The following data and information provided covers the 2023 edition of the NIGHT.
"Awareness campaign” main results:
Promotional materials
• online (banners, advertisements, websites, links to relevant EU websites and social networks) and offline (roll-ups, folders, brochures, flyers, posters, press kits, promotional t-shirts in the colors of the 5 EU missions, event maps, research experiment catalogue gadgets, SuperScienceMe cardboard cutout for photos.
Promotional activities first, during and after the 2023 edition of the NIGHT:
o Pre- event “Basilicata Calabria: from Pollino to Aspromonte Open-Return”, organization
of a video making in thirty schools of the rural, suburban and urban areas of Calabria and Basilicata. In this tour the researchers assumed the role of "influencer" about the five EU missions, arousing curiosity of students and their teachers and preparing them for the future development of scientific projects in their schools (WP3 – Researchers at schools activity).
o Pre- event “Experience in hospital”: demonstrations, experiments, educational activities and games at the pediatrics department of the spoke hospital in Castrovillari (CS);
o Other activities:
o Press office;
o Virtual point info through telephone contacts and e-mails;
o Promotion on social networks;
o Realization of videos, photos and interviews with researchers and visitors, during the event;
o Promotion of the evening program (Science show, shows, concerts).
"Activity during the Night" main results:
Experiencing research: n. 198 laboratory’s experiences and demonstrations
Social inclusion: n. 2 sub-activity dedicated to hospitalized children and to prisoners.
Thematic Corners: n. 4 thematic corners (EU Space, Gender Space, Innovation Space, National and Regional Space)
Imagine the research: n. 1 thematic contest
Edutainment activities: n. 1 edutainment programme, with different educational and entertainment activities
“Researchers at Schools” main results:
- 37 Schools involved (11 from Lucanian Region, 26 from Calabria Region);
- 51 researchers from various backgrounds and genders selected to work in the schools involved on the current societal challenges related to EU Research and Innovation Missions: (Adaptation to climate change, Cancer, Restore our Ocean, seas and waters by 2030, Climate neutral and smart cities, Soil health and food);
- 1559 students from Calabrian and Lucanian Regional Schools with different orders and grades (Primary, Middle and Upper Secondary Schools) selected;
- Creation of 45 S-TEAMs comprising at least a researcher, a teacher and students selected by the teacher. Each S-TEAM worked to bring out the students' ideas and to design the "case" to be present at the Case Conference. The co-design process implied several meetings between researchers, teachers and students at the schools in the present and remotely.
- 40 projects implemented (29 in Calabria and 11 in Basilicata), distributed in 4 of the 5 Eu Missions:
o Adaptation to climate change: 12 (26%);
o Climate neutral and smart cities: 7 (18%);
o Restore our Ocean, seas and waters by 2030: 8 (21%);
o Soil health and food: 13 (34%);
- 4 case conferences organized
"Impact assessment" main results:
Online registration : 12.000
Website counter : 52.104
Polls : 650
Social Network : 5.592
Questionnaires for academic community : 635
Vignettes and Feedback : 208
Face-to-Face interview: 100
Independent teacher opinion: 77 %
