In this blog post, our goal is to write about skepticism towards science, particularly in Austria. This topic has become a focus of political and media debate in the last two years due to topics like COVID-19-pandemic, human made climate… Read More »Science Skepticism
On the 20th of September, our project and steering board meeting took place at the Haus der Wildnis in Lunz am See, Austria. All partners participated and discussed the project’s progress and the next steps. We are very much looking… Read More »Second INSE project meeting
One of the ongoing projects INSE has the honour of being partnered with is a Sparkling Science project, which uses fairy stories to teach children about the future of the planet and our resources. In this Sparkling Science project,… Read More »‘Sparking’ interest in Science
In this blog post, our goal is to explore citizen science as an integral part of science education initiatives and dig a bit deeper into different stages of contributory citizen science projects in the field of ecology and environmental sciences.… Read More »Citizen Science in Science education
As a network of science communication specialists, we have created a partnership across different scientific disciplines to create a sustainable and multi-faceted approach to science education. We wanted to properly introduce you to our core team of partners and to… Read More »Our partners
While the school year draws to a close, the opportunity for learning does not. Last week, we had several workshops with school students of different age groups in the Haus der Wildness, Lunz. The Haus der Wildnis is the UNESCO… Read More »Welcoming in the summer holidays!
We at INSE align ourselves with equitable practice and want to ensure that those previously excluded from science, are encouraged to play their own part. As part of our hands-on-approach to science education, we want students to work side by… Read More »Equity in Science
We are living in the age of the Antropocene – our current geological era is shaped by human activity that has altered the global climate and environment to the point where we are reaching certain tipping points that we may… Read More »‘Anthropocene’ – Cultural sustainability
A large part of our vision for INSE is identifying gaps in science education and finding innovative ways of filling those gaps. Our project lead, Eva Feldbacher and partner Gabriele Weigelhofer, along with Manuela Waberer and Lena Campostrini just published… Read More »Gaps in climate change education
April saw the kick off of Spring, as well as the conference season, and we had the honour of presenting our work, ideas and project INSE at two conferences. The first was the Citizen Science Conference for Austria, held in… Read More »April Conferences