Why do evolutionary education and public engagement? February 7th, 2025 4 PM CET/10 AM EST (check here other time zones) The Milner Centre For Evolution at the University of Bath (UK) See webinar at https://youtu.be/m3Qdd19vp9A What do we hope to gain by engaging the public on the subject of evolution? Often we assume that by increasing…

Promoting Understanding of Evolution Theory through a Science Comic (ECOSCOMICS Project) January 24th, 2025 4 PM CET/10 AM EST Life Science Faculty, Institute for Biology, Leipzig University (Germany) See this webinar at https://youtu.be/9ulBjFHf2Ts The presentation examines the potential of a science comic (SC) created to promote the understanding of evolution. The Erasmus+ project ECOSCOMICS (2021-1-FR01- KA220-SCH-000030110)…

Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the herpetofauna of Madagascar December 6th, 2024 4 PM CET/10 AM EST Angelica Crottini, Associate Professor in Zoology at the University of Florence (Italy) See this webinar at https://youtu.be/2kCUxLyFQAc Madagascar hosts an almost unparalleled concentration of diverse and endemic flora and fauna. In this talk I will present a biogeographical explanation for this observed…

Living together: Cooperation and Conflict in the Sociable Weaver November 1st, 2024 4 PM CET/10 AM EST Doctor Rita Covas, Principal Researcher at CIBIO, University of Porto (Portugal) and Honorary Research Associate at the FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town (South Africa) See her webinar at https://youtu.be/rJ57VOMzz14 Cooperative behaviour represents an evolutionary puzzle because natural selection is thought to…

Assessing Kindergarten Children’s Ideas About Evolution: Insights and a Tool October 4th, 2024 4 PM CET/10 AM EST Doctor Isabell K. Adler, Bern University of Teacher Education See webinar at https://youtu.be/MBZV-Px6xro The theory of evolution is the core theory of the life sciences. However, due to its counterintuitive nature, learners of all ages struggle to develop…