As citizens, we are confronted with a deluge of information and misinformation from the Internet and the mass media. Scientific literacy, i.e. the ability to critically evaluate, apply, and understand scientific knowledge and how it is produced, is therefore vital for responsible citizenship. It is a prerequisite for generating a knowledge-based society and allowing citizens to make informed decisions. The aim of this project is to leverage the strengths of diverse stakeholders (evolutionary biologists, education researchers, educators, museum professionals, and the media) to generate and analyse approaches used to improve public scientific literacy. The expected result is to identify targeted strategies to raise levels of scientific literacy in Europe, thus maximising Europe’s innovation potential.
Project funding:
COST actions
Period of project implementation: 2019-09-23 - 2020-01-31
Project partners: Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Iceland, North Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland
