This year's edition of the ERN experienced less participation of institutions, projects and researchers, due mainly to the sanitary restrictions. We had to limit both the
activities and participants. Nevertheless, we still offered a wide, varied and quality program.
We tried to offer varied activities, different from each other, and that are framed in different fields within the research in order to reach a greater and more varied number of people.
Before the proper event of the European Researchers’ Night on the 27th on November, we prepared 3 different pre-events in different locations, both in Zaragoza and in the surrounding area. In this way, we reached more people and a higher impact.
Even the circumstances we still were able to offer 66 activities and had a great success in all of them with less participants due to covid-19 restrictions. We had the participation of around 20 research centres or groups and more than 50 researchers. We had a total number of participants of more than 3000 people in on site activities, and around 2000 in online activities, youtube channel and tv.
We develop special contingency plan for keep all the mesures due to covid. We had a person dedicated to review all protocols and check all the risk on site.
Wanderlust has its own name and reputation and we have managed to convert a science action into a cultural festival for all types of audiences in which we merge science and performative arts.
The event has become a mandatory event for lovers of science and culture, and even this year it has been a reference event in the city's cultural programming.
The event took place in different locations and different dates, and most important of all, in very especial circumstances. We still reached more than 7000 people with pre-events,ERN event and online activities, showing them the fun side of science.
Organization has been extremely difficult this year due to the pandemic situation we are facing. Government restrictions were constantly changing depending on the sanitary situation and so the organization and planning was difficult even though we had a risk plan.
Even though all these problems, we have maintained some values that have allowed us to consolidate this event as a city event, a cultural event open to all citizens where we put into value the figure and job of researchers.
PROMOTION AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: Over the past years, our main objective was to attract the maximum number of people to the event, transferring the idea that research can be for everyone, so we designed actions addressed to general public as well as to specific groups. But this year, due to the especial circumstances we are facing, we cannot organize a mass event, and although we still pay a lot of attention to raise awareness of the event, the attending public had to be much lower due to covid-19 restrictions.
Beyond this main objective, we also worked focusing on the following goals:
• Dissemination of the research activities of research centres and Institutes.
• Point out the value of the researchers’ job and its importance in our daily lives.
• Show in a clear and simple way what research is and how it is present in our day-to-day life.
• Generate interest and awareness in different research projects and programmes.
• Foster scientific vocations among young students.
