LECTURE

CIMA, CIAC AND CCVALGARVE PROMOTE A LECTURE WITH MATTEO MERZAGORA

On May 27, 2022, CIMA, in partnership with CIAC and CCVAlgarve promote the lecture “Public engagement with science: an outreach tool or a research infrastructure?”, with Matteo Merzagora. The event takes place between 12h00 and 13h00, in Room 1.1 of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, at the Gambelas Campus of the University of Algarve.

Matteo Merzagora is scientific director of the scientific communication center TRACES – Espaces des Sciences Pierre Gilles de Gennes (France). He is currently involved in several programs that link science in society and social inclusion agendas, and that use arts and culture as a way to empower citizens with respect to scientific knowledge. He teaches at the Master in Science Communication, SISSA (Trieste, Italy), and at several courses on communication and science in France. He has worked as consultant for science museums (Palais de la Découverte, Cité de Sciences et de l’Industrie, MUSE), and as project manager or consultant for European Science in Society and RRI projects. He is a member of the editorial board of Jcom Journal of science communication. He is spending a month in Portugal doing a “Thinker” residency with Ciência Viva.