First Science Communication MSP workshop

Session

Invited talks

11 Nov 2024, 14:40

Maastricht

Description

Room B0.001

1. Discovering the impact and role of science communication

Ivo van Vulpen

11/11/2024, 14:40

As a particle physicist at the University of Amsterdam I am part of a worldwide adventure that is trying to study the elementary building block of matter and is searching for the answers to the unsolved riddles about the working of our universe. Exciting as that is, I will use this talk to explore the other part of my world: science communication. I will discuss why I think science...

2. Stretched mattrasses and tiny solar systems: communicating STEM without metaphors.

Gideon Koekoek (Maastricht University)

11/11/2024, 15:40

Communication is both an art and a science, that is highly dependent the audience, message, and speaker. In case of STEM, there is also the stereotype to overcome that these are topics as superhumanly complicated as they are exciting. Often we mitigate by using metaphors: atoms are tiny solar systems, and gravity is a stretched mattrass. But are there other ways?
In this talk, I will first...

3. Q&A

11/11/2024, 16:25