Martedì prossimo, alla Elte University di Budabest, Centre for Science Communication, presento le attività di comunicazione della scienza che svolgiamo alla Sissa.

1. Science Communication at Sissa, Trieste,
Italy
Nico Pitrelli
ELTE University, Centre for Science Communication
Budapest
November 27, 2012
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2. Contents
1) About Sissa
2) Master’s course in Science Communication (MCS)
3) Beyond MCS
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3. 1.
About Sissa
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4. 1. About Sissa
Sissa - The International School for
Advanced Studies
Sissa is located in Trieste with a
wonderful view on the gulf of the city
Image from italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com
Founded in 1978 as the first
institution in Italy to promote post-
graduate courses to achieve PhD and
Master degrees, is a centre of
excellence in the Italian and
international university context
Image from www.sissa.it
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5. 1. About Sissa
Sissa - General organization
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6. 1. About Sissa
Lisnu - The Interdisciplinary
Laboratory
This sector was founded in 1989 to experiment new links between science and
humanities and investigate the various aspects of science and society issues
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7. 2.
Master’s course in Science Communication (MCS)
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8. MCS – General Description
1) Aims and general principles
2) MCS Staff
3) Organization
4) Professional output and evaluations
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9. 2.1 MCS-Aims and principles
Our approach
The oldest school of this kind in Europe
Co-management between scientists and
professional comunicators
Deep interdisciplinarity and broad cultural
vocation
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10. 2.1 MCS-Aims and principles
Our goals
To train intellectuals
in the knowledge society
To bring hybrid and flexible
professional figures into
the market
To be active players
and co-producers of knowledge
in the science communication
ecosystem
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11. 2.2 MCS staff
Our team
Scientific Secretary
President
Claudia Parma
Franco Prattico
Director
Guido Martinelli Didactic Secretary
Mila Bottegal
Codirector
(executive
director) Nico
Pitrelli
Project manager
Chiara Saviane
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12. 2.3 MCS Organisation
Broad skills in science
communication
MCS provides: Interdisciplinary curriculum with a
wide cultural perspective
Career prospects:
Traditional and on-line newspapers and magazines
Multimedia production
Traditional and multimedia publishing
Science centers
Press offices
Events
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13. 2.4 MCS Organisation
Didactics
Teacher centered lessons
-First year: 500 hours
-Second year: 320 hours
Pratical classroom and homework activities
Compulsory attendance
Products: online journal, conferences’ and
events’ organisation, books, broadcasting,
science exhibitions
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14. 2.4 MCS Organisation
Some steps
Admission to the second year
Thesis
Scholarships
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15. 2.4 MCS Professional outputs and evaluations
Work experiences
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16. 2.4 MCS Professional outputs and evaluations
Employment situation – 2008
survey
Have you carried out some science
communication activities in the last year?
Questionnaire addressed to 205 former
students
Answers: 169 (82,4% of the total sample)
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17. 2.4 MCS Professional outputs and evaluations
Employment sectors – 2008 Survey
The figure refers to former students who carry out science communication activities as
prevalent or occasional jobs
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18. 2.4 MCS Professional outputs and evaluations
Submissions
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19. 2.4 MCS Professional outputs and evaluations
Students’ evaluations – First year
2010-11
Threshold
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20. 2.4 MCS Professional outputs and evaluations
Students’ evaluations – Second
year 2010-11
Threshold
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21. 2.4 MCS Professional outputs and evaluations
Prizes and acknowledgments
Premio Cicap - Alberto Bertuzzi,
2001
Kalinga Price,
2001
Masis Report, 2009
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22. 3.
Beyond MCS
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23. Beyond MCS
1) Master’s course in Digital Science Journalism (MGSD)
2) Innovations in the Communication of Science (ICS) group
3) JCOM – Journal of Science Communication
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24. 3.1 MGSD
Science Journalism in the digital
era
Started in 2012
1-year programme
For those who wish to achieve professional
expertise in the field of science journalism on
the digital media ecosystem
MGSD provides: Multidisciplinary, job-oriented
curriculum
Career prospects:
On-line newspapers and magazines
Radio and video
Multimedia publishing and production
Multimedia press offices
Communication agencies
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25. 3.1 MGSD
Didactics
Teacher centered lessons
More than 400 hours
Pratical classroom and homework activities
Compulsory attendance
Products: online journal, multimedia, data
journalism, innovative science journalism
platforms
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26. 3.1 MGSD
Some steps
Compulsory internship
Final exam
Scholarships
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27. 3.1 MGSD
Work experiences
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28. 3.2 ICS Group
Research in Science Communication
– EU funded projects
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29. 3.2 ICS Group
Events
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30. 3.3 JCOM
Editorial activities
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31. Contacts and useful links
Nico Pitrelli
pitrelli@sissa.it
+39 040 3787462
http://www.sissa.it
http://mcs.sissa.it
http://mgsd.sissa.it
http://ics.sissa.it
http://jcom.sissa.it
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