Shaw-IAU Workshops by the OAE

Astronomy is considered a gateway science for education due to its ability to encompass many subjects present in school curricula worldwide, inspire curiosity and foster critical thinking. In this sense, astronomy education initiatives are a keystone for global public engagement programs organised in recent years such as the UN IYA2009, IYL2015 or the IAU100 initiative. Among their benefits, these programs mobilise economic resources, distribute and support localisation of educational resources and foster organisation of initiatives to reach communities that have little or no access to these types of actions, e.g. GalileoMobile project. In this talk, I will present lessons learnt from designing, coordinating and implementing international collaborations with educational components.

About Jorge Rivero González

Jorge Rivero González works as Science Communications Officer at the Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC. He was the IAU 100th anniversary Celebrations (IAU100) Global Coordinator and was part of the global organisation of the UN International Year of Light 2015 (IYL 2015) and the UNESCO International Day of Light. From 2009, he has been a member of the outreach initiative GalileoMobile. He holds a PhD in Astrophysics from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (Germany) and a postgraduate degree in Science Journalism and Communication from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain). His work for IAU100 received the 2020 Dutch Research Council (NWO) Communication Award for its reach and international impact in promoting astronomy.

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