MULTIPLIERS promotes Open Schooling across Europe, a new way to learn that makes science more meaningful and directly relevant to everyday life & real-world challenges

Why MULTIPLIERS?

Science is one of the pillars of modern society, and as such, is deeply interwoven with societal and environmental challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss. In schools, however, it is often presented to students in an abstract way, lacking practical context. To make science more tangible and appealing, the MULTIPLIERS Horizon 2020 project is establishing novel Open Science Communities (OSCs), expanding opportunities for science learning in collaboration with schools, universities, informal education providers, museums, local associations, industry, civil society, policymakers and media across six European countries.

Initially, OSCs will be set up in Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. These communities will develop science projects with real-life challenges as starting points to be implemented in schools. Students will interact with a broad spectrum of science experts, jointly working on science-based solutions for societal and environmental issues. Via open community events and activities, they will then share their findings and experiences with their families and communities, acting as science multipliers.

Air pollution

Considering how to improve cities’ air quality by collecting and analysing data.

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Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Studying different ecosystem services and their value for human health and societal well-being.

Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Vaccination

Vaccination

Looking deeper into the examples of a series of vaccination programmes and discussing their benefits and consequences.

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Anti-microbial resistance

Anti-microbial resistance

Learning how we can better deal with bacteria resistant to antibiotics.

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Forest use vs. forest protection

Forest use vs. forest protection

Exploring different economic, ecological, cultural, and social perspectives on forests.

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Clean water and sanitation

Clean water and sanitation

Engaging schools and communities to increase their scientific understanding of water management and sustainability.

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Partners

News

Exploring our new theme “Biodiversity and Agriculture” outside the classroom: a visit to the Campus Wiesengut ecological farm

Exploring our new theme “Biodiversity and Agriculture” outside the classroom: a visit to the Campus Wiesengut ecological farm

Sep 21, 2023
The start of the 2023/2024 school year brought a good dose of inspiration to our Open Science Community (OSC) in Germany, where our partners from the University of Bonn kicked off the activities of their new MULTIPLIERS theme “Biodiversity and Agriculture”. In the past year, our German OSC focused on the topic of Vaccination, and …
Sharing insights with the Open Schooling Community

Sharing insights with the Open Schooling Community

Sep 6, 2023
By Èlia Tena, UAB (Autonomous University of Barcelona) In the first semester of 2023, the MULTIPLIERS project approach and core concepts were presented at different international Open Schooling conferences. In May 2023, the MULTIPLIERS project perspective was introduced as part of the IV ETE conference (Educating the Educators conference) in the Netherlands. In this event …