3 The Newborn European Astrobiology Institute …
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EAI Website. We already have, thanks to Wolf Geppert, the EAI chair, a complete
website that, now, is going to be re-built according to the new graphics. We’re going
to discuss its content architecture and the winner of logo context will develop the
graphics part of the work. In this second year of life of the Institute, we need a new
graphic coherent with the visual identity and at the same time we need also to update
and expand the content. Ideally, we should set up an editorial team to take care of
updates once something changes, a new project is added, etc.
Once the website is redesigned, up and running, we should create and add more
resources for media, a section for the public, and a section for teachers.
We have created a team, with the functions of an editorial board, for the definition
of the content architecture, which will follow also the work in progress. We will have
the new version of the website by the end of 2020.
EAI Newsletter and Social. The aim of the planned newsletter is to deliver
news regarding astrobiology research, opportunities and related news especially to
members of the scientific community—not excluding interested members of the
public, of course, but it is primarily for the professionals, while the public should
engage more with the social media. These should serve both for the professionals
(scientists, educators, reporters…) and interested people from the general public.
We’re working on these tools suffered delays due to the COVID-19 emergency.
For the moment we have the FB page www.facebook.com/EuropeanAstrobiolo
gyInstitute/ and the Twitter account https://twitter.com/EAIastrobiology, both with
as a constantly growing number of followers.
Media—Press. Right now, we established a collaboration with press offices of
involved institutions. We need to build a database of media contacts for scientists
(journalists, science bloggers, TV reporters, etc.). They have also to be sorted by
language, field and interests in a such a way that scientists can use properly for
sending out their press releases. On the other hand we’re going to do a database of
astrobiology scientists to be contacted by media (national, European) that will be
also sorted by field of expertise and language (nationality).
3.3 The Education WG and Sci-Fi Project Team
The Outreach, Media and Corporate Identity Working Group has to strictly cooperate
with Education WG, whose leader is Riho Motlep from the University of Tartu in
Estonia, and with the project team “Science fiction as a tool for astrobiology outreach
and education”. Project teams are smaller groups on special themes or missions that
can be led and joined by members of non-participating entities.
In this context we’re developing an Astrobiology Bingo Game for the EAI next
General Assembly and we have produced a sci-fi anthology with a list of educational
links cured by Julie Nekola Nováková.
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EAI Website. We already have, thanks to Wolf Geppert, the EAI chair, a complete
website that, now, is going to be re-built according to the new graphics. We’re going
to discuss its content architecture and the winner of logo context will develop the
graphics part of the work. In this second year of life of the Institute, we need a new
graphic coherent with the visual identity and at the same time we need also to update
and expand the content. Ideally, we should set up an editorial team to take care of
updates once something changes, a new project is added, etc.
Once the website is redesigned, up and running, we should create and add more
resources for media, a section for the public, and a section for teachers.
We have created a team, with the functions of an editorial board, for the definition
of the content architecture, which will follow also the work in progress. We will have
the new version of the website by the end of 2020.
EAI Newsletter and Social. The aim of the planned newsletter is to deliver
news regarding astrobiology research, opportunities and related news especially to
members of the scientific community—not excluding interested members of the
public, of course, but it is primarily for the professionals, while the public should
engage more with the social media. These should serve both for the professionals
(scientists, educators, reporters…) and interested people from the general public.
We’re working on these tools suffered delays due to the COVID-19 emergency.
For the moment we have the FB page www.facebook.com/EuropeanAstrobiolo
gyInstitute/ and the Twitter account https://twitter.com/EAIastrobiology, both with
as a constantly growing number of followers.
Media—Press. Right now, we established a collaboration with press offices of
involved institutions. We need to build a database of media contacts for scientists
(journalists, science bloggers, TV reporters, etc.). They have also to be sorted by
language, field and interests in a such a way that scientists can use properly for
sending out their press releases. On the other hand we’re going to do a database of
astrobiology scientists to be contacted by media (national, European) that will be
also sorted by field of expertise and language (nationality).
3.3 The Education WG and Sci-Fi Project Team
The Outreach, Media and Corporate Identity Working Group has to strictly cooperate
with Education WG, whose leader is Riho Motlep from the University of Tartu in
Estonia, and with the project team “Science fiction as a tool for astrobiology outreach
and education”. Project teams are smaller groups on special themes or missions that
can be led and joined by members of non-participating entities.
In this context we’re developing an Astrobiology Bingo Game for the EAI next
General Assembly and we have produced a sci-fi anthology with a list of educational
links cured by Julie Nekola Nováková.