Future Matters Workshop Plovdiv | Photo: Lina Krivoshieva

System 2020

The SySTEM 2020 project tackled scientific literacy and STEM education of children and teenagers. By focusing on science learning outside the classroom and mapping the field across Europe, SySTEM 2020 supported future citizens in a world of fast-evolving science and technology. The project evaluated transdisciplinary programmes to design the best principles for educators, and examined individual learning ecologies by piloting self-evaluation tools. This study mapped practices in 19 EU countries, including in-depth studies in 8 of the countries, and gathered the input of 9—20-year-old learners from various backgrounds including those from geographically remote, socio-economically disadvantaged, minority, and/or migrant communities.

Within three years, several workshops took place at the Ars Electronica Center to explore the learning of 9-20-year-olds outside schools and universities.

Duration: 01.06.2018 – 31.06.2021

Partners (Consortium): Ars Electronica, Science Gallery Dublin / Trinity College Dublin, Waag Futurelab, Ecsite / European Network of Science Centres and Museums, Aalto University, Centre for Social Innovation, Bloomfield Science Museum, Kersnikova Institute, Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, LATRA, Centre for Promotion of Science

SySTEM 2020 has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 788317. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.