Raquel Ribeiro | Joana Mexia de Almeida | Pedro Nogueira | Sofia Viegas

SERRALVES 360 º | l a n d s c a p e a n d b i o d i v e r s i t y

making science a walk in the park

Joint project

Sponsorship:

• 17 research groups

• > 130 PhD members

• > 100 students (PhD/MSc)

• 200 international journal articles (2012)

CIBIO – Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources | University of Porto

Serralves Foundation

contemporary art: national and international reference

a place where a regular person feels at home with contemporary culture

Serralves in numbers

http://bio-diver-city.fc.up.pt/

key element of the green structure of Porto

landmark in landscape architecture new era in Portugal

18 hectares join formal gardens with rural areas and more naturalized areas

objective:

“Conception and implementation of PROJECTS OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION within BIODIVERSITY subjects (genetics, ecology, landscape architecture,…) targeting different audiences”

promote SCIENTIFIC LITERACY

©Albano Soares

Pedro Nogueira

Sofia Viegas

INDIGENOUS BREEDSLANDSCAPE

WILDLIFE FAUNAFLORA

Joana Mexia de Almeida

Raquel Ribeiro

Engaging the scientists

• “Há vida no Parque”

• “Café com Ciência”

• seminars and courses

• “Biodiversidade na web” project – citizen science based project

• thematic events

• documentary films

Engaging the scientists

Engaging the scientists

• researchers collaborate with their free time and driven by the emotional link to their work/ work subject and /or sense of duty to give back to the society

• science communication activities should be, somehow, rewarded in the scientific carrier

Thank you!Obrigada!

raquel.ribeiro@cibio.up.pt