Open Science
Physics and YouTube: a beacon for the convergence of science and citizens
09.07.2021
The IFT Youtube channel has received, as of 2021, up to three awards acknowledging its success and impact as a physics dissemination initiative. The initiative ‘IFT Responde’ has become an integral tool for reaching out to citizens, allowing them ask questions and in that way participate of the decision process for new video creation.IFT co-organised […]
II Event on Gender Equality of the SOMM alliance
01.06.2021
On May the 26th took place the second event on Gender Equality of the SOMM alliance, organized by the Institute of Mathematical Sciences for the SOMMa community.International expert Donna Ginther gave her conference “Women and STEM: Are Differences in Education and Career due to Stereotypes, Interest or Family?” as the central part of the event.María […]
SOMMa 1st meeting on gender equality policy
31.10.2019
Directors of SOMMa Centres discussed at the CNIO best practices in gender equality to attain a culture change allowing to integrate gender equality into strategic science decisionsGender equality expert Cheryl Smythe discussed the gender policies implemented at the Babraham Institute to obtain the Athena SWAN Charter: a UK recognition to best practices for gender equality, […]
SOMMa Open Science Day – a day of exchange about science openness
16.05.2019
The SOMMa Open Day took place at DTIC-UPF, co-organised with BCAM BilbaoDozens of professionals meet in a day of sharing about Open ScienceThe SOMMa working group in Open Science grows and starts planning future actions SOMMa and Open Science Opening science is one way to make it more accessible as well as more collaborative. It […]
INSPIRA project to promote STEM education among young girls
22.06.2018
BCAM supports the INSPIRA project to promote STEM education among young girls Amaia Abanda, a researcher from the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, collaborates as a mentor in this initiative promoted by the University of Deusto The number of students that choose scientific or technological studies is dropping every year, with a decrease that […]
The Big Bell Test
16.04.2018
•On November 30th 2016, more than 100,000 people participated in the BIG Bell Test, a global experiment to test the laws of quantum physics. •Participants were able to complete more than half a million levels of the video game that generated more than 90 million bits, a number that tripled the initial expectations of the […]