The first edition of the initiative “A Regola d’Arte” was greeted by remarkable success, with audiences filling up the beautiful context of Villa Caldogno to listen to dialogues on science and practical knowledge, take part in workshops and cocoa tasting, enjoy music and dance performances. Scientists, designer, philosophers, authors of comics, musicians, artists and writers…
In the 1985 the Royal Society of London published a seminal report calling the scientific community to task to take responsibility for the public’s understanding of science. Since, much has happened across Europe which widely took inspiration from this call out. The report stimulated social research and mobilised resources to strengthen the capacity of science…
On July, 2nd-7th 2010, Turin will host the fourth edition of ESOF – Euroscience Open Forum, a biennial international meeting dedicated to scientific research and technological innovation. 460 speakers from 42 different countries will discuss the 10 issues chosen for this edition. In addition to the “Scientific Programme”, the core of ESOF 2010, the Lingotto…
The mass media play an important role in communication between science and society. They are an obvious channel for the dissemination of science to the public, an arena for the negotiation of issues of risk, trust, and priorities relating to science, and a seismograph for cultural or political concerns that feed back into the production…