How do we want to deal with the future of our one and only planet?
The European Commission’s Science and Knowledge Service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), decided to try working hand-in-hand with leading European science centres and museums.
Behind this decision was the idea that the JRC could better support EU Institutions in engaging with the European public. The fact that European Union policies are firmly based on scientific evidence is a strong message which the JRC is uniquely able to illustrate. Such a collaboration would not only provide a platform to explain the benefits of EU policies to our daily lives but also provide an opportunity for European citizens to engage by taking a more active part in the EU policy making process for the future.
A PILOT PROGRAMME
To test the idea, the JRC launched an experimental programme to work with science museums: a perfect partner for three compelling reasons. Firstly, they attract a large and growing number of visitors. Leading science museums in Europe have typically 500 000 visitors per year. Furthermore, they are based in large European cities and attract local visitors as well as tourists from across Europe and beyond.
The second reason for working with museums is that they have mastered the art of how to communicate key elements of sophisticated arguments across to the public and making complex topics of public interest readily accessible. That is a high-value added skill and a crucial part of the valorisation of public-funded research, never to be underestimated.
Finally museums are, at present, undergoing something of a renaissance. Museums today are vibrant environments offering new techniques and technologies to both inform and entertain, and attract visitors of all demographics.
SUCHA Vladimir;
VITCHEVA Charlina Vladimirova;
WILKINSON David;
BENOIST Thierry;
ESTREGUIL Christine;
LYNCH Joanna;
SCHOLZ Harald;
THIJS An;
WILIKENS Marc;
BLASCO MUNOZ Jose;
DEREAU Benoit;
HAHN Karl-Anton;
LEMUS CONEJO Marcos;
MONDELLO Silvia;
MORTARA Barbara;
PERUGGINI William;
SPIRITO Laura;
VIGNAUX Mael;
ACHARD Frederic;
BARREIRO HURLE Jesus;
BARUTH Bettina;
BELWARD Alan;
BEUCHLE Rene';
BIDOGLIO Giovanni;
BOROWIAK Annette;
CAMIA Andrea;
DE JESUS CARDOSO Ana;
CLARK Ian;
CIUPAGEA Constantin;
DALLEMAND Jean-Francois;
VANHAM Davy;
DENTENER Franciscus;
EDWARDS Robert;
VIGNATI Elisabetta;
PISONI Enrico;
EVA Hugh;
FIORE Gianluca;
GAWLIK Bernd;
GENOVESE Giampiero;
GERVASINI Eugenio;
GRASSI Giacomo;
GUENTHER Susann;
HANKE Georg;
HUISMAN Jacob;
JAEGER-WALDAU Arnulf;
JAMES Kathleen;
JONES Arwyn;
KOTSAKIS Evangelos;
KRASENBRINK Alois;
LEIP Adrian;
LONZA Laura;
MAES Joachim;
MARELLI Luisa;
MARTINSOHN Jann;
MASERA Marcelo;
MATHIEUX Fabrice;
MUELLEJANS Harald;
O' CONNELL Adrian Parker;
ORGIAZZI Alberto;
PANT Rana;
PARACCHINI Maria-Luisa;
PEEDELL Stephen;
POLCE Chiara;
REGA Carlo;
STIBIG Hans-Jurgen;
TAYLOR Nigel;
THIEL Christian;
THUNIS Philippe;
ABENTUNG Daniela Sabine;
AL KHUDHAIRY Delilah;
CARATTI DI LANZACCO Giancarlo;
KULIS Ivan Davor;
DE SANTI Giovanni;
DUBOIS Gregoire;
EECKELS Adriaan;
HOHENADEL Marc;
IGLESIAS PORTELA Maria;
KAJANDER Nina;
MARUSZEWSKI Krzysztof;
PINTO MALAQUIAS Pedro;
MCGARRY Darren;
MECA CASTANY Cristina;
MULHERN Grainne;
OSTERMANN Ole Peter;
PETER Georg;
RUSCELLI Silvia;
SIMONEAU Catherine;
SOBERG Carina;
SZYMANSKI Piotr;
THIELEN DEL POZO Jutta;
GEREZ Alexandre;
HAJDU Marton;
PEREIRA SÁ Sofia;
FAIR Henry;
MOLDRZYK Uwe;
GALLE Linda;
VOGEL Johannes;
JUNKER Stephan;
MUETZEL Celina;
SCHULTKA Yori;
ESCH Benedikt;
KREFT Sonja;
STROHMANN Vivien;
EYL Thegreen;
HENNING Valentin;
ROSSIG Wiebke;
VOHLAND Katrin;
WEISSPFLUG Maike;
BADOCK Dorte;
BARTSCHE Peter;
BAUM Ina;
BONKE Ralf;
BRENTANI Claudia;
BRINKMANN Markus;
CHERRY Phil;
CZURA Michael;
DAMRAU Katrin;
FABER Astrid;
FRITZSCH Wolfam;
GOETZ Hwa Ja;
HACKMANN Holger;
HAEHNEL Oliver;
KENNEWELL Philipp;
KIRSCHNER Martin;
KLEINERT Tomas;
KRAL Katrin;
KUNKEL Andreas;
LEHMANN Erik;
LINDERT Jaqueline;
MOELLMAN Nils;
NEUMANN Monika;
OHL Michael;
POIEAM Suriya;
RACKE Carola;
REISE Ina;
RIEDEL Marcus;
ROTHENBURG Wolfgang;
SAURE Christoph;
SCHREIBER Robert;
SCHROEDER Astrid;
SCHULTZE Selina;
SONNTAG Christian;
STANGE Jule;
STEHLE Sven;
STEIN Robert;
STEINNINGER Marlies;
VOLKER Matthias;
WAURICK Isabelle;
ZILCH Mathias;
KLUCKERT Lisa;
KRZYZNIEWSKI Stefanie;
ROEHNER Juliane;
SCHUCKER Carmen;
STEINER Gesine;
2020-01-21
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC119142
978-92-76-14242-3 (online),
978-92-76-14241-6 (print),
978-92-76-20641-5,
1831-9424 (online),
1018-5593 (print),
EUR 30021 EN,
OP KJ-NA-30021-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-NA-30021-EN-C (print),
OP KJ-NA-30021-EN-E,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC119142,
10.2760/458734 (online),
10.2760/10890 (print),
10.2760/443571,
