Over the years, OAE researchers and collaborators have actively contributed to the international scientific community through poster presentations, invited talks, and conference papers at leading congresses and academic events worldwide. This page showcases these contributions year by year, reflecting OAE’s ongoing engagement in scientific exchange, innovation, and global collaboration.
GIREP–EPEC Conference 2025, Leiden (Paesi Bassi), 30 giugno – 4 luglio 2025
Poster presentation
Sabir: A codesign process to foster IBL in the Mediterranean
Sandrelli, S., Tirabassi, G., Fabjan, D., Darhmaoui, H., Yelkenci, A., Rodríguez Eugenio, N., Saghbini, J.-P., Belhaj, Z., Bou Zeid, M., Goded Merino, A.
EPSC–DPS Joint Meeting 2025, Helsinki (Finlandia), 7–13 settembre 2025
Oral contribution
Eclipses as a bridge between education and outreach: A joint effort of the Italian OAE-I Center and OAO Node
Duras, F., Di Giacomo, F., Mantovani, G., Mignone, C., Giacomini, L., Sandrelli, S., Boccato, C.
7th Shaw–IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, online, novembre 2025
Workshop
AstroEDU in Your Classroom
Ulteriori contributi
Partecipazione dei membri I-OAE come session organisers, speakers, workshop leaders e membri dell’Organisational Support Team.
18th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2025), Siviglia & online, 10–12 novembre 2025
Oral contribution
FRESCO: A codesign project by the Italian Office of Astronomy for Education – Evaluation of the process
Zanazzi, A., Casu, S., Varano, S., Ricciardi, S.
Mediterranean and Arab Regional Shaw–IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education (MARASE), Il Cairo (Egitto), 1–5 dicembre 2025
Workshop
Hands-on activities on constellations
Workshop
Game-based learning activities
Workshop
AstroEDU resources in practice
Oral contributions
Presentazioni di attività co-progettate nell’ambito dei progetti educativi mediterranei.
National Meeting of the Italian Astronomical Society, Napoli (Italia), 3–7 giugno 2024
Round table / invited contribution
L’interdisciplinarità dell’astronomia e le competenze trasversali
Con: Di Sorbo, D.; Sandrelli, S.; Testa, I.; Testa, V. (moderazione: Esposito, M.)
Link: https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/2780/overview
EPEC Annual Week 2024, Padova (Italia), 26 giugno 2024
Oral contribution
AstroEDU: The IAU platform for educational resources
Giacomini, L.
Link: https://www.europlanet-society.org/epec-annual-week-2024/
GIREP Conference 2024, Cracovia (Polonia), 26–30 agosto 2024
Oral contribution
Designing a tinkering workshop: Empowering teachers and demystifying the design process
Ricciardi, S., Giovanardi, I., Rini, S.
Link: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1162407/contributions/5950259/
IAU General Assembly 2024, Città del Capo (Sudafrica), 3–15 agosto 2024
Oral contribution
Bridging cultures through STEAM: The MIRTO / STEAM-Med initiative for primary education in the Mediterranean
Zanazzi, A., Ricciardi, S., Sandrelli, S., Mignone, C., Giacomini, L., Varano, S., Casu, S., Tirabassi, G.
Link: https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/public/5099/submission/3169
Oral contribution
Let’s learn with AstroEDU!
Giacomini, L., Casu, S., Gomez, E., Mazzolo, M., Sanderson, G.
Link: https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/public/5099/submission/670
Poster
Making astronomy outreach careers visible
Mignone, C.
Link: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024IAUGA..32P2869M/abstract
Poster
Pixel and Cosmo Hunters: Game-based activities research at INAF
Zanazzi, A., Inchingolo, G., Toniolo, R., Casu, S., Ricciardi, S., Varano, S., La Parola, V., Contino, G.
Link: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024IAUGA..32P2472Z/abstract
Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2024, Berlino (Germania), 8–13 settembre 2024
Oral contribution
AstroEDU: The innovative platform to learn (with) astronomy
Giacomini, L., Aloisi, F., Corleone, A., Gomez, E., Mazzolo, G., Sanderson, G.
DOI: 10.5194/epsc2024-520
European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting (EAS 2024), Padova (Italia), 1–5 luglio 2024
ePoster
From Islam to the Moon project: Building bridges through sky and astronomy
Boccato, C., Aloisio, F., Casu, S., D’Alessio, F., Di Giacomo, F.
Link: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024eas..conf..650B/abstract
6th Shaw–IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, 2024
Oral contribution
Mediterranean co-design: Evaluating the FRESCO project
Varano, S., Casu, S., Ricciardi, S., Zanazzi, A., Bartlett, S.
Oral contribution
The SABIR project: Towards co-designed IBL activities for high school
Fabjan, D., Sandrelli, S., Tirabassi, G., Rodríguez Eugenio, N., Goded Merino, A., Yelkenci, A., Saghbini, J.-P., Darhmaoui, H.
Poster
Multisensory planetarium: The Universe as you never sensed it
Di Giacomo, F., Mignone, C., Toniolo, R., Varano, S.
MASTED 2024, Istanbul Kültür University (Turchia), 16–20 ottobre 2024
Oral contribution
The SABIR project resources
Sandrelli, S., Fabjan, D., Tirabassi, G., Rodríguez Eugenio, N., Goded Merino, A., Yelkenci, A., Saghbini, J.-P., Darhmaoui, H.
Oral contribution
The FRESCO project resources
Zanazzi, A., Varano, S., Casu, S., Ricciardi, S., Bartlett, S.
Workshop
Asteroid Miners
Yelkenci, A., Yelkenci, K., Can, C.
Workshop
Exoplanets: Hands-on transit method
Darhmaoui, H.
Workshop
FRESCO game-based learning: “Constellation Explorer” and “Sky Safari”
Darhmaoui, H., Durde, S., Inchingolo, G., Gajani, A., Jalili, K., Folhas, A.
Workshop
FRESCO playful learning activities
Yelkenci, A., Saghbini, J.-P., Bou Zeid, M., Metaxa, M.
Convegno Nazionale UAI di Divulgazione dell’Astronomia, Frascati (Italia), 2024
Oral contribution
Le audioguide con testi alternativi per la mostra “Macchine del Tempo”
Mignone, C., Di Giacomo, F., Toniolo, R., Varano, S.
Link: https://www.uai.it/sito/cnuda24-logistica/
Oral contribution
Planetario multisensoriale – La volta celeste con tutti i sensi
Varano, S., Di Giacomo, F., Mignone, C., Toniolo, R.
Link: https://www.uai.it/sito/cnuda24-logistica/
AstroEDU Conference 2023, Toronto (Canada), 10–12 maggio 2023
Workshop & poster
Let’s learn with AstroEDU!
Giacomini, L.; Gomez, E.; Sandrelli, S.; Casu, S.
Oral contribution
STEM-MED: A co-design project in the Mediterranean
Ricciardi, S., Sandrelli, S., Varano, S., Casu, S., Giobbi, G., Leoni, R., Mignone, C., Tirabassi, G., Valiante, R., Zanazzi, A., Zanella, A.
Oral contribution
PIXEL: Challenges and lessons learned in designing a board game for both market and high-school education
Inchingolo, G., Toniolo, R., Casu, S., La Parola, V., Leoni, R., Contino, G., Varano, S., Zanazzi, A., Ligabue, A., Ricciardi, S.
Poster
Hanging the planets in the Sun
Sandrelli, S., Tirabassi, G.
ERIM Workshop 2023, Bratislava (Slovacchia), 19–23 giugno 2023
Workshop
AstroEDU workshop
Giacomini, L.
EDULEARN 2023, Palma (Spagna), 3–5 luglio 2023
Oral contribution
Let’s learn with AstroEDU
Giacomini, L.
Link: https://library.iated.org/view/GIACOMINI2023LET
GIREP Conference 2023, Košice (Slovacchia), 3–7 luglio 2023
Poster
Hanging the planets in the Sun
Sandrelli, S., Tirabassi, G.
Oral contribution
Measuring the average speed of a comet
Sandrelli, S., Pantiri, G.
II Workshop sobre enseñanza de la astronomía, Colombia, 12 ottobre 2023
Oral contribution (online)
AstroEDU workshop
Giacomini, L.
4S – Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting 2023, Honolulu (USA), 8–11 novembre 2023
Oral contribution (online, Panel 19: Cultural Astronomy: The meeting point of Sea, Sky, and Land)
A new PlayDecide activity to facilitate group discussions about the societal impact of large astronomical infrastructure
Toniolo, R., Mignone, C., Varano, S., Zanazzi, A., Casu, S., Ricciardi, S.
Link: https://www.4sonline.org/docs/4S_Final_Program_Honolulu23_1.pdf
Convegno Nazionale di Comunicazione della Scienza, SISSA, Trieste (Italia), 28 novembre – 1 dicembre 2023
Oral contribution / panel
MIRTO + STEAM-Med: Un processo di co-progettazione per il Mediterraneo
Fabjan, D., Ricciardi, S., Takač, D. (moderazione: Sandrelli, S.)
Oral contribution / panel
La scienza per tutti: Strumenti, metodi e approcci per essere più inclusivi
Borissova Saleh, A., Casagrande, A., Gardossi, A. L., Zanella, A. (moderazione: Carta, G.)
Oral contribution / panel
Game-based science learning: Il ruolo delle istituzioni scientifiche
Blanos, R., Chiarello, F., Ricciardi, S. (moderazione: Bisanti, M.)
Astronomy Beyond the Common Senses, Montevideo (Uruguay), 29–30 novembre 2023
Oral contribution (online)
AMACA project: Multi-sensory activities for public engagement and astronomy education
Zanella, A.
Link: https://accefyn.com/microsites/nodos/astroco/third-workshop-on-astronomy-for-inclusion/
5th Shaw–IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, 29 novembre – 1 dicembre 2023
Workshop
AstroEDU Workshop
Giacomini, L.
Link: https://astro4edu.org/shaw-iau/5th-shaw-iau-workshop/
OpenScience @ INAF, Roma (Italia), 14–15 dicembre 2023
Oral contribution
OpenEdu @ INAF: Gli esempi di EduINAF & AstroEDU
Giacomini, L., Boccato, C.
Link: https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/2526/
International Workshop Hack100, Trieste (Italia), giugno 2022
Oral contribution
The INAF avatar Martina Tremenda: A free and professional maverick
Sandrelli, S., Ricciardi, S., Casu, S., Zanella, A., Varano, S., Zanazzi, A., Tognazzo, F., Bardelli, S., Castellani, M., Cardillo, M.
IAU General Assembly 2022, Busan (Corea del Sud), agosto 2022
Video contribution
The first STEAM-Med Workshop on Astronomy for Education held on the island of Lampedusa
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm7bpsfgkMw
Oral contribution (Session OAE-3: Astronomy Education – Tools and resources)
AstroEDU: A renewed open-access platform for peer-reviewed educational activities
Giacomini, L., Gomez, E., Mazzolo, G., Sanderson, G.
CAP 2022 – Communicating Astronomy with the Public Conference, 2022
Invited talk
The Attractive Universe: An astronomy festival in a small village
Zanella, A., Di Giacomo, F., Toniolo, R.
Invited talk
The INAF avatar Martina Tremenda: A free and professional maverick
Sandrelli, S., Ricciardi, S., Casu, S., Zanella, A., Varano, S., Zanazzi, A., Tognazzo, F., Bardelli, S., Castellani, M., Cardillo, M.
Invited talk
The IAU OAE experience at Dubai Expo
Boccato, C., Sandrelli, S., Zanazzi, A., Giacomini, L., Ricciardi, S.
Invited talk
The Audible Universe
Zanella, A.
Oral contribution
PIXEL – Picture (of) the Universe
Varano, S., Ricciardi, S., Ligabue, A., Inchingolo, G., Toniolo, R., Zanazzi, A., Leoni, R., Casu, S., La Parola, V.
Oral contribution
Facilitating group discussions about the societal impact of large astronomical infrastructures through a PlayDecide activity
Casu, S., Mignone, C., Ricciardi, S., Varano, S., Zanazzi, A.
Poster
AstroElves: An experience of outdoor education
Casu, S., Balloi, M., Lasi, M., de Golondrinas, O., Deiana, G. L., Dessì, C.
European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting (EAS 2022), 28 giugno – 2 luglio 2022
Oral contribution
A new PlayDecide activity to facilitate group discussions about the societal impact of large astronomical infrastructures
Mignone, C., Casu, S., Ricciardi, S., Toniolo, R., Varano, S., Zanazzi, A.
Link: https://eas2022programme.kuoni-congress.info/presentation/a-new-playdecide-activity-to-facilitate-group-discussions-about-the-societal-impact-of-large-astronomical-infrastructures
Oral contribution
AstroEDU: IAU open-access platform for peer-reviewed educational activities
Giacomini, L.
Link: https://eas2022programme.kuoni-congress.info/presentation/astroedu-iau-open-access-platform-for-peer-reviewed-educational-activities
Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2022, Granada (Spagna), 18–23 settembre 2022
Oral contribution
AstroEDU: IAU open-access platform for peer-reviewed educational activities
Giacomini, L., Gomez, E., Mazzolo, G., Sanderson, G.
DOI: 10.5194/epsc2022-1028
4th Shaw–IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, 2022
Workshop (2-hour interactive session)
AstroEDU Workshop: Let’s learn with AstroEDU
Giacomini, L., Mazzolo, G., Sanderson, G., Gomez, E., Duras, F.
3rd Shaw–IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, online, 12–15 ottobre 2021
Workshop internazionale organizzato da OAE (IAU, Shaw Prize Foundation), dedicato ai fondamenti dell’astronomia nell’educazione.
Ruoli e contributi I-OAE
Partecipazione al comitato organizzativo, scientifico e editoriale; coordinamento di sessioni tematiche.
Sessioni con chair I-OAE
Astronomy across disciplines – Sandrelli, S.
Equity, diversity and inclusion in education – Varano, S.
Teaching methods – Ricciardi, S.
Evaluation – Casu, S.
International collaborations with an educational component – Zanazzi, A.
Earth as a planet – Del Moro, D.
Teaching with astronomy exhibits – Giobbi, G.
Risorse
Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBfREIXElpIRWPj_zuXqtQ
Proceedings: http://www.iau.org/static/announcements/pdf/ann21065a.pdf