Oceanolab, sharing marine research in the making

The Oceanolab programme, developed by Océanopolis and the Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer of the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, brings scientists and the general public together to work on marine ecology research projects. The aim is to share scientific work with the public in real time over a period of several months. Oceanolab combines the production and dissemination of knowledge in a unity of time and space. It takes the scientific teams out of their laboratories and brings them closer to a society that questions them. Marine research projects carried out by mixed, multidisciplinary scientific teams are carried out in public, and outreach activities take place, from the experiments to the results. 
Oceanolab offers the public, as well as the scientists in residence, an original and inclusive experience at the interface between society and fundamental research into marine ecology and global change. How can such a programme add a new dimension to raising public awareness and increasing ocean education and literacy?