The 13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology – PCST 2014 Conference was held from the 5-8 May 2014, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, with the theme ‘Science Communication for Social Inclusion and Political Engagement’.
The ‘Science & You’ Conference was held from the 3-5 June 2015, in Nancy, France, with the theme ‘Create the future’. Dr. Rasekoala attended the Conference as a Keynote Speaker and delivered a presentation entitled ‘Science Communication in a Post-2015 World: the nexus of Trans-national, Multi-disciplinary and Socio-cultural contexts’. This paper has been published in Chapter 4, in the […]
Dr. Rasekoala attended the Conference as a Keynote Speaker and delivered a presentation entitled ‘Innovative Narratives and Frameworks for Colourful Science Communication: The European Landscape, Globalisation and International Co-operation’.
Dr. Rasekoala has contributed an African Gong blog entitled“ISCSMD 2016: A Global Platform for Reflection, Transformation, and Mainstreaming the SDGs in Science Centres and Science Museums”
Dr. Rasekoala was invited as a Keynote Speaker to address the All-Staff Meeting of the CSTMC (with over 200 members), to contribute to the CSTMC’s proposed Women in STEM programme, and delivered a presentation entitled, ‘Inclusive Science Communication: A key driver of Gender Equality in STEM
Dr. Rasekoala was invited as a Panel Speaker, by the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation (CSTMC), which co-organised the panel entitled ‘Women, Science, Engineering & Communication’
This was the second edition of the annual cycle of the Caminhos do Conhecimento/Streams of Knowledge conferences, organized in honour of Prof. José Mariano Gago, on his birthday. Other than recalling the national and international legacy of Mariano Gago, 2017’s conference also instituted the celebration of the National Scientists Day, thus designated by the Portuguese Parliament to commemorate and acknowledge the historic, pertinent and innovative role of the scientific community, for the advancement of knowledge and, therefore, for the progress and welfare of society.
Formally announcing the winner of the Imagine-Pangea science communication competition in Africa, Legba Kossi Brice Boris.
Dr. Rasekoala attended the Conference as a Panel Speaker for the Pre-Conference Workshop on the 14th June, entitled, ‘Social Inclusion and Diversity – from Goodwill to Institutional Change’. Here is a link to the Workshop Programme entitled ‘Social Inclusion and Diversity – from Goodwill to Institutional Change’. Please also find a link to the Workshop […]
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Prof. Aziz Bensalah is currently Professor at the Mohammed V University of Rabat in Morocco and was previously Professor at the National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research in the same city. In the latter institution, he has been, between early 2008 and late 2014, Head of the Unit for the promotion and dissemination of Scientific and Technical Culture. Leading this unit, one of his major achievements has been the creation of the National Network for the promotion and dissemination of Scientific and Technical Culture (RNCST) in 2008.
Prof. Aziz Bensalah is a graduate in Fluid Mechanics from the ENSEEIHT (National School of Engineering, Toulouse, France) and PhD of the University Denis Diderot Paris VII in Physics and Biomedical Engineering with an “Habilitation à diriger des recherches” (Accreditation to supervise researchers). His main field of research is the non-traumatic study of the arterial system based on analytical and numerical mathematical models of blood flows in arteries combined with ultrasonic explorations.
Dr. Elizabeth Rasekoala is an International Development Expert on Energy, Human Capital Development in STEM Education, Skills and Innovation and Gender, with over fifteen years’ experience in the UK, Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa and Africa. She has specialist expertise and track record in the following areas – Policy Reform and Development; Gender Equality, Diversity & Social Inclusion; Monitoring, Review & Evaluation; Research & Innovation; Transformative Capacity-building & Training; and Curriculum Development/transformation in Higher Education.
Dr. Rasekoala is currently a member of the African Union Commission (AUC) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Committee on the “Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa” (STISA-2024). She has presented, researched and written widely on diversity, socio-cultural inclusion and transformation issues in Science, Technology & Innovation (STI), and has provided extensive advisory and consultancy expertise to governments and multilateral international organisations over the past 15 years, including the European Commission, the UN Commission on Human Rights, the UN Economic Commission for Africa, UNESCO, the African Union Commission, and the African Development Bank (AfDB).
