KLD1 | Diversity keynote lecture with Anne Liljeström (Ursa Astronomical Association): The Stars Belong to Everyone! Communicating Astronomy in Finland

KLD1

Diversity keynote lecture with Anne Liljeström (Ursa Astronomical Association): The Stars Belong to Everyone! Communicating Astronomy in Finland
Conveners: Solmaz Adeli, Arianna Piccialli, James Roberts, Ann Carine Vandaele
SUN-KL1 |
Sun, 07 Sep, 17:00–18:00 (EEST)
 
Room Uranus (Helsinki Hall)
Sun, 17:00
Finland has a long history of communicating astronomy to the public. Finland also (allegedly!) has the largest number of amateur astronomers per capita in the world. Ursa Astronomical Association, the oldest and largest of its kind in Finland, is currently the most active and versatile it’s ever been.

We must be doing something right! So what have we been doing? And how did I get here?

The speaker has been the press officer and outreach astronomer for Ursa Astronomical Association since 2011. This talk offers some personal musings and insights into communicating astronomy in a small, northern country.

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Speaker

  • Anne Liljeström, Ursa Astronomical Association, Finland