Rita Campos

Researcher in the areas of Science Communication and Science Education at the Centre for Social Studies from the University of Coimbra (CES-UC), member of the Observatory for Education and Training Policies (OP.Edu), and co-coordinator of the Working Group on Citizen Science and Education (CC.Edu). Has a PhD in Biology from the University of Porto. Her current research interests are centred in the study and production of science communication, active learning and public engagement in and with science (citizen science) tools about the relations between biodiversity and human health, interlinks between systems (natural, social, cultural) and (environmental) sustainability. She is interested in interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies that enhance the inclusion and participation of the publics, such as context-based education or the visual methodologies, and in mixed methods of evaluation of the produced tools.