Science engagement at UniVienna

Position: Postdoc, Department of Evolutionary Biology, UniVienna

Project page: http://mendel200-vienna.com

I co-led a history of science and public science engagement project at University of Vienna under the INTERREG AT-CZ GJM200 project G. J. Mendel’s Legacy to Science, Culture, and Humanity with Barbara Fischer as the main PI.

We created public-facing projects in collaboration with the brand new immersive science center "Deck 50" at the Natural History Museum of Vienna (NHM Wien), the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI), and the film director and science communicator Maria Pinto (of Sea & Me).

• Team Building: Assembled a team of science communicators (graphic designer, videographer, filmmaker, actors)

• Program Design:

  • Designed four science engagement school workshops at the informal science space Deck50, NHM Wien
  • Identified main themes and co-organizing a public symposium on Mendel's Legacy in Science and Society
  • Initiated and supporting the Mendel Stories project with Maria Pinto

• Website Design: http://mendel200-vienna.com

• Social Media and Publicity: @Mendel200 social media campaigns