Speakers & trainers

Bruno J. Strasser’s research focuses on the history of the life sciences and science education. His new book, Collecting Experiments: Making Big Data Biology (2019, Univ. of Chicago Press) examines collections and data banks in 20th century life sciences.

Anna Jobin has a multidisciplinary background in sociology, economics, and information management. Her current research focuses on ethical issues arising from recent transformations of science and technology, notably in the domain of citizen science.
Further information here.

With a background in practical science communication, Susanne Hecker’s research interest lies in citizen science and science communication. She is the first editor of the book Citizen science: innovation in open science, society and policy (2018) and is currently finalizing her PhD on citizen science in communication sciences. As a workshop facilitator, Susanne Hecker seeks to boost interaction and practical experience and frequently includes improvisation theatre elements in her workshops.

Pia Viviani has a background in biotechnology, scenography, nonprofit management and science communication. Working for the foundation “Science et Cité” she established the Swiss citizen network “schweiz forscht” and therefore knows diverse Swiss citizen science projects. She was a steering committee member of the European Citizen Science Association ECSA when initiating and planning the ECSA conference 2018 in Geneva. In Spring 2019 Pia founded her own company “catta gmbh” for consulting, initiating and managing citizen science projects in Switzerland.

Ruth Förster, Dr. sc. ETHZ, dr. ruth förster training & beratung, chair saguf Working Group education for sustainable development

Ruth Förster has long-term experience and expertise in designing and facilitating transdisciplinary, cooperation and learning processes particularly in higher education and research for sustainable development, e.g. in ETH Zurich and University of Basel. She has a multidisciplinary background in mechanical and environmental engineering, didactics, Expressive Arts & Movement and psychological counselling. Nowadays she is working as consultant for designing transformative learning environments as well as personal coach with emphasis on transition processes.

Please find further information here and here (ETHZ HR).

Johanna Barnbeck is the founder of Spread the Nerd, a Berlin-based agency for science communication and format development. She studied Cultural Analysis and Artistic Research in Amsterdam and realized a research project with visitor participation at the Rijksmuseum. As an artistic researcher and creative consultant Johanna develops strategies, concepts, art installations and creative formats for research projects, universities and scientific institutions and helps implementing them. She works at the intersection of art, design, science and technology and leads interdisciplinary teams with different backgrounds from in- and outside academia. As a lecturer at the NaWik, she teaches visualization courses. 
More info here.

Anja Pawelleck, Dipl. Psych., Educational Developer at University of Zurich

Anja Pawelleck has a background in organizational psychology. She works as an educational developer with extensive experience in consulting in the field of higher education. In the last years, she was responsible for the professional development in university teaching and learning at the university of Zurich (UZH).
She implemented and run different qualification programs for academic staff, which focus on the nexus between research and teaching.

More information here.