This document discusses a joint project between CIBIO research center and Serralves Foundation to promote scientific literacy through biodiversity outreach projects in the Serralves park. The 18-hectare park contains formal gardens, rural areas, and naturalized spaces. The project aims to engage over 130 researchers and 100 students to develop communication activities like seminars, documentary films, and a citizen science web project to educate diverse audiences about genetics, ecology, and landscape architecture. The activities both engage the scientists and give back to society.

1. Raquel Ribeiro | Joana Mexia de Almeida | Pedro Nogueira | SofiaViegas
SERRALVES 360º | l a n d s c a p e a n d b i o d i v e r s i t y
making science a walk in the park

2. Joint project
Sponsorship:

3. • 17 research groups
• > 130 PhD members
• > 100 students (PhD/MSc)
• 200 international journal articles (2012)
CIBIO – Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources | University of Porto

4. Serralves Foundation
contemporary art: national and international reference
a place where a regular person feels at home with contemporary culture

5. Serralves in numbers

6. http://bio-diver-city.fc.up.pt/
key element of the green structure of Porto
landmark in landscape architecture  new era in Portugal

7. 18 hectares join formal gardens with rural areas and more naturalized areas

8. objective:
“Conception and implementation of PROJECTS OF SCIENCE
COMMUNICATION within BIODIVERSITY subjects
(genetics, ecology, landscape architecture,…) targeting different audiences”
promote SCIENTIFIC LITERACY

9. ©Albano Soares
Pedro Nogueira
SofiaViegas
INDIGENOUS BREEDSLANDSCAPE
WILDLIFE FAUNAFLORA
Joana Mexia de Almeida
Raquel Ribeiro

10. Engaging the scientists
• “Há vida no Parque”
• “Café com Ciência”
• seminars and courses

11. • “Biodiversidade na web” project – citizen
science based project
• thematic events
• documentary films
Engaging the scientists

12. Engaging the scientists
• researchers collaborate with their free time and driven by
the emotional link to their work/ work subject and /or sense
of duty to give back to the society
• science communication activities should
be, somehow, rewarded in the scientific carrier

13. Thank you!
Obrigada!
raquel.ribeiro@cibio.up.pt