World Space Week
Last week was World Space Week, a yearly event supported by the United Nations, which has grown to be the largest public space event since its inception in 1999. As part of Irish Space Week there was a variety of events held at Trinity College Dublin for the general...EU Researchers Night
European Researcher’s Night is a yearly event that allows researchers to showcase their work to the general public. Science events took place simultaneously across Europe on the 30th September 2016. The Solar and Space Weather Group at Trinity College Dublin...FLARECAST outreach 2015-2016
This slideshow requires JavaScript. During the first half of the project, FLARECAST members have engaged In a broad spectrum of outreach activities. Find above some pictures of the highlights and an illustrated list in the Outreach Activities section of the FLARECAST...Update on Responsible Research and Innovation
I may have written the last post just a few days too early. A lot of information about Responsible Research and Innovation is now available on the website of the FP7 SwfS project RRI Tools Fostering Responsible Research and Innovation Towards an open science and...Responsible Research and Innovation RRI
What is all the buzz about RRI? My first try at finding out took place a year ago at a science communication conference in Garching. The situation is the following: Since the beginning of this century, science communication went through several stages: Public...Slideshare for outreach slides
Everything in one place Looking for a platform for sharing FLARECAST and space weather outreach slides, I opened the SlideShare account slideshare.com/the-active-sun. All slides in one place, they are easy to retrieve, share and re-use. Sharing doesn’t imply...Conditions for doing outreach
Sometimes, the situation is just right for engaging in outreach activities while, at other times, it is almost impossible to do so. After the transit of Mercury event I asked FLARECAST members how they had organized their activities. This post is meant to be a...Many Ways to Observe the Transit of Mercury
Public activities Several FLARECAST partners contributed to public activities related to the transit of Mercury on May 9th. CNRS (Meudon), TCD (Dublin), PSUD (Orsay) and FHNW (Windisch) set up telescopes and screens for public observation and provided information on...Space Weather Forecasting at Science Fairs
Recently, we did live space weather forecasting at our local natural history museum during a science fair. Scientific organizations presented many different kinds of activities, and people of all ages walked around, stopping where something attracted their interest....
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SunSpotter Citizen Science
Become a scientist and help us classify sunspots using SunSpotter. Citizen science project by FLARECAST's Irish partners.
Science on a Table
A communication tool to facilitate the dialogue between scientists and visitors at public events. By FLARECAST's Swiss partners.