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The call for proposals for the 2017 Ecsite Annual Conference in Porto is now open. Session proposals are due October 16, 2016. Visit the Ecsite website to download guidelines for successful proposals, find collaborators on the conference forum, and learn more about the submission process.

Planning is in progress for the 2017 National Alliance for Broader Impacts (NABI) Summit. This year’s Summit will be held April 26-28, 2017 at Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, WA and hosted by Oregon State University. The planning committee is now issuing a call for broader impacts experts to submit proposals for working sessions, accepted proposal ... Read more

A graduate student and the University of California Santa Barbara is conducting their dissertation which investigates the current and idealized diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI) practices of science and technology centers. This study will help the ASTC community better understand what DEAI practices are being implemented, what works, and common challenges the field faces. ... Read more

A PhD student at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University is conducting an exploratory study which aims to understand the perceptions of science communication practice and research in the context of reaching historically excluded audiences in diverse contexts around the world. This project will use surveys ... Read more

The National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE) is now accepting contributions for the Summer issue of Science Education And Civic Engagement: An International Journal. SECEIJ is a peer-reviewed publication devoted to civically engaged teaching and learning in STEM in both formal and informal settings. It accepts research articles,  project reports, literature, book, and exhibition reviews, ... Read more

The Connected Science Learning (CSL) journal, published by NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) and ASTC (Association of Science-Technology Centers), is now seeking submissions for its fifth and sixth issues. For more information, see the complete call for contributions on the NSTA website. Issue 5 – STEM Learning in Environmental Settings The goal of Connected Science Learning‘s fifth issue is to highlight programs ... Read more

The international journal Science Communication: Linking Theory and Practice is seeking papers for a special issue on Science Communication and Broad Societal Change. From the call for papers: Increasingly, government funding for scientific research requires that research to have a broad societal impact. Researchers often propose to achieve this impact at least in part through ... Read more

The Visitor Studies Journal is inviting submissions for a themed issue on the topic of “Redefining the Visitor Studies field for a Changing World”. The issue seeks to create a platform for reflecting on the state of the Visitor Studies field today, ways in which we need to evolve the field based on new learnings, understandings and ... Read more

In 2024, the  Inclusive, Culture, and Creativity (ICC) project will fund workshops across the U.S. that explore support for innovation at the intersection of culture, creativity and technology.  Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and coordinated by a team from UCLA and UC Santa Barbara, the ICC Workshops will gather experts in ... Read more

Cambio is a National Science Foundation-funded professional development project for informal learning institutions—zoos, children’s museums, science centers, and other similar organizations—across the United States. It’s built on the premise that by developing cultural competence specific to Latinx communities and STEM—the fields known collectively as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—coupled with intentional changes in practice, museums ... Read more

Read the blog post from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop on how they worked to better understand children’s perceptions of AI for creative work.

What does belonging look like in cultural institutions? This webinar, presented by the American Alliance of Museums’ Committee on Audience Research & Evaluation, shares how two projects worked to understand belonging – across a diversity of institutions and visitor perspectives. The session explores the models of belonging that have guided their work – the overlaps and ... Read more

Attend a free, online event featuring experts in climate education, early childhood psychology, museum leadership, and equity. Learn about how museums can help foster resilient, caring, and hopeful young children in the age of climate change. You can attend as many—or few—sessions as you like. Learn more and register.

The exhibition RACE: Are We So Different? has had a measurable impact on the science center and museum field, spurring new programs, community collaborations, and internal discussions about equity. Developed through a collaboration between the American Anthropological Association and the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM), the 5,000-square-foot exhibition opened in 2007, and has since traveled ... Read more

The Climate Change Education Partnership Alliance (CCEP) will conduct a series of four webinars to compliment the newly released released Climate Change Education: Effective Practices for Working with Educators, Scientists, Decision Makers, and the Public guide. Produced by the CCEP Alliance, this guide provides recommendations for effective education and communication practices when working with different types ... Read more

John Muir wrote in the preface to his 1901 book Our National Parks, “…I have done the best I could to show forth the beauty, grandeur, and all-embracing usefulness of our wild mountain forest reservations and parks, with a view to inciting the people to come and enjoy them, and get them into their hearts, ... Read more

Earlier this month, here at the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE), we celebrated the National Week of Making June 11-17. Jamie Bell, CAISE Project Director, attended the Capitol Hill Maker Faire, an event showcasing a selection of maker projects happening across the U.S., and informal science education (ISE) institutions were well-represented, with ... Read more

This year’s theme for the Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA)’s conference is Evaluation and Assessment as Healing: Towards Culture-Based Paradigms of Care. The theme of CREA VII both acknowledges the pain and challenges us to engage in a culture-based paradigm of care that uses evaluation and assessment to promote healing and transformation. A culture-based paradigm ... Read more

The Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL), led by SRI International in partnership with Education Development Center (EDC) and NORC at the University of Chicago, is a new National Science Foundation-funded center. CIRCL seeks to amplify the impacts of projects funded by the NSF Cyberlearning: Transforming Education program as well as broker collaborations across ... Read more

CIRCL, a partnership led by SRI International with the Education Development Center (EDC) and NORC at the University of Chicago, is an NSF-funded center that seeks to maximize the transformative potential of projects funded by the NSF Cyberlearning: Transforming Education Program. CIRCL held a “Synthesis & Envisioning” meeting, June 26-27 in Arlington, VA to synthesize ... Read more

Introduction to CIRL and the MagLab The Center for Integrating Research and Learning (CIRL) facilitates all educational and community outreach for the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab). The MagLab is funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida in a unique federal/state partnership model. Headquartered at a 370,000-square foot facility at ... Read more

The Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement is delivering three training cohort-based courses in 2024.

This fall, the California Association of Museums will be hosting professional development workshops for California museum professionals of all levels. These workshops will help museum professionals across the state understand the systems of exclusion and racism they must address to meet their full potential, both within their museums and in serving their communities. The diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion ... Read more

In September 2012 the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded supplemental funding to five Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) to partner with professional informal science education (ISE) providers to expand their education and outreach efforts with innovative strategies outside the classroom. These projects reflect a growing movement of STEM researchers whose work is achieving broader impacts ... Read more

Position Overview The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Da Vinci Science Center (DSC) serves as the organization’s senior executive leader and reports directly to the Board of Trustees. The CEO holds a voting seat on the Board and oversees all aspects of strategy, operations, programming, partnerships, staff development, and community engagement. This leader will ... Read more