by Hanna Sathiapal | Nov 7, 2016 | Public Engagement
What we do has a political dimension, whether we like it or not. In Switzerland, we learnt this the hard way in 2014, when the Swiss voters decided on restricting immigration, a move which is incompatible with the Schengen treaty Switzerland is part of. One of the...
by Hanna Sathiapal | Oct 17, 2016 | Public Engagement
Last month we opened Raumschiff (space ship) – the maker Space for Astronomy in a neighbourhood at the outskirts of Zurich. Making ‘spaceships’ during the opening night After many years of doing outreach at individual events we sometimes felt that...
by Sophie Murray | Oct 14, 2016 | Public Engagement
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...
by Sophie Murray | Oct 13, 2016 | Public Engagement
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...
by Hanna Sathiapal | Jun 21, 2016 | Public Engagement
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...