discord server, online contests, online training and a magazine.
In this presentation, we will discuss challenges in developing and sustaining an outreach programme for Europlanet, both over the course of this project and in the longer term. We will share lessons learned from experiences of practicing public engagement and educational activities during the pandemic and post-pandemic eras. Finally, we will present sustainability plans for Europlanet’s outreach, education, and media activities.- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure, Dill Faulkes Educational Trust Ltd, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico d'Abruzzo, University College London, Universität Bern, FTP-Europlanet gUG
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-1128
- Publication date
- 09-2024
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103003 Astronomy, 103004 Astrophysics
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/13c4d541-f471-438e-b467-fb160a86a7ea