C4S News
C4S news
Successful participation in the third General Assembly of the project Communities for Sciences (C4S)
On 26th May 2023, the consortium linked to C4S concluded the European project General Assembly, held in Milan, Italy. The Milan hub, integrated by the University of Milano-Bicocca and the GiocheriaLaboratori, hosted the event, which was attended by around thirty...
Laia Gómez-Franco Estrella: “We need to generate new inclusive narratives to endow images with new meanings”
About fifty people from universities in countries such as Belgium, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Slovakia, England, Hungary, Sweden and Spain, and linked to the fields of research, science and education attended the workshop "Critical image analysis of inclusive science...
Kristina Orban: “Having an intense focus on justice for minorities is valuable and an essential prerequisite for the social practice of science”
Kristina Orban (PhD) is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, with a research focus on Family-centred health promotion interventions. In this interview Kristina Orban talks about the challenge of...
Lyudmyla Kokorina: “The best way to contribute to enhancing of inclusive education is to continue to roll out inclusive education at all stages of education and involve more people in its implementation”
Since last June, Lyudmyla Kokorina is part of the “Communities for Sciences – Towards promoting an inclusive approach in science education” (C4S) project as a research assistant through the European Commission's Horizon for Ukraine programme. Lyudmyla has a PhD in...
Early Childhood Education students from the Erasmushogeschool Brussel visit UManresa, attracted by the University’s scientific educational programmes
A group of 29 people, comprising 26 students of the bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education and 3 teachers from the Erasmushogeschool Brussel are visiting UManresa to learn about the experience of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Manresa campus of the...
Jullieth Suárez Guevara: “when I was at school, I missed working on project basis”
You are an expert in Materials Science. When, how and why did you decided to go into this research field? Since I was a child, I knew that I would study a scientific career. I chose chemistry because I have always been curious to know the composition/structure of...
Talking with/about Giocheria Laboratori
What role does GiocheriaLaboratori play in the C4S Project?In the Project GiocheriaLaboratori (sestosg.net/servizi/giocherialaboratori) is one of the Living Labs of the HUB Milano, that brings together the two Italian partners of C4S (University of Milano-Bicocca and...
The Hungarian Lab EduKID opens its doors to children and families
A few days ago the Hungarian Lab EduKID 0-6 was presented in the framework of the Multiplier Event of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership "I.ECEC − Intercultural Early Childhood Education and Care", a center for Discovery, Research and Documentation for Early Childhood...
Quinndy Akeju: “Putting care in the centre of our lives could result in an incredible social change”
Quinndy Akeju is a health expert, Afroactivist and coordinator of the community of black-African and afro-descendant people in the Basque Country (Spain). Nowadays, she is about to finish her Nursing studies. 1.- In your LinkedIn profile you define yourself as a...
Brussels hosts the Communities for Sciences project General Assembly
The launch of the "Community Living Labs" focused much of the work of the group of the Communities for Sciences (C4S) - Towards Promoting an Inclusive Approach in Science Education” project researchers during the General Assembly of its consortium, held in Brussels on...
Successful “Pictures and Stories of collaboration” workshop held online
About fifty people from various countries and linked to the fields of research, science and education participated last September in the workshop “Pictures and Stories of collaboration”, as an activity of the project “Communities for Sciences – Towards project...
Talking with the C4S team in Milan
To begin with, could you tell us a bit about your C4S team in Milan? Who you are, what your team members expect to provide, expertise, interests… Our team consists of professors, researchers, pedagogists and educators with long experience in the field of ECEC,...
Kaysara Khatun, expert in land use answers some questions to C4S
Kaysara Kkhatun has nearly two decades of working in the academic, NGO and private sectors. In that time, she has gained substantial experience on tropical land use and forestry alongside sustainable development and poverty alleviation more broadly. Her work to date...
Inspiring young scientists through STEAM Education − Interview with Brussels Hub partners
We talked to the Brussels Hub members, Bram Malisse, Annick Biesmans, Inge Laenen and Leen Rosiers, about the main pillars of their research area, within the framework of the C4S project. To begin with, could you tell us a bit about your C4S team in Brussels? The...
Science and how to do science with children, key themes for the 2nd workshop of the C4S project
The members of the “Communities for Sciences – Project towards promoting an inclusive approach in science education” (C4S) met for its second online meeting on 24 February 2021. The session was conducted by Edoardo Datteri, Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy...
Jerry Tchadie, chemist and science educator, answers some questions to C4S
Jerry Tchadie has a degree in Chemistry from the Autónoma University of Madrid in 2000 and since then he has always worked in education and popularization of science. He began his career in the Department of Education of the National Museum of Science and...
The C4S project was introduced in a seminar on Theory of Mind, robotics and autism spectrum disorder
Luisa Zecca, professor at the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, introduced the Communities for Sciences (C4S) project in a seminar on Theory of Mind, robotics and autism spectrum disorder organized by the Laboratory of Robotics for the Cognitive and Social...
C4S project member holds a seminar on inclusive science teaching
Roberta Garbo, who is a teacher at the Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca and a member of the Communities for Sciences (C4S) project leading group, held an interactive seminar on "Inclusive science teaching". It was on 4th December 2020 during the...
“Inclusive science is a science for, from and in favour of society”
Interview with Salvador Simó, Berta Vila and Francesca Davoli from Vic Campus (UVic-UCC) Science education is one of the essential tools for advancing the social and cultural inclusion of children and young people. This is the main pillar on which the project...
C4S Manresa hub held its first meeting of the working group for educators on Inclusive Science Education
The C4S Manresa-HUB had our first online meeting of the Working Group on Inclusive Science Education on 11st November 2020. It was addressed to teachers and educators. All the participants enjoyed very much this first session. The next one will be in January 2021 and,...
The first online meeting for Communities for Sciences project was successfully held online
About thirty people took part on 29th and 30th October 2020 in the first online meeting of the “Communities for Sciences - Towards project promoting an inclusive approach in science education” (C4S) project, as a part of the Horizon 2020 program. The session was held...
C4S partners meet to prepare the project’s launch
The eleven partners involved in the Communities for Sciences (C4S) project celebrated a warm-up meeting on 29th June 2020 to prepare the project's launching that is foreseen for the 1st October 2020. Each institution presented the work package that is responsible for:...
The C4S project will foster inclusive science education in a European framework
The European project "Communities for Sciences - Towards promoting an inclusive approach in science education" (C4S), led by the Fundació Universitària del Bages (Manresa campus of University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia), will promote a more inclusive...